tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post958970850081570622..comments2023-11-29T00:26:19.535-08:00Comments on Gracey's Adventures: Trial of FaithThe Andersenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621562383017445842noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-23961237303919622982008-03-20T23:27:00.000-07:002008-03-20T23:27:00.000-07:00Dear Toad and Buggy, To begin with, is it natu...Dear Toad and Buggy, <BR/> To begin with, is it natural<BR/>for you, Toad to marry a BUG? LOL<BR/> I love you both and Grace. What a wonderful name for her.<BR/> I am praying for you and asking our Father In Heaven to please bless you in your decisions that you must make and also to bless Grace. I ask that she not feel pain and that your pain will not be to hard to bear. Bless you.<BR/> I am also praying for your families. I know some of the pain they are feeling. I pray that God will bless them and give them the strengh they will need. Venice and Curtis, I love you, both and all your children.<BR/> Toad and Buggy and little Grace, Remember our Father In Heaven loves you. He will guild you with his love and your faith. I love you.<BR/> Please let me know if I can do any thing for you or your family. <BR/> I love you all. Aunt ReNaeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-31577838077333652282008-03-20T15:46:00.000-07:002008-03-20T15:46:00.000-07:00Topher and Buggy... This is Julia Burdych your cou...Topher and Buggy... This is Julia Burdych your cousin...Your baby is so beautiful and I just wanted to let you know that mine and Peter's prayers are with you.Peter and Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501074733987994139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-72818201959151521762008-03-20T14:11:00.000-07:002008-03-20T14:11:00.000-07:00Topher& Buggy,I want you to know that you guys are...Topher& Buggy,<BR/><BR/>I want you to know that you guys are in our prayers. I work with a teacher at the seminary that his son had this exact same thing. They also thought they were going to be able to do the tree step surgery, but found out the exact thing you did.<BR/><BR/>Their baby had to have a transplant and now he is a healthy 14 year old boy.<BR/><BR/>He says if you have any quesions he would love to talk to you guys.<BR/><BR/>Get the number from Venice and call me, I will give you his number.<BR/><BR/>I wish you all the best.<BR/><BR/>Luv<BR/>HollieHolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11395902120306155256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-16308181269050632892008-03-20T13:32:00.000-07:002008-03-20T13:32:00.000-07:00Dear Tohper, Alysia and Grace,From the entire Swee...Dear Tohper, Alysia and Grace,<BR/>From the entire Sweet Family we send you our thoughts and prayers. You and your family have been through so much this year. We wish you the strength, love and foresight you need to weather this storm. <BR/><BR/>Grace is a beautiful little girl! She is lucky to have such caring parents.<BR/><BR/>All our best.<BR/>The SweetsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-66598360234424650082008-03-20T11:32:00.000-07:002008-03-20T11:32:00.000-07:00Buggy, Topher, and Baby Grace, my prayers are with...Buggy, Topher, and Baby Grace, my prayers are with you. I am amazed by your faith, and your compassion for others. I am sad that the options have changed so drastically, but continue to pray that you will be comforted, and that you will be able to make the decisions necessary. I am sorry that you must go through this difficult time, but your family will be strengthed by it. My prayers and hopes are with you. Love, ChristiGICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373523525509651755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-24114734350796391192008-03-20T11:25:00.000-07:002008-03-20T11:25:00.000-07:00I do pray for Grace, and have every day of her lif...I do pray for Grace, and have every day of her life.<BR/><BR/>To help give you hope, a friend and neighbor family, who share your faith, have a son, now a young adult, who received his first heart transplant as a young teen. He is now on his second transplant and living a life that is happy and very close to normal. <BR/><BR/>I DO pray that you will keep your faith and let it grow stronger. It will be a great help to you.<BR/><BR/>Oh, PLEASE don't worry about the one who gives Grace the gift of life with a heart. That child will dwell in heaven with the joy that she or he has given such a powerful gift to Grace! I am a donor and will rejoice in giving someone else my life, their hope, my love and their life!<BR/><BR/>Finally, please believe in miracles. They really, truely do happen. Grace is a miracle and I believe a miracle will happen for her.<BR/><BR/>May God be with you,Opinionated bkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912219860122375736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-56387300519264550302008-03-20T08:58:00.000-07:002008-03-20T08:58:00.000-07:00Bug & Toph-All I can say is that many prayers are ...Bug & Toph-<BR/>All I can say is that many prayers are with you! I'm sorry to hear about the troubles with your little girl. If there's anyone I know of who can stand up to that kind of pressure, it's you - you're one tough cookie! And I know your hubby is as well.<BR/>Anyway ... know that prayers are being said on your behalf more than you could possibly know or imagine. You are loved!<BR/>-josherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-84459505393854153182008-03-20T07:37:00.000-07:002008-03-20T07:37:00.000-07:00I've been checking the blog all through the night ...I've been checking the blog all through the night . . . Grace has been a constant thought on my mind. I love her so very much. We all do :)Amy Finnegan {BookshopTalk.com}https://www.blogger.com/profile/10467356529486477863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-11511823912217691492008-03-20T07:35:00.000-07:002008-03-20T07:35:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Amy Finnegan {BookshopTalk.com}https://www.blogger.com/profile/10467356529486477863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-42048898873008455802008-03-19T23:32:00.000-07:002008-03-19T23:32:00.000-07:00Ally I LOVE YOU so much! I'm so sorry I haven't l...Ally I LOVE YOU so much! I'm so sorry I haven't let you know sooner, I just had the chance to read your blog. <BR/>Gracie is beautiful Ally and my heart is breaking for you and Topher. You guys are so strong and so amazing and I don't even know what to say except that your Heavenly Father loves you so much, he loves Gracie and he won't leave you or her comfortless.<BR/>I know you know that, I know you guys must be praying so hard to be able to get through this, I'll be praying for you too.<BR/>I love you Ally, hang in there.Lauren Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853878489025729645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-70152314589633944372008-03-19T22:16:00.000-07:002008-03-19T22:16:00.000-07:00I am absolutely broken hearted....although I know ...I am absolutely broken hearted....although I know that this is not the end, how hard it must be to not have her be able to go through the surgeries. I love you all so much and am truly so sorry. My sweet Will saw me cry after reading your message and he was so upset. I told him what was going on and he wanted to badly to help baby Grace to make her feel better. Together we kneeled down to say another prayer and throughout the rest of the night he kept looking at sweet Grace's picture and talking about praying for her to make her feel better. She is truly so sweet and beautiful. <BR/><BR/>And to both you and Misty and your sweet husbands, I know without a shadow of a doubt that your sweet babies knew you as spirits before they were even brought into this world and that their love for you and your willingness to give everything for them is and will forever be valued and treasured. They are your babies and always will be. We love you so much!Sara and Companyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06614733932289362709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-40717502467742438402008-03-19T21:25:00.000-07:002008-03-19T21:25:00.000-07:00Hi again,Toph and Buggy, I don't want to intrude u...Hi again,<BR/><BR/>Toph and Buggy, I don't want to intrude upon your decisions in any way, but I did find a article about a "hybrid" surgery performed on a little baby girl in Arizona just this past week, and she has responded well to the surgery. Here is the link:<BR/><BR/>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/111682Amy Finnegan {BookshopTalk.com}https://www.blogger.com/profile/10467356529486477863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-62190830017424430632008-03-19T21:22:00.000-07:002008-03-19T21:22:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.VAC Andersen Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11350095084698780649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-61855592754170360382008-03-19T21:18:00.000-07:002008-03-19T21:18:00.000-07:00Topher and Buggy andMisty and Jose'I feel soooo ho...Topher and Buggy and<BR/>Misty and Jose'<BR/><BR/>I feel soooo honored and blessed to be your Mother...and so honored and blessed to have two such amazing Grandchildren--Helaman and Grace!!!!<BR/>I love you all so very much!<BR/>MomVAC Andersen Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11350095084698780649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-19055057719172034322008-03-19T21:06:00.000-07:002008-03-19T21:06:00.000-07:00Your daughter is so beautiful - she obviously take...Your daughter is so beautiful - she obviously takes after both of you! I am so sorry and so sad that you must endure this trial. My prayers are with you and I hope that the Lord will comfort you and open a path before you in which you will be able to keep little Grace on this earth for a long time. I love you both so much and want only the best for little Grace. If there is anything I can do please let me know. <BR/>Love, <BR/>KaylaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-65954254128310799832008-03-19T21:00:00.000-07:002008-03-19T21:00:00.000-07:00Topher and AlysiaJust wanted to let you know that ...Topher and Alysia<BR/>Just wanted to let you know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. Thanks for having your mom call and update us on what is going on. Your blog is AWESOME and we will keep checking back to stay caught up on what is going on. It is so fun to see little Grace. She really is so beautiful. We will pray, pray, pray for you. I know that you will be blessed. Please call if you need anything at all.<BR/>Love<BR/>Jesse and Cami BellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-21648093625833869172008-03-19T20:23:00.000-07:002008-03-19T20:23:00.000-07:00Toph and Buggy,It was such a bitter/sweet experien...Toph and Buggy,<BR/>It was such a bitter/sweet experience at the hospital today.<BR/>Sweet, because we were able to see how strong and mature you both are.<BR/>Sweet, because we were able to put our hands on baby Grace and talk to her. She is indeed very beautiful and we could tell she has a fighting , powerful spirit.<BR/>Bitter, because of all the pain, sorrow and shock that she could not undergo the surgery.<BR/>Our prayers continue to be with the three of you.<BR/>Much Love,<BR/>Grandma and Grandpa AtkinsonAMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175624895201273126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-62837917920160646282008-03-19T18:55:00.000-07:002008-03-19T18:55:00.000-07:00Sweet Misty,Thanks so much for your words of wisdo...Sweet Misty,<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for your words of wisdom. I am not great with words but would like to say how much your words touched me. I have had a hard time with the loss of your baby since mine is so healthy. It does my heart good to read how you are doing. I am always praying for you and thinking of you. I would love to spend more time with you. You are very loved by me and my family.<BR/><BR/>To Toph and Buggy,<BR/><BR/>I know without a doubt that the Lord hears and answers prayers because if he didn't I wouldn't be here typing to you right now. I am praying with every fiber of my being that you will get to raise your baby here and now. Our kids are praying for your baby and they say she is sooo pretty. Kalea loves to touch her face on the screen. I love all three of you so much.<BR/>KalaniKalanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15272558087548420167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-81988076151338295892008-03-19T18:46:00.000-07:002008-03-19T18:46:00.000-07:00Dearest Alysia, Topher, Misty and Jose.None of us ...Dearest Alysia, Topher, Misty and Jose.<BR/>None of us can imagine what all of you have been asked to go through. You guys have so much courage and faith. We have always looked up to you for that, and strive to become better people because of your examples. Find comfort in knowing that both of your precious babies have taught our family so much. I think twice when I feel like getting frustrated or angry with my own kids because I'm reminded that none of us are guaranteed the time we have together and we have to cherish each moment, no matter what that moment may be. I try to be a little kinder and speak a little softer because I think of the four of you and how I'm sure you would give up everything to be able to have the opportunnity to make one more memory and spend one more moment with your own child. Your trials have been so hard to bear, but I also know that our Heavenly Father gives us trials that He knows we can overcome, and we have to go through them to learn the lessons He has for us that we could not learn any other way. You will make it through this. No matter what the outcome is. <BR/>Thank you so much for sharing your feelings. We love this wonderful family so much. We wish we could be there. Know that we are always in our thoughts and prayers and will continue to be. <BR/>All our love,<BR/>Tyler, Kristen, Halle and Vinnykristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624988631832389596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-71233535433873143372008-03-19T17:28:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:28:00.000-07:00Dearest Misty and Jose, I just read the add'l com...Dearest Misty and Jose, I just read the add'l comments. I had to express to you how special, loved, and honored you are by God and all your family & friends!<BR/><BR/>Please do not think that precious Helaman does not see your beautiful face!!! He DOES!!! Although he was unable to spend time with you, he was a "spirit" and angel.....so I know he felt you, saw you, and loves you. He is looking down from Heaven to you and the whole family, but he is in God's loving arms through it all. He WILL know your face when he sees you join him Heaven one day; and his heart is filled with love for you and Jose!!! Just hold on to him in your heart and remember that he does know you!!!<BR/><BR/>Your grandpa and I have not wanted to brooch this subject with you, but we now want you to know that we have been holding you in our thoughts and prayers for a very long time, and are continuing to do so through these times. We love you and geatly respect your strength, honesty, unconditional love, and sacrifice!!<BR/><BR/>May God continue to richly bless you all!!!<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Grandpa Chuck & DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-18982286969350253672008-03-19T17:25:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:25:00.000-07:00I am a friend of Marti's...I just had a baby boy f...I am a friend of Marti's...I just had a baby boy five months ago and so reading your story and looking at the pictures of your sweet Grace just makes my heart ache...really and truly. She will be in my prayers...All My Best,<BR/>JoanJoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492629476225188410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-3683458074404624922008-03-19T17:23:00.000-07:002008-03-19T17:23:00.000-07:00Thank you so much,Misty,for sharing your thoughts....Thank you so much,Misty,for sharing your thoughts. It's hard to know what to say during this time, and yet you managed to do just that. We are praying, as is everyone.Rachel's Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072758840731913309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-14117499933043690312008-03-19T16:51:00.000-07:002008-03-19T16:51:00.000-07:00Sweet Misty,You are a very loving, Christlike pers...Sweet Misty,<BR/><BR/>You are a very loving, Christlike person to have shared those feelings.<BR/><BR/>Our hearts are still very much aching for you and Jose, and your counsel is very wise - to hold on, have faith, and cherish every moment. This is how a mother should feel even when her children are much older than infants.<BR/><BR/>I was with your parents today, and I want to tell both you and Topher how blessed you are to have them in your lives. I know you already know this. I knew by looking at them today, as well as when you lost your sweet Helaman, that they would do anything including giving Grace their OWN heart, or Helaman their own breath, if they could only take this pain away from their children.<BR/><BR/>Their is no explaining the trials your family has faced, and continues to face. Only Our Heavenly Father, the Savior, and those who love us can offer comfort.<BR/><BR/>What a wonderful sister you are to Topher, to go so far out of your comfort zone and speak so freely about your own pain - for the sole purpose of benefitting your brother and his dear wife.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Auntie AmyAmy Finnegan {BookshopTalk.com}https://www.blogger.com/profile/10467356529486477863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-1203067636117545562008-03-19T16:47:00.000-07:002008-03-19T16:47:00.000-07:00Misty, That touched my heart so deeply. Thank you ...Misty, <BR/>That touched my heart so deeply. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions so freely.princess jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996199384833340826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651271764702403853.post-70914690535618077142008-03-19T16:21:00.000-07:002008-03-19T16:21:00.000-07:00Tohper and Alysia--I start out by apologizing for ...Tohper and Alysia--<BR/><BR/>I start out by apologizing for the length of this post. I haven't told anyone how I feel about anything in a long time and it is something that I need to do.<BR/><BR/>I have found Gracey's birth an especially trying experience for me. I haven't wanted to post any comments until now because--quite frankly I didn't want anyone else to see how I was feeling. I choose to post now because I hope to express my emotions in a way that might bring a little peace to both of you as well as myself.<BR/><BR/>Before Helaman was born I was very worried about how I should act around you when it came time for Grace to be born. I wasn't sure how you would react to me giving birth to a beautiful healthy baby and you with the possibility of never bringing your baby home. After Helaman died a large portion of my worries were turned towards how I would react to Grace's birth.<BR/><BR/>Many nights I have layed awake wishing that Helaman would have been able to look at me--just once before he died--that I could have held him in my arms just once and have him look at me and know that I was his mother. He never saw me before he died and the fact that he will have no memory from him earthly life of my face has been very difficult for me to deal with.<BR/><BR/>I have been strangly jealous of the experiences you have had so far with Grace. You have heard her cry--you have held her in your arms--and you have been able to tell her you love her while she can actually hear you.<BR/><BR/>Everyone that has experienced the loss of a child will say that their particular experience was the most difficult way to lose a child but I strongly believe that there are 2 truths to losing a child: the first is that the more time you have with a child the harder it is to let them go; the second is that the more happy memories you have with your child the easier the healing process will be. I hope and pray with every once of my being that you two will not have to experience the loss of a child. With God all things are possible and I (along with 100's of others) are begging Him to allow Grace to stay here with you. But if in the end her mission is not here--I pray that the Lord will bless you both with the ability to cherish every moment you have with her...though it will undoubtly make it much more difficult in the end to let her go--I pray that you will not let yourselves be afraid to open your entire heart to her and become attached to her and love her WITHOUT RESERVATION of soon losing her.<BR/><BR/>As for feeling pain for the loss of another parent's child to provide a heart transplant for Gracey--don't. Coming from a mother who has recently lost her baby I can promise you that giving your baby's heart so another might live is a huge blessing. Knowing that somewhere a mother will be able to hold her baby and watch it take it's first steps because of your baby's selfless act is a way of finding peace with your own precious baby's death.<BR/><BR/>Alysia and Topher, I love you both and though I know our situations are very different I hope that you will be open to sharing your experiences--good or bad--with me and allow me to share mine with you.<BR/><BR/>I love Grace. She is the closest that I have to a child of me own and I plead with the Lord to allow her to stay here with us. He is watching over Gracie and loves her--as He loves you. I know that whatever situation a child is in the Lord will never take a child away from it's parents unless there is no other person who can fill their mission in heaven. The Lord will make it possible for Grace to live no matter how small her heart is.<BR/><BR/>With love and the tender feeling of a new mother...<BR/><BR/>Misty SanchezAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com