Thank You!

Jacky and I would like to thank everyone for the support we received over the last few months. All the phone calls, Facebook interaction, texts, flowers, gifts, visits, hugs, hand-holding, and – most of all – prayers. We have been through a lot, and a lot of you have been there for us in one way or another. Your countless prayers have enabled us to stay strong and in good spirits despite the circumstances. For that, we can’t thank you enough.

We would like to thank the doctors, nurses, and medical staff who brought Jacky through her c-section and brought Jon-Daniel into this world – even if it was only for a little while. We also want to thank them for the care they gave us after the c-section during Jacky’s recovery. We had some wonderful experiences with quite a few of them, and it was certainly a learning experience! Since the blog post about our final doctor’s office we know a lot more than we did at that time, and we better understand the intention behind what we were told. We would like to thank the nurse at our birthing class who gave us encouragement at a time when we really needed it.

We would like to thank everyone who was there for the memorial service as well as everyone who would like to have been there but were unable for one reason or another (you were there in spirit!). The feedback we received from the service has been both humbling and appreciated, and we give God the glory for everything he has done through and to us. At some point we’re planning to post the memorial service video on this site. In the meantime, make sure to see the presentation video my dad made for the service – I dare you not to shed at least one tear!

We would also like to thank everyone who has donated to a cause on behalf of our son, Jon-Daniel. The little guy has made an enormous impact on our lives and because of that we want to make an impact on some other little ones’ lives. Some of you have made a donation directly to an organization, and some of you sent a little something to us to donate to the organization of our choice. In the next few weeks we will be making our final decision for the organizations we will be supporting with these gracious gifts.

For the final Thank You, we would like to thank everyone who has read our blog and gotten something out of it. Never in our wildest dreams did we think our story would touch so many lives in so many ways! The original idea behind the blog was for Jacky to have an easier way to keep people up to date on our pregnancy then it was decided to also be an encouragement to other people going through the same thing like some other stories were an encouragement to us. But when it was time to actually type it up for the website my fingers decided to make a story out of it. We will be adding more in the weeks to come, so please stay tuned!