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12. 9.13   

 
    While we were iced in, I did a lot of reading and blogging. As I was finishing up Girls with Swords, I came across this prayer at the end of the chapter:

Dear Heavenly Father, 

I lay my life before you as an act of fealty. I am tired of 

fighting from a position of disappointment.

You are faithful to your word, and you love and do all things well.

I surrendered all that I have carried in my own strength. 

I give you the timing and ask that you give me your wisdom and words.

I chose to give you all my loyalty and devotion.

Rise me up to heal, rather than harm, in Jesus' name.

Amen.

      As I finished reading that prayer, I happened to take a reading break and I logged on to Facebook. I had a message waiting for me there from the wife of an owner of a Crossfit gym in our hometown.

Hi Alex & Amy! I'm Hallye, David of CrossFit FMS's wife. I have been so touched by the loss of your sweet baby & the incredible elegance & grace of which you both have handled it with. For our annual Christmas WOD this year we would like to raise money to donate in honor of your sweet Kaitlyn Sophia. Is there a certain cause you would like for us to donate to, in her name? Or, would there be some unpaid medical bills or other expenses that we could help lighten your load? I feel privileged to know you both, even if it's only via Facebook. Hopefully our CrossFit community can help give you a little something special for Christmas this year.

Again, God was reminding us that we were not being forgotten, and Kaitlyn's memory was going to live on in the hearts of strangers. We coordinated with Hallye (don't you love the spelling of her name?) and we are honored that they wanted to honor Kaitlyn in this way. We decided that we would like the donations to go to Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, since they provided one of the absolute biggest blessings for us in our time of despair.

Monday morning at work, Kate texted me and asked if we could move our appointment to either Tuesday or Wednesday that week since the ice was still pretty bad. I said no problem, and we rescheduled our visit to Wednesday afternoon.