tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post729066925803328302..comments2013-03-07T10:14:01.956-08:00Comments on Reflections on the Journey: Learning to breath againJ & Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09086725963207164072noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-7878806275678347932012-05-19T08:11:23.540-07:002012-05-19T08:11:23.540-07:00You, Jordan, Peyton and Piper have been in our pra...You, Jordan, Peyton and Piper have been in our prayers for a while now. We will continue to lift you up. Thank you for being so brave on your blog. You are a gifted writer and should write a book about what you have experienced and learned through these past few years. It would be used by God to reach so many people just as you blog has reached right into my heart and filled it with light. Love you guys!!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559426392624984698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-30305652298871819642012-05-17T05:37:24.674-07:002012-05-17T05:37:24.674-07:00Hi - I was thinking about Piper and Drew as I was ...Hi - I was thinking about Piper and Drew as I was driving to work this morning. I read the book Heaven is for Real and also got the kids version for Angelina and Caden. You may already have it. I was thinking about how Coulton met not only Jesus and God any everyone else in heaven but he also met his big sister and his grandpa. Coulton said his sister wouldn't stop hugging him and I thought about Drew. Although you are so said I bet Drew is just brimming with joy that he has his little sister with him. He probably can't stop hugging her either. :) I was thinking of Ray as well and I know he was there to welcome Piper home as well. Isn't that a wonderful comfort - Piper and Drew are home. I hope you find comfort in the thought that they are together. God bless.<br />CarleyCarley Hansennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-50278335223866779542012-05-16T19:53:03.941-07:002012-05-16T19:53:03.941-07:00Kari, you are a truly beautiful spirit. Through y...Kari, you are a truly beautiful spirit. Through your words Little Drew and Piper have given so much to so many in such a brief time. Peyton has been blessed to have you both to guide him through so much loss when so young. I can only imagine the man he is becoming.<br />Love to you all<br />Jennie B xJennie Brade xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-72795077154618349982012-05-15T21:52:35.773-07:002012-05-15T21:52:35.773-07:00Kari and Jordan, Knowing you so well and then re...Kari and Jordan, Knowing you so well and then reading your words, has moved me to new places, emotionally, spiritually, just in all kinds of ways. We all here want to help you both in some way, to be able to make some difference that helps those painfilled moments. I see it all through here as I read others comments. I know they are feeling what I feel. And I read what Beth says, knowing she knows something that I don't know...the loss of a child. I am thankful for her and know she offers something she learned from experience. I am also thinking of that crib, and how it must have looked when you walked into the room. What is it in that song, the Christmas song, the Little Drummer Boy, he gave his best gift he could, playing that drum. It seems like that is what Payton gave you, and I am so proud of him for that. What a boy! I love your total honesty, to feel exactly what you need to feel. I pray for your strength these next days. See you soon. Love you to pieces. BarbBarb Peasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092946437511418820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-63296321998228817022012-05-15T21:26:17.358-07:002012-05-15T21:26:17.358-07:00Sweet Kari, thank you so much for sharing your hea...Sweet Kari, thank you so much for sharing your heart... I pray that this space here is a place where you can come to process, knowing that those of us here reading come with open hearts, ready to listen, cry with you and laugh with you, and carry you to the throne room of our Father... you are an amazing woman, only wish I could say that to you face to face! Blessings on you Kari!Laurahttp://www.garybull.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-43938231688841441702012-05-15T20:05:15.101-07:002012-05-15T20:05:15.101-07:00I will not stop praying for Peyton, what a journey...I will not stop praying for Peyton, what a journey he's already had.<br /><br />I love you, Kari. What an honor it is to enter into this with you. You process like one with the mind of Christ.<br /><br />I feel like Sweet Piper's ripple will go on forever.Amber Haineshttp://therunamuck.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-63262502109078746382012-05-15T14:41:50.951-07:002012-05-15T14:41:50.951-07:00Dear Kari,
it seems to me that your Peyton has l...Dear Kari,<br /> it seems to me that your Peyton has learned a love that only you and Jordan could have taught him, both by the way you love him and the way you love your Drew and Piper. A love that has come from what few, if any, may fully understand, but what so many of us are in complete wonder of. I have been praying that where there cannot be an abscence of such immense heartache at this point along the journey, that there be a far greater amount of that amazing love surrounding and sustaining you. <br />After reading so much of your heart and soul in this blog, I keep picturing God saying to you and Jordan, "Well done." Well done for loving life, teaching joy, exemplifying unshakeable faith. You've earned every tear, every emotion you feel. <br />We who have never even met your family are sharing in part with you...how could we not be so touched, and changed by what you've shared and taught? I wish so much that there was some way to be helpful. Know that so many of us are "weeping with you who weep." I will continue to be faithful in prayer for you and all of your family. <br />love, BrandiBrandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954731930282559154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-72368877820279283642012-05-15T13:42:27.748-07:002012-05-15T13:42:27.748-07:00Thank you for being so vulnerable, raw, honest and...Thank you for being so vulnerable, raw, honest and faithful at the same time. Praying and loving on you all ~ from afar. We grieve with you,and we will be ever mindful on Friday as we cannot be in person to communicate our love and support. We love you guys.Michele and Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595278905393642086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-8202105006843440312012-05-15T13:24:16.506-07:002012-05-15T13:24:16.506-07:00I was bawling my eyes out until the part about Jam...I was bawling my eyes out until the part about James jumping around like a ballerina. What a cool family you and Jordan have- in that sweet Peyton and all of your parents and siblings. I'm thankful you are being surrounded by them right now. I love you, Kari.erinlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02985297322524006060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-50336489283003504812012-05-15T11:30:37.341-07:002012-05-15T11:30:37.341-07:00Kari, my heart aches with you as I've read you...Kari, my heart aches with you as I've read your blog over the last few weeks and I know what you mean about experiencing both the highs and lows more intensely as you grieve. Just trust the process our loving Father designed for grieving and let Him comfort you. So glad to hear Peyton is finding and giving you joy in the midst of it. We will keep praying for you and your family! <br />Bonnie (koopman)Gabe and Bonnie Ledfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223012445447877247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-77932286916313863032012-05-15T11:14:47.618-07:002012-05-15T11:14:47.618-07:00Kari, you express your feelings so beautifully! I...Kari, you express your feelings so beautifully! I am so thankful you choose to share with us; we are blessed by your blog posts. What a sweet boy you have there! I have tears after reading how hard he worked to do something special for his amazing mama. I am thinking of all of you almost constantly and praying for you!Chelseyhttp://www.chelseywrites.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-29799583878818389952012-05-15T09:29:49.150-07:002012-05-15T09:29:49.150-07:00Oh, Kari, your words are so full of wisdom and enc...Oh, Kari, your words are so full of wisdom and encouraging to all who read them. Sounding like a "2 year old"? I don't think so. I remember feeling I needed to remember the pain. I thought if I quit hurting it would be like I didn't love Shane enough. I have told others to "go ahead and wrap that pain around you like a blanket--for a while. But, the things that were important before are still important." Those of us with other children don't have the "luxury" of staying in bed and sleeping our grief away. Thank God for that!!! Others need us and we need them. Peyton is blessed to have you for a mom. You haven't ignored him but have allowed him to be a part of the joys and the tears. Some children feel they aren't as loved as the child that died because the parents never get over their "obsession with the grief." It is obvious that Peyton will not feel that way. I hope my children never felt that way. I thank God that He has given you and Jordan such loving families. I pray that you will be surrounded by love from family and friends and that you will cry and laugh when you need and want to. I pray that you can feel in your heart all the love that is being poured out to your family from people around the country, some who only know you from your blog. If God ever sees fit for us to see each other again on this earth I will give you a big hug and we will laugh and cry together as mothers with a unique bond--that of having children meet Jesus before we did. Take care of each other, and take care of yourself. Love and Prayers, BethBeth Hinebauchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-17563262507306839692012-05-15T06:56:40.683-07:002012-05-15T06:56:40.683-07:00Kari....girl....you continue to amaze. I'm so...Kari....girl....you continue to amaze. I'm so happy to hear you are allowing yourself the frustration and sadness, but able to "laugh until your sides hurt". God is good. And that Peyton, what a wonder he is too, I can't imagine how that Mother's day gift felt. I'm so sorry for the circumstances, but I am so happy to be able to see you on friday. My soul aches to the core to give you the biggest hug my body can manage.Pakosz Clannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-82113013052304879962012-05-15T06:19:13.037-07:002012-05-15T06:19:13.037-07:00Someday I hope I can meet Peyton. It is obvious th...Someday I hope I can meet Peyton. It is obvious that God so specifically crafted him as a gift to give you and Jordan. What a thoughtful gesture he did for mothers day. I wish I could be there on Friday to celebrate Piper's life with you. Know that your family will be on my heart. <br />MelindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2393067145259361202.post-85646682402540057512012-05-14T22:13:16.408-07:002012-05-14T22:13:16.408-07:00What an amazing little boy. How heart wrenching to...What an amazing little boy. How heart wrenching to cover the whole spectrum of emotions. My heart aches for you Kari to have to go through this again. I know there is nothing I can do or say to change that, to say I'm praying seems so inadequate but I am. And your bravery and honesty is inspiring me and encouraging me to live life differently, to not take time for granted. To live purposefully.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284265657553153315noreply@blogger.com