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"Don't be afraid. I'm here to announce a great and joyful event that is meant for everybody, worldwide. A Savior has just been born in David's town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master. This is what you're to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and lying in a manger." At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God's praises: "Glory to God in the heavenly heights. Peace to all men and women on earth who please him" Luke 2:11- 13
the music and message were beautiful.
it's not the way we would've chosen but trusting in Christ… continue to pray for the Macs. I’m so sorry…and praying for them. ♥ Amen! ♥ That is a beautiful picture of them…you captured a powerful moment there. thank you for sharing these pictures. the love and faith of you guys over there is such an inspiration… I often think of Cora and her beautiful little face. It’s a reminder of how blessed we are. I’m praying for happier days ahead for Joel and Jess. Thanks for sharing this with us. It’s still so fresh in my mind when I heard about Cora’s story. My heart is still aching for The Macs, but I hope the playground dedication helped heal their hearts just a little more, if that is even possible after such a loss. the prayers have never stopped… how is it that i’ve seen several pictures from the dedication and still it brings tears to my eyes to see those balloons. such a beautiful picture. and i’m certain that cora was smiling. My heart still breaks for them….but God is triumphant through it all….still, just makes me so sad for them 🙁 They are so blessed to have a friend in you to capture this day for them. God Bless! How blessed they are that you captured this day for them. The blessing of a friendship is priceless. I cannot imagine their pain, but I know it must be made a little easier with the surrounding of friends. Beautiful, and oh, so sad. Sometimes it’s just so hard to trust that God has a plan. Somehow, all those balloons made me feel better. Thanks for sharing! They are truly an awesome witness! I can’t even imagine. I have an 8 month old son. They are an amazing family and what good that sweet girl did in her short life. This breaks my heart. I wish I could absorb some of the pain, somehow cushion the blow. I can’t imagine going through something so heartbreaking. I think of them often. My prayers are with them. Thank you for sharing this. God bless you! Amen! annie and i stopped by the church last week to work on some sunday school stuff. she asked me if she could play on the cora playground. i said i wasn't sure….we asked the office and we were told "go for it!" so she did. i ran into kendall and she asked "oh are you here to take pictures?" i said "no….but i have my camera…soooo yeah." here are some pics of the almost complete cora playground.
can you believe how great this is? it is bigger and better than i had imagined. i looked at it and thought "this is perfect. it IS jess's personality…colorful and bright…so perfect" this playground will be loved by our church so deeply. love you jess. That is great! I Love it and glad I could be a part of the etsy contributions. What a great family. This has to be the best playground ever! How beautiful!! It turned out wonderful. Your photos are perfect! this is awesome! The one with the heart made me weep. The only relief is that Cora has no more pain, but her parents…ohhh! It stabs my own heart every time I read about them. You take glorious pictures. Oh, that’s just adorable. What a blessing! what a playground!!! You are unbelievable… I love seeing thru your lens! Great playground! Gorgeous pics. Awesome playground. I’m waffling between crying my eyeballs out and grinning ear to ear. How wonderful to see this project coming to its end, but really its beginning! Wonderful capturing of the playground. Annie’s feet in the pics are great! So cute. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.! I absolutely love it. What an honor to Cora! That is SO COOL! I love this. Thank you for the update! cannot wait to be there. wow! that is a super cute playground!! it’s so fun to see it materialize. thanks for posting some pics Crying. Buckets of tears. I cannot stinking wait. Amazing. Praise God for the testimony of Cora’s life. Yay! So bright and happy! My heart also goes out to Cora’s family! Hooray for Cora’s playground!! It fits her perfectly!! THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!! Wow! Hey! This got me to thinking… I am having a contest on my blog where you can win $100… if you win, I can certainly donate that to the charity of your choice as well. Wow! That looks so fun, love those little feet!!! cora’s playground is simply perfect! So wonderful! wow!! that is amazing so much love went into that her little spirit is surely there each day <3 Oh WOW!!! What a GREAT tribute to such a special little girl 🙂 Still, can’t help but feel sad that they even have a playground in her honor 🙁 Praise be! Great to see such a wonderful place. 🙂 I think I want a pair of red high tops and monkey socks. It looks like the coolest playground I have ever seen! Such a sweet tribute to a precious girl. Thanks for sharing those pictures. It’s perfect. And your pictures of it are beautiful. That is amazing! I didn’t know the family, except through your blog & I just well up in tears thinking about that sweet baby & her beautiful family, their story has reached so many. What an absolutely beautiful, fun & whimsical playground! awwww, i didn’t know you and jess are friends!! the pictures are fabulous and i can hear cora’s precious laugh sprinkling down from heaven. together (photos + playground) y’all are an amazing team. BEAUTIFUL! So incredibly fantastic! Great pics! Cora will be laughing in heaven when she hears all those children giggling at the fun they are having at HER playground. Love, Love, LOVE the fact that I helped to build this amazing place for children to have fun. SO cool! Amazing. What a great way to honor sweet Cora. That playground is heaven on Earth. I have tears in my eyes just looking at it. That is so bright and beautiful! My little girl saw it and said—–oooooohhhhh can we go there!? i love your pictures it looks great! I get goosebumps every single time I see or hear about this wonderful place we all built together. It’s such a beautiful reminder of, not only a sweet precious girl, but the wonderful body of Christ! Thanks for sharing these! I still cry when anyone talks about Cora. . . I have so enjoyed watching the playground come together on Jess’s blog. Your photos of the playground are wonderful! I’m sure Cora is very proud of her mama and daddy. Wow, that looks like an awesome playground! love the colors! awesome. That is seriously one cool playground… how awesome.. so exciting!!!!! Wow! I have never seen a playground come close to how awesome that one is! Thanks for sharing! 😉 beautiful bright colors….lots of fun to be had! Fantastic. Just think of how many happy smiles it will bring! Oh how I love it ! God is so good. It looks amazing. Wow, what a great playground 🙂 It is a STUNNING playground!!!!!!! My heart goes out to that sweet family ♥ i have been thinking about this for over a week. i am not usually so wordy… i don't want to give a sermon…just some encouragement. the study book Women of the Bible that our group finished in may… but i just finished now (i skipped some lessons) had an entire chapter on prov.31. it has been helpful to my struggles. _________________________________________________________________________________
Proverbs 31:10-30 (New International Version)
10 A wife of noble character who can find? 11 Her husband has full confidence in her 12 She brings him good, not harm, 13 She selects wool and flax 14 She is like the merchant ships, 15 She gets up while it is still dark; 16 She considers a field and buys it; 17 She sets about her work vigorously; 18 She sees that her trading is profitable, 19 In her hand she holds the distaff 20 She opens her arms to the poor 21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; 22 She makes coverings for her bed; 23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, 24 She makes linen garments and sells them, 25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; 26 She speaks with wisdom, 27 She watches over the affairs of her household 28 Her children arise and call her blessed; 29 "Many women do noble things, 30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; __________________________________________________________________________________ (the words in color are directly from the book….) how did you feel when you were first introduced to this Prov. 31 woman… overwhelmed? angry that God expected all of this from you? guilty? determined to become her? if you are beaten down by this 'perfect' woman, take heart. i have good news for you. She is the IDEAL woman God wants to develop all women to be as they follow Him. did you catch that? GOD is the one working the transformation. 'He who began a good work in you, will be perfecting it until the day of Christ Jesus…Phil 1:6'. Seeing what you can become(by His grace and work) should be a catalyst, not a condemnation. if you are a perfectionist, an understanding of the truth will set you free from trying to be or do for Him, so that you will allow Him to make you the woman He wants you to be. the foundation of all horizontal relationships is the vertical relationship – our relationship with God gives us the security to be real and vulnerable. it is walking in God's grace that makes us agents of grace to others. Even our abilities to grant forgiveness & ask forgiveness is tied to our relationship with God. we cannot make ourselves into a virtuous woman. but if we walk with God day after day, yielding our lives to His control, He will keep making us more like Jesus. The virtuous woman of proverbs 31 is not a standard or yardstick to measure up to, but the goal toward which women should be moving. she is the woman God is developing women to be today as they follow Him. The first step we can change is not gritting our teeth & trying harder to be the perfect woman. it is surrender. the most imp we can be committed in the flesh, but surrender is admitting what we cannot do in our strength. _________________________________________________________________________________ it was just what i needed to hear. and maybe you did too? i highly recommend the study book Women of the bible. it's a lot of homework but i have learned so much…i really enjoyed it and i am ready for book 2 this fall. This is an overwhelming chapter, every morning I strive to accomplish one verse, with the Lords help I will Thank you for this post. I have been reading your blog for months and months. This morning. . . I was so humbled by the Lord as I looked around the mess in my house. Later on this afternoon. . . I remembered this post and that I had loved how the book you quoted broke down this often difficult to swallow piece of scripture. Thank you for being honest and open with your life. . . even months later. . . God is using your post to remind me that HE is in control of my life and only HE can make me the ideal woman. OK, sure, I get that–it’s cool, God helps us with his big ol’ expectations. But my big problem with that book is that it’s written by men. MEN telling us how to be spiritual women??? Color me confused. 😉 🙂 I think this Bible verse is entirely about how proud the husband is of his wife. In my opinion this passage is not about what we need to be to our husbands, but the respect a husband should show his wife. I just recently started reading your blog, and I love it! Thanks for this great post, I love that chapter. Thanks for your inspiring, encouraging and fun blog….how delightful it was to go back and read your archives and check out your house pics….amazing!!! What a beautiful, fun mom you are! God Bless….kathy as women, it is so important for us to encourage each other. so very, very important 🙂 thanks! I love that scripture(s). One of my favorite that is in the Book of Mormon is: ” Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her and none else.” Re: Janine: I believe you have an issue with surrender. 🙂 As Christians, we are called to “surrender” because we are inadequate. There is a gap between us and God, that only Jesus can fill. We are not able to reach God with by our own means. This is where the notion of surrender comes in. When people talk of surrender, they are not implying what you mean, exactly. We know as Christians that we have to give ourselves fully to Jesus to truly find God. For Him to change us and mold us into the women (and men) that He wants us to be. Surrender is not a bad thing. In fact, it is freeing. God will change us into strong, confident, caring, loving (and everything that you say we can do without surrendering) women IF we can surrender to Him completely. Thank you for posting this. It’s a great reminder. I hope you don’t mind but I linked this post to my blog, I just wanted to pass it along… I think it’s something most of us can use to inspire us of God’s true desire for us. We are the axis of our families, aren’t we? Heavy responsiblity but SO true. I love Pr 31 and I always love to read it in different versions of the Bible. My favorite is vs. 25….she laughs at the future. Or other versions say smiles at the future.. she is never afraid. She has done her preparation but still we can never do enough or be enough and God makes up for that. He ensures our future and everything in it. xx I love Pr 31 and I always love to read it in different versions of the Bible. My favorite is vs. 25….she laughs at the future. Or other versions say smiles at the future.. she is never afraid. She has done her preparation but still we can never do enough or be enough and God makes up for that. He ensures our future and everything in it. xx My husband actually read this to me the night he proposed. Not to set up me for what he expected thankfully. 🙂 I’m sure this will encourage many. On a different note, I’ve really missed reading your blog! I’ve pretty much fallen off the face of the blog earth with my first pregnancy, and I’m taking a few extra minutes this morning to try and catch up. Whew. But it’s great to be back. I always love stopping by. Hi Meg, I recently found your blog and I enjoy it. I have to comment on this one because I think whoever analyzed that scripture in your book got it all wrong. Love this post. What gret encouragement for women. Just what I needed to hear on a day when I feel less than perfect. Thank you for this – thank you, thank you. I’ve always used that passage of scripture to encourage my hard working gal friends. Thanks for sharing your heart and I know it will bless a lot of people 🙂 Thank you for posting this. The ladies from my church did a Bible Study on this last Fall with the book, “Becoming the Woman God Wants Me To Be” by Donna Partow. Honestly, it was a difficult book to get through, because it made me feel like I wasn’t “all that I could be” in God’s eyes. But I think you worded it perfectly above in saying that surrender is one of the most important words in the christian community. Thank you for your insight 🙂 Sounds interesting. For some really deep reading, and eye-opening too, I would recommend godless by Dan Barker. This is great. Thanks for posting it- it is definitely a great encouragement! I am really far off from being a Proverbs 31 woman but I know my Lord loves me just the same if I’m not. He is so good to me. Thanks for this post. :o) Thanks so much! Just what I, “the perfectionist” who seems to never measure up, needed to hear today! I simply love your blog and your willingness to share and inspire! This is what we read as my mother’s eulogy at her funeral mass last October. We couldn’t come up with anything more fitting for a wife of 68 years, mother of 4, grandmother of 4, and greatgrandmother of 3. I miss her very much. Thank you for sharing that! God bless you and your family. WOW. thanks. What a wonderful reminder…I have not read that in a while!!! love love love it!!!! i try so hard to be that woman…and i fail in so many ways. but i’m getting better every day…and learning more and more. great stuff. thanks for the reminder! (The only thing I own that is linen is green, not purple. See? A failure.) Perfection is something I always strive for …and fall short everytime. I must confess, that I took proverbs 31 as a check list. No wonder i failed miserably. lol.. I am anxious to read this book. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. BTW- Doing the bible study by Sharon Jaynes right now called {Power of a Woman’s Words}. It’s AWESOME. I think you will love. You can read the book too w/o doing the study. I’ve just recently started reading your blog and I love it, esp. for posts like this one. This whole blogging world is pretty crazy and I think it can get a little out of hand. Meaning it’s easy to get carried away with wanting things you don’t have etc. So I made a vow to myself to only read the ones that truly enhance my life and make me a better, wiser person. Blogs that minister as well as deal with the beauty in every day REAL life are the best ones. Thank you for sharing that. i REALLY needed that. thank you. Megan… I just love it when you post about the Bible! Your blog has gotten so big, but you remain the same and share your beliefs. You are a great mom, Megan. Too bad I didn’t get to know you better before you moved to KS. What a great reminder for all of us Moms out there! So many times we try to do all this stuff called life alone…that wasn’t the way it was intended by God! Thanks for the great post. I have been thinking about this so much lately. Your post is just what I needed to get into my head. Thank you! Great post Meg. I would like to take that study in the future. Sounds wonderful…I like the concept of surrender. That is so much better than fighting against our will…letting go! Thanks for the reminder to keep surrendering…it was nice to read some incouraging words today! I’ve always thought of this passage in the present tense. This is who I need to be NOW and why am I not this person NOW {smiles}. I love the commentary on surrender and it being part of our journey. Thank you! ~Jackie Proverbs 31 I cannot do or become. If you only had six weeks to do this study and you needed to choose six of these women, which six would you choose?? Thank you! I needed to hear that today. I remember feeling overwhelmed and “weighted” when I first read that chapter. It took a while for me to look at it in a different light. But now my heart smiles and I am overjoyed to think that each day that I spend getting closer to HIM, He is molding me into her…that noble woman. I long to be that woman for my husband for my children and for my God! When I want to complain about the laundry, the dishes, the chores, the cooking and the “not getting enough help from my husband” I just need to think about her. “She” doesn’t complain or worry about doing too much or about not getting enough rest. She just does it, because that is what the Lord has called her to do. Thank you for posting this…I haven’t read it in a while and I needed to read that. I am going to have to check that book out. Thank you so much for this post- I really needed it today! Oh Meg!! JUST what I needed to be reminded of today!!!…I must admitt the first time I read Proverbs 31, I felt totally overwhelmed…but, funny- when I completely surrender to Him…that overwhelmed feeling goes away and is replaced with peace and joy! He is SO good! Great post. Gave me a lot to think about for the day while humbling me at the same time. Thank you for taking the time to share. Thank you, Meg, for such a nice post. They read that at my Grandmother’s funeral and i just kept nodding my head…yes, she was that….yes, she did that…..this verse does not scare me. It helps me see what I should be DOING! i’ll admit. at first i was like, “oh great. more stuff to do. now i have to go buy some land and plant a vineyard, too!!” but you are right. it is God who is doing this in us when we are walking close to Him. ok….as of 3:00 the Etsy Cora Playground Project has raised
$15,667.93
How great is our God.
What a MIRACLE!!!! Beyond words! Awesome!!!!! FANTASTIC!!! Praise the Lord! Wow, I am impressed! I continue to be so so so moved by this story…What is it about Cora that hits you so hard, causes such a PAIN in the heart?? As another poster said somewhere, there is SOMETHING about that little angelic face…I have no idea, but I am following all this and crying over it daily…And tried to do a little bit of good by buying some pinafores for my own daughter on etsy. I look forward to hearing how it went when the donation was given to Joel and Jess…I know they can’t possibly be feeling joyful, but I do hope there is some way that they can feel a bit less PAIN from this…My oh my but that baby of theirs was, and IS, loved!!!! Awesome! I wasn’t able to make a purchase, but this project has been in my prayers. God is so good! Amazing!!! YIPPEE! God is an awesome God! And it will be an amazing playground not just because it has the funding behind it, but because it will be built with love. Great job!!! Yes, indeed, how awesome is God. Wouldn’t it be awesome if people could always work together to accomplish something? It’s sad that someone has to die before some people open their hearts and wallets when there is a need. There are many people in this world that need metaphoric playgrounds to be built. Let’s build them before the child dies that would have liked to play on that playground. I know, I know, that does sound socialist. that is just amazing! i’m glad i had a chance to be a part of all this, and got some adorable handmade stuff to boot! YEA! Thank you for sharing the total! I’m all goosebumpy and teary! WOW!!! WOW!!! that is amazing, awesome, wonderful, a true blessing! what a miracle…when i read your post before this one…i just could not stop reading it over and over….answers to prayer…our God is great…..praising Him today. that’s amazing. good good good. awesome! Kelly oh my.. amazing I kept praying today that the amount would be evidence of the Lord working in and through the life and death of precious little Cora. To HIM be the glory! Such an awesome praise!! So Amazing, Praise God! I’ve been waiting to hear that total. How exciting! How exciting to know that it will continue to grow to. Thanks for sharing the total… I have goosebumps — and tears in my eyes! That’s fabulous. They lost so much — but hopefully they can see too, what an impact that lovely little girl made… 🙂 Praise God! AWESOME!!!! ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD!! He’s greater than we can even BEGIN to imagine!!!!! He is good. Oh is He good. Bless you all for your time and talent in such a beautiful work! wow!! awesome!!!! i am so in awe…god has definitely revealed himself in all of this. amazing! That is amazing. I think you should add how great are the people that helped raise that money though! It is so amazing! And to think there’s still tons of sellers left to report! Whoohoo! Praise the Good Lord!!!!!!!! A W E S O M E!!!!! Ya’ll all ROCK!!! That is so GREAT!!! Our God is AMAZING!!! I can’t wait to see the playground. What a great way to honor beautiful, sweet Cora!! That is fantastic news!!! I hope that the money will go a long way toward the wonderful playground. AMEN!! That is incredible!!! WOW God is so so good! I’m so happy! Thank You! Our GOD IS GREAT! Hooray! That is JUST AWESOME! How amazing & wonderful. Praise the Lord! That is AWESOME! Praise God! Can’t wait to see the playground come to life to honor this sweet angel! i have no words….just praise. amazing truly…. wonderful. Tears! What a wonderful thing. Thank you for keeping us in the know. 🙂 Oh. My. Goodness. I am soooo excited!! I knew it would be a big sum, but THAT is AMAZING!! You should all feel proud of what you were able to do. Imagine how loved Jess & Joel will feel…awesome. wow!!praise the Lord !!! ohmygoodness, that made me burst into tears! congratulations, you all must be so proud! 🙂 PreTTy GREAT!! There are no words…amazing…just amazing 🙂 how wonderful is THAT! beautiful!!!!!! that is AMAZING!! go Cora!! All I know is he had plans when he brought little Cora home and obviously he has other big plans in store!! God is so good! Congratulations! How Great are all of you! Such Inspiration.. absolutely beautiful & amazing!!! This past weekend, our pastor preached on God’s ability to take our meager offerings (in terms of service in the Body) and transform it for His purpose and multiply those efforts – – as with the fishes and the loaves where he fed thousands with a boy’s meager meal. All each of us had was a humble desire to take part in something to bless this precious family – God has moved and is continuing to work. Blessed be His Holy Name! I WANT TO JUMP UP AND DOWN AND SCREAM!!!!! This is INCREDIBLE!!! Absolutely incredible! I am so happy I could be a part of it! You seem to be an amazing group of people that have inspired so many of us. Awesome!!! Oh my! I read your previous post and headed over to the site today to make a straight up birthday donation in her memory and I wondered what the total was. How WONDERFUL that it has all added up so quickly. God is great. My heart just skipped a beat. This is amazing. WOW that’s amazing. So glad I could be a part of it. Looking forward to getting the hoodie for my daughter. Congratulations! What an inspiring story in memory of a precious angel. monday night i could not sleep. my mind was swirling…thinking…making lists as i laid in the dark.
ideas of projects to make…planning the weeks events….
all while craig snored next to me.
thursday is the day the etsy shops are going to give our donations.
all 194 shops on the same day so the account will show one big jump from etsy.
that is so exciting.
exciting because i can't wait to see the number.
exciting because it will show jess and joel's more love.
exciting because it's humbling to be a part of seeing God's hand in action in many ways each day!
to God be the Glory.
God knew when he whispered to julie "make something for her" what was to come.
God knew that over 50 of us would want to make something too.
God KneW that we were planning to end the fundraiser last friday…
so He had the etsy article run on that day…adding over 144 more sellers to the cause!
God knew that Cora's first birthday would have been on thursday and THAT was the day we should give.
God knew that joel & jess would be meeting with the playground builders that day.
And our gift would be there to welcome them.
HE KNEW. (do you have goosbumps?)
so…back to the idea that came in the dark.
i have one day left.
everything i made has sold and shipped out (yay!)
i have nothing more made and ready to sell.
BUT I COULD TAKE ORDERS.
so i am filling the shop with possible orders.
 fabrics that will be made in to pillows.
 t-shirts and hoodies that will be all cute after YOU decide what i should put on them just for you.
there is one more day.
order a birthday gift….for next month or this summer.
order something for your best friend or your sister.
order a christmas gift!
it may not work….and that's okay.
i will be alright if you don't like this idea.
but it was worth a shot to raise the bar one last time.
and i will faithfully keep sewing till every order is filled.
contact me through etsy with your questions.
(click contact cdduekrsen a bit under annie's glasses picture)
If you already have a custom order…you are good.
if you need to change any of it…that is fine too.
i am going to attempt to send invoices for those orders…when i figure out how to do that.
thank you for being so patient with me.
i feel like i have all these cheerleaders behind me cheering
"SEW SEW SEW! Come on megan you can do it!!"
thank you so much.
now….hit the shop!
I am SO happy for you! You, and all the other Etsy peeps are amazing! And today I found this: http://www.freshbooks.com – might be perfect for invoicing? Might not, but hey, thought I’d share. I ordered a pillow today! Yay! I am glad it will be counted towards the total. I also bought an 8×10 Silhouette Print a few weeks ago, also for Cora. I can’t even begin to imagine how much money has been raised. Goosebumps indeed! Bless you for all your hard work and creativity! You’re a SUPERSTAR! I, too, had goosebumps just before you asked,”Do you have goosebumps?”. What a wonderful thing to read, all the “behind-the-scenes” stuff. Thank you for taking the time to put it down like that. I made a purchase last week, but I have been praying for this sweet family every day for over a month. What an amazing community of friends they have! God bless you! The Lord is AWESOME…and you were obedient to HIS voice. right before I read (do you have goosebumps) I was covered in them! This made me smile. Thank you! I have spread the work everywhere I know for the last day of buying stuff for Cora. I feel so honored that I got to be a part of this…can’t wait to see that number tomorrow! Thanks for doing this! I ordered two pillows this morning, hope it wasn’t too late to be added to the total? The check to the playground fund is what I call a REAL stimulus plan! Look at all the love and business it stimulated! Can’t wait to see what the total is. Just ordered a pillow. Hope it was in time to make the donation cut off! You’re amazing… Covered in goose bumps! OH and SEW! SEW! SEW! You can do it! 🙂 Have a wonderful day! I feel like crying I’ve had such a tough time with school this semester and I’ve got two more months of it before I get a break but God KNOWS and he knows how to handle it even if I don’t thank you for uplifting me and refreshing my mind its like I hit that little button on my mind browser haha I think I’m good for another two months now, thank you so much! Wow!!! You are all simply amazing!!! And…I finally got the pillow I was waiting for!!! Can’t wait to see it and hear about the amount for Cora’s Playground! you’re awesome. Goosebumps for sure. Amazing. I ordered a pillow..sew, sew, sew! 🙂 i will swing by. goodness…He knew that i was on the fence about buying something for kailyn too…and now i will….and when i blogged this a.m. about the super cute shirt i had already got for meg…i had no idea it was the last day, but He did and so hopefully now that will encourage my friends and family over to the etsy shops and give on this last day as well!!! thank you meg for your blog, your etsy, and your devotion to Him! meg…you are totally rocking my stinking face off! yeah for god and all he is doing in honor of cora… GOD IS SO GOOD. MEG, I REALLY TRUELY GOT GOOSEBUMPS READING THAT POST!!! you are SEW awesome!! this entire project is amazing!! I am too late, I missed this yesterday! I started a conversation with you on Etsy. I would love to order something – even though I am one day late. : ( Goosbumpin’ all the way here in TX! I do have goosebumps 🙂 I’m so excited to see what God is continuing to do here! I can hardly wait to find out how much money has been raised! Thank you for being such a sweet friend to them. It gives us unknown and far-away “friends” such comfort to know that Jess and Joel have so many great people in their community supporting them 🙂 perfect meg. i just ordered a pillow that is going to look great on my chair in the studio. i am so excited. God also Knew to place you in joel and jess’ life!!!! i have goosebumps…you are an inspiration! i am placing my order right now! i had to get a hoodie for my little one. more importatly i had to help Cora’s memory live on. Hi Meg, you DO have cheerleaders! they’re cora’s angels! God bless you for all you’re doing and for glorifying Him in all of this! Keep up the great work! You make amazing crafts! Hello there…I have been waiting for the red pillow with the red soft dots and the damask type look..will you be selling that??? GOD IS SO GOOD. HE DOES KNOW, AND IT IS AMAZING ISN’T IT! Thank you. Thank you for letting me know that the money will be posted to the account tomorrow. I placed my order tonight so that it could get in on time. Just sent you a convo! for every comment left on her blog today up to $250
toward Neuroblastoma Research.
Neuroblastoma is what took Cora McClenahan and Danyele's friend Tuesday all too soon.
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way to go danyele!
You have been busy my friend! It’s incredible to see the outpouring of support, love, and creativity that this heartbreaking event inspired in so many people!!! Its so amazing… Amazing! This is a great idea! Thanks for pointing us in this direction!! DONE! With all the gloom and doom on the news and in the papers, it is a blessing to see and hear that peole are interested in each other, and that they are willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved! God is good… What an amazing way to support the research and honor their lives. I’m in! fabulous. This is heartbreaking news! I would love to help support Neuroblastoma Research!! Count me in! Such a fantastic way to honor their lives. Awesome! Tuesday’s mom actually purchased an apron from me for the Cora benefit, and told me her story. She passed away the same week as Cora. What a great way to honor her!
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Karen Gerstenberger - I love this translation of the Scripture passage – and your card! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!
Grace - Merry Christmas, Meg! God’s blessings to you and your family in the new year. 🙂
Sandy - One more thought – do I recognize that picture as the one Annie took of mom & dad???
Sandy - As I was scrolling down the page I thought to myself that you have an extra square for another baby, but then I saw your name and date in that square. I guess you really are done having kids. lol You are a terrific mother & father and your children are as blessed to have you both as you are to have them. Merry Christmas to the Duerksen’s; I hope it was great and can’t wait to hear about it and see pictures.
angela - Love the card!!!! What a great family!
CLOE - AMEN SISTER IN CHRIST ….. FROM THE NORTHEAST
Michele - Merry Christmas!
Tammy - Hope you had a blessed Christmas with your beautiful family!
danielle - merry christmas, you beautiful family, you!!
our hope has come! glory to the newborn King!
jackie chappell - amen !!! from florida
Jenn A. - Merry Christmas to your family, too!
Lisa - Hope you have a white Christmas in Kansas like we do in Illinois
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Hope you are having a great day with the fam Meg. Lots of love:) Merry Christmas!!!
kat - You card is beautiful! Merry Christmas!
Lorilee - Christmas Blessings to you and your family!
Lorilee
Julie - Merry Christmas Meg to you and your family!
Jennifer - Merry Christmas to you Megan! Hope you have a special day with minimal meltdowns!
Melanie - Hope you have a great Christmas! Your pictures are gorgeous!
elma riedstra - Merry CHRISTmas to you and you family and a BLESSED new year!!!
Susan - Merry Christmas Megan!
~Debra - Merii Kurisumasu from Japan!
Nikki - Merry Christmas!
T Galle - MeRrY ChRiStMaS to you Megan! Have a wonderful day with your family!