Sunday, November 16, 2008

Updates

We haven't blogged in a while and every one probably thinks we fell from the face of the earth. We are still here and doing good. We have so much to be thankful for this time of year and I don't even know where to start. I do know we are so very thankful for all the prayers we have received and are still receiving. We needed them and still do. Each day I wake up get ready for the day and never know what it will bring. I know that as all of the holidays roll around I find myself staying very busy. I try not to just sit, because I find myself getting up set about Kimball's passing. tomorrow will have been 4 months since he was born and it still seems like just yesterday. We have had a few bad weeks Alissa got a virus and ran a low grade fever for 8 days straight and then it spiked and went to 103.8 very scary. Then a few days after that she broke out in a bad rash all over her body. The Dr. said children her age sometimes have a reaction to the virus when it stays for so long and brake out. She was so miserable. I'm glad she is finally starting to feel better and look better. I know that you are all busy but we would like for you to pray for some very good friends of ours as this holiday season will be had for them as well. They are getting ready to have a beautiful baby boy next month and they know that his life will be very short. He has a rear defect called anacephaly's and when he is born he will pass away they don't know how long he will live. Anacephaly is when the baby is born with only a brain stem and not the brain. So please remember them in your thoughts and prays this holiday season. No word can ever be enough. I feel for them. I don't even know what to say. We love them and wish they did not have to go through this. We just want them to know they are not alone.

2 comments:

Kevin and Eliza said...

I hear that the miles stones can be some of the hardest days. I'm so sorry! I will strive to remember you and your friends in my prayers. I'm also sorry about your little girl getting sick. It is so hard to watch your child suffer. How glad I am to hear that she is doing well now. I pray that your family may enjoy the holidays and find continual peace in dealing with Kimball's passing. May you continue to feel the Lord's love for each of you.

Mr. Barnett said...

Eric, Tracy, and Alissa,
Thanks so much for your kind words and prayer requests for Gabriel and our family. Even through your mourning, you all have been such tremendous strength and support for us as we have dealt with our situation. Thank you so much and we will continue to keep you in our prayers as well.