Hey all. Everything is simply great at the Smith household. We are truly very blessed by every single day we have together with Caden Marshall.
Melissa and I were sitting around talking about how we will explain Caden Marshall's "situation" to him when he is older. How to explain the limitations he will have and why he must see the doctors so regularly and such. The conversation then switched to God and the role He played. How to raise him as God would want us to. How to communicate to Caden Marshall the importance of letting Him guide daily decisions, how to depend on Him for strength and the importance of prayer and support that got mom and dad through each day. Then we switch the conversation to you, our never ending support base here on earth. We may never be able to thank each of you for all the encouragement. We may never be able to express in words what it has meant to us and the value it brought us when times were the toughest. Melissa and I do however feel we may be able to explain it to Caden and we would like your help.
We are assembling a book of memories. A book that captures the days, good and bad, in words and in pictures. We plan to put in this book our blog postings and sharing them with Caden Marshall when he is ready. We want to assemble a part of this book that will highlight the support of each of you and your families have provided. We will put in some of the beautiful drawings that the Katich girls made for us and the pictures and letters my niece and nephews drew. These were hung on the wall in the hospital and brought smiles and tears (happy) to Melissa and I on a regular basis. What we would like to request are pictures of you that shows you supporting Caden Marshall. I know that a lot of you bought the Caden shirts in support of us. If you still have them can I request you put yourselves or your children in them again and send us a photo please? Unfortunately they are not still available. Yet if you don't have them we would still like a picture of you to put in his memory book.
Caden will need to understand that there were/are many people fighting and praying right along with him. Caden still has some fighting to do down the road and we envision showing him the book before his third surgery so he understands he is not going in with just mom, dad, and God on his side. I know it is an odd request so don't feel the pressure to send us a photo. Melissa and I just thought it would be nice to have.
Above is an example pic. This is the Iowa Smith clan at the Smith Family reunion back in May. They all came out rockin their Caden shirts. Don't they look great! Thanks Caden heads (as Monique -third from right- calls em) !!
If you are so inclined, send the pic to melissaanddavid@comcast.net
Thanks again for everything. We will talk to you soon.
David and Melissa
Melissa and I were sitting around talking about how we will explain Caden Marshall's "situation" to him when he is older. How to explain the limitations he will have and why he must see the doctors so regularly and such. The conversation then switched to God and the role He played. How to raise him as God would want us to. How to communicate to Caden Marshall the importance of letting Him guide daily decisions, how to depend on Him for strength and the importance of prayer and support that got mom and dad through each day. Then we switch the conversation to you, our never ending support base here on earth. We may never be able to thank each of you for all the encouragement. We may never be able to express in words what it has meant to us and the value it brought us when times were the toughest. Melissa and I do however feel we may be able to explain it to Caden and we would like your help.
We are assembling a book of memories. A book that captures the days, good and bad, in words and in pictures. We plan to put in this book our blog postings and sharing them with Caden Marshall when he is ready. We want to assemble a part of this book that will highlight the support of each of you and your families have provided. We will put in some of the beautiful drawings that the Katich girls made for us and the pictures and letters my niece and nephews drew. These were hung on the wall in the hospital and brought smiles and tears (happy) to Melissa and I on a regular basis. What we would like to request are pictures of you that shows you supporting Caden Marshall. I know that a lot of you bought the Caden shirts in support of us. If you still have them can I request you put yourselves or your children in them again and send us a photo please? Unfortunately they are not still available. Yet if you don't have them we would still like a picture of you to put in his memory book.
Caden will need to understand that there were/are many people fighting and praying right along with him. Caden still has some fighting to do down the road and we envision showing him the book before his third surgery so he understands he is not going in with just mom, dad, and God on his side. I know it is an odd request so don't feel the pressure to send us a photo. Melissa and I just thought it would be nice to have.
Above is an example pic. This is the Iowa Smith clan at the Smith Family reunion back in May. They all came out rockin their Caden shirts. Don't they look great! Thanks Caden heads (as Monique -third from right- calls em) !!
If you are so inclined, send the pic to melissaanddavid@comcast.net
Thanks again for everything. We will talk to you soon.
David and Melissa
All I can say is Caden is BLESSED to have two beautiful people to call MOM and DAD in his life. For your request we are HONORED to be a support for Caden Marshall. Prayers coming from Plainfield. Love Ya.
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What an AWESOME idea!! We'll get to the pictures to you soon....as you know this is a busy weekend for us and John is leaving on Sunday for his business trip.
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You are all truly an inspiration to us. We look at your faith, commitment to each other, and Caden, and are lifted up. We check on you guys daily hoping that there is another update to see how things are going. We are so happy that things continue to go well. Caden's book will be an awesome way to show him his journey. He is truly blessed to have you as his parents, and we are blessed to have met all of you on our own journey.
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What a wonderful mother & father Caden has to think of this. You are the most thoughtful parents a little baby could have. I think Caden will understand his situation because of the way you 2 are guiding him so far and in the future. And don't forget about all his guardien angels helping him along the was also. God Bless you. Love, Aunt Ginny
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