Annual Day of Remembrance

*Sunday, April 26th

*2:00 - 4:00pm

*Belk Tonawanda Park
Monroe, NC

*Light refreshments and a balloon release!

*Come join us as we remember our heaven babies and the impact they have made in our lives!

Heart walk

It is hard to believe the American heart Association heart walk is Saturday. I look forward to this every year as an event we can do in memory of Maeghan but I will be honest - I dread it. why?
It is sad. It hurts to see others walking in memory of their children and know what it feels like for them. It is hard to be in this "club" and often times I want to run away from these events that put the fact that Maeghan isn't here in front of me. That may not make any sense. I was reading a blog tonight and said losing a child was like amputation. You learn to live without that person you care about but you are never the same again. The heart walk reminds me of my amputation. I know it is always there but most days it is ok. These events put it on the front page of my life newspaper. I don't want this to sound like I don't want to remember Maeghan I just don't want to remember the fact that she is gone and that is hurts to live without my baby girl with me.
Please pray. Pray the Lord will strengthen me and the others who walk with our children's names on our shirts instead of pushing their strollers. May it be a day to celebrate instead of wiping tears.

Thank you

Thank you all who lifted me up in prayer last week during my time speaking. I am reminded of the passage in Lamentations 3:22-23

"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his
compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is his
faithfulness."

The Lord is so great in His faithfulness to us, His children. I stand in amazement at how He uses the "least of these". I have no idea the exact words I shared but I do know the Lord was there as His spirit calmed my anxious heart and surrounded me with peace.

For His Glory,
Mika

prayer

I am sharing my journey and the foundation with a group of ladies at 11am this morning. Please pray for me. There have been many tears shed as I have prepared for today. It seems no matter how long it has been and how many times I share I am always taken back to tears.

thanks & love,
Mika

Heart Walk 2008!

It is time for the American Heart Association Heart Walk! Every year we support the AHA and their CHD research in memory of our daughter Maeghan. We would encourage you to create your own team or please accept this invitation to join the Maeghan & Heidi Team!

• When? - Saturday September 20, 2008
• Time? - Begins at 7:30am
• Where? Founders Hall in Uptown Charlotte

If you are interested in joining the Maeghan & Heidi team just click on the link below and follow the prompts to join.

https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=258232&supId=227460770

I hope you will find great healing in participating in the heart walk. It is never easy, being the one walking with a picture of Maeghan on my shirt instead of pushing her in a stroller, but I hold my head high as I know I am doing something for Maeghan. She sees me, she encourages me, she cheers me on as she is a part of that great cloud.

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of
witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1

I also feel it is good for us to do something as a family for my earthly children. It is not easy to have a sister, but never get to see her or touch her. When we walk with her name and picture on our shirts she is there in more of a physical way. Billy and Rebecca can really feel like Maeghan's big brother and big sister - they need that!

I do pray you will walk this year - we will look for you!

love, prayers & blessings,
Mika

Welcome!

As I was talking to the Lord in quiet today, I asked him to give me wisdom for the foundation. How can the foundation help more Mom's? How can we encourage more families? Reach out to more families? Share Maeghan's life with more families?

The blog world!!!

I hope this will be place to...

• share thoughts
• share prayer requests,
• share words of encouragement
• share foundation events and opportunities to help other families
• share stories of our CHD babies and the impact they have made in our lives and the world!
• share the Love and hope of Christ with all!

Thank you for supporting The Maeghan & Heidi Heart Foundation!

love & blessings,

Mika