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Christmas Update
By Kirk | December 22, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Last night Grant told me quite the Christmas tale….”There once was a spooky house with no windows, only doors. It was spooky and haunted. There were witches, and goblins, and mummies, and creatures, and monsters. And they were all dressed up as…chickens. Grrrrr!” Couldn’t have told it better myself.
Topics: Christmas, Grant | 10 Comments »
Absolutely adorable!!! He’s quite a handsome young man. May the Joy of Christmas fill the holes of your hearts this season! Praying for your whole family.
Posted by: Kelly Faulkner on December 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 pmDear Kirk Family,
I am sure it will be a painful Christmas without your girls, but may I hope that their memory and your sweet little Grant will still make it a peaceful, happy Christmas with many more to come, and a New Year filled with healing, with joy, with good health, with beauty. God bless you all and help you feel His constant comfort,
Much love,
Natalie Numbers
Posted by: Natalie on December 22nd, 2009 at 10:49 pmGreat pictures. Praying for you as you work through every days ahead…even work through the minutes ahead. We are doing the same…but for different reasons. Bless your family.
Posted by: Pamela C. on December 23rd, 2009 at 5:21 amThanks for sharing the pictures as well as your family and your thoughts! Grant is a keeper!
May your Christmas be joyful and worshipful. My wish for your New Year is one that is brighter and many with funfilled days with your special Grant!
Our thoughts and prayers are always with you and yours!
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Arleen V. Richards on December 23rd, 2009 at 4:10 pmI can’t imagine the ache and the longing x2… my thoughts drift to you guys often. Praying there are blessings tucked in corners that find their ways to your hearts. And one day, b/c of the day we celebrate on Friday, we will ALL be reunited… can’t wait to see our Catie and your Mady again and to meet Ms. Annette…. Oh what a day….
Posted by: Jenny on December 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pmIt’s so hard to understand why 2 perfect gifts were only given for such a short season. I am praying God will fill your hearts to overflowing with His love for you this Christmas. My heart still breaks each time I think of you all. Dear Lord, please fill them up with Your presence.
As I was singing “O Come All Ye Faithful” at church Sunday, it struck me that the line about “Sing all ye citizens of heaven above” includes my Daddy, my Grandparents, my In-Laws, several Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. Your precious girls are citizens of Heaven too, singing to the top of their voices with glory to God. How amazing it must be in Heaven on Christmas.
Posted by: Sherrie on December 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 pmHow precious is that slide show! I was remembering last Christmas eve in the early hours I spent it with you and Nettie in an Icu room…I will always treasure those sweet visits..I will always treasure Her! I miss you guys so much! I can’t wait to spend a day with you and Grant soon!
Posted by: wendy on December 24th, 2009 at 10:36 amKirk, Natalie and Grant, I hope you manage to have a good Christmas despite the tough things this year has brought. I think of you often and pray for you. I think possibly Grant is another Linus. Linus always wanted to sing pumpkin carols. Next thing you know, Grant will be looking for the Great Pumpkin. Anyway, he’s adorable and quite the story teller. I can’t possibly think where that came from. Love you bunches, Melinda
Posted by: Melinda Gilstrap on December 24th, 2009 at 9:35 pmWe too think of you often, offering little prayers, remembering your girls, and trying to imagine ways that we might offer comfort. Last night at our Christmas Eve service, our pastor offered a meditation on the names of Jesus, reminding us there are many. I hope that Comforter and Emmanuel are names that ring true with you, especially today.
I also offer this verse of O Come, O Come Emmanuel, which became my lifeline several Christmases ago before Eli was born when our second miscarriage that year came with the beginning of the Christmas season. That year the imagery of Advent and Jesus as a baby was just more than I thought I could stand much less the general expectation of being jolly. This carol let me be in a place that acknowledged that I wasn’t there yet, I didn’t feel God’s joyful presence that Christmas season, I was still waiting and hoping that I would again, but honestly at times I just wasn’t sure. I know it becomes tricky to project one person’s experience on another, but perhaps this song with it’s slightly mournful and longing tune that says I rejoice in the promise of what will come rather than in the reality I currently know will be helpful to you as well.
O Come, Thou, Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by thy Advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And Death’s dark shadows put to flight
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee,
O Israel, Rejoice!
And for this reason and for the genuine smiles we see in the photos of you and Grant, we rejoice and say to all of you Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Jessica Mercer Zerr on December 25th, 2009 at 7:35 amGreat pictures Natalie and Kirk. As we come to the end of 2009, I hope and pray that 2010 brings you guys joy and happyness. May you all have a happy New Year, as I’m sure Grant will do his best to keep your spirits up. He seems to be full of joy and energy. May GOD bless you always.
Posted by: Sam Authement on December 29th, 2009 at 9:00 am