THANK YOU!

Matt and I found ourselves awake and silently watching Jace breath this morning at 4 AM. The longer we sat there, the sadder we became, so we decided to refocus and open the laptop. Together we read every comment on our blog and facebook, and because our dear Jace wasn't awake we allowed the tears to flow again. I'm not sure I can express what your support is doing for us. Although we have so many comments collectively, EACH message and heartfelt prayer offered in behalf of our family is fuel for our well-being. PLEASE understand we don't have the emotional strength to respond to your texts, calls, and messages, but we are reading, seeing, and feeling your love. When we are in Jace's presence, we smile, laugh and joke-- and because neither of us are leaving his side, we find it hard to talk on the phone or email. I know you understand.

Last night after Jace helped me write his message, we put the computer away for a while. After our room cleared of guests, Jace found himself in tears of pain from the surgery and the "port." In an effort to distract his tears, we opened the blog to read. One after another we read the messages together. We indeed feel loved.

This morning I organized our 20'X 30' room and found 10 gift bags full of crayons, markers, coloring books, footballs, treats, cards, gum, magazines, and toys. These all came within the first 24 hours of our stay. I'm overwhelmed by your love-- All of you: Those here, those at home, those who are commenting, and even those of you who are following our story quietly. Most importantly, I'm overwhelmed by the feelings of comfort we are getting from your prayers.

In the quiet of the night Jace was sad. We sang Primary songs together as I held his hands and rubbed his arms: My Eternal Family, I Am a Child of God, I Love to See the Temple, A Child's Prayer, Love is Spoken Here. When I came to the words at the end of the last song, Jace was falling asleep. I whispered in his ear, "I can often feel the Savior near..." and then I paused... because I could...I could feel the Savior in our room...and then I knew that He had just helped Jace fall asleep.