Hope Box Donation

In October I had posted that my MOPS group had decided to do Hope Boxes for our service project this year.  You can read my post here about how it all came together as well as my devotion that I gave - A Time to Remember.  

As we started our fundraiser, I truly had no idea where it would end. Our fundraising went on right before the end of the year and we collected over $3100 for Hope Boxes.  I was overjoyed.  It made my heart happy to see that a group of women would embrace this, feel connected to this, and most importantly want to support / minister to women that will go through something so devastating.  Our Hope Box gathering took place March 3rd right before Spencer's 2nd Heavenly Birthday.  We were able to make 80 boxes that night and we then divided the boxes up to be delivered to local hospitals in our area.    

Hope Boxes contain the following:
Bible
One Year Book of Hope
Journal
Book Marks
Information about Hope Mommies
Tissue
Tea and Coffee
Candle
Hand print / Footprint Cards
Personal Note from our MOPS group

Below is pictures from our Hope Box gathering and some of our donations that we made. 

Thank you to these women for your help in making this happen, without you none of this would have been possible.

We were able to make this delivery on Spencer's 2nd Heavenly Birthday to the hospital where he was born.  This was my nurse who assisted my doctor in our delivery with Spencer.  She has a very special place in our my heart and always will.

Our delivery to Texas Children's Hospital.  The boxes were placed in the bereavement room that was created for parents to spend there final moments with their child before Jesus welcomes them into His loving arms.  This was extremely special to myself and my friend (next to me) as both of our boys had LUTO and we were under the same care of doctors.  Her son was born January 2015 and went to be with Jesus in May of the same year.  

For more information about setting up a Hope Box gathering or Hope Mommies please go to:  Hope Box Gathering or Hope Mommies

Thank you for those that made this possible and your prayerful consideration to donate to a ministry that believes in the Hope of Christ.  Thank you for those that helped put the boxes together and prayed over them as we delivered them to hospitals.  Our prayers continue for those families that might receive one of these boxes that they might find comfort, peace, and most of all Hope.  

Merry Christmas Spencer

Merry Christmas Spencer!

This is our second Christmas without you here, another day where I wonder what you are doing up in heaven and what you would be doing if you where here with us. 

What is Christmas like is Heaven?  Do you celebrate by praising our savior for being born?  Does Jesus have a huge birthday cake where you all sing "Happy Birthday" to Him in unison?  What do you get someone that has everything?  I can only imagine that Christmas in heaven is beautiful and I absolutely can not wait for you to show me how Christmas is really done. 

I wonder a lot what it would be like with you here with us. Would you be more mesmerized with the boxes your gifts came in than the gift itself?  Would you know how to open your gifts or would your big brother have to help you?  Would I have even put my good ornaments on the Christmas tree this year or would I be telling you to leave the tree alone at all?

We love you Spencer and we miss you always. 

Time seems to be going by so quickly but I remind myself often I am one day closer to getting to hold my baby again.  The holidays are never easy when you miss someone that has died. It is always a time I feel like we long for our Spencer more and although this Christmas seems easier than the last it doesn't mean that I don't think about what it would be like if he was here THIS year.  

Since last year I have been searching aimlessly for the perfect ornament to put on our tree to go along with ours.  See, my husband and I have a Precious Moments for our first Christmas we were married, my son has a Precious Moments for his first Christmas, and our angel that tops our tree is Precious Moments.  So I have been hunting for a Precious Moments ornament for Spencer but I did not want a baby's first Christmas since technically he did not have that with us.  As I am searching this year again, I find the one, the PERFECT one!!   I was so happy and overjoyed that I found it.

Right before Christmas as my son and I were coming home after I picked him up from school a song came on the radio.  I don't recall hearing the song before but I felt like it was a good reminder for me to trust God.  I know that sometimes I have moments where I question Him but in the end I need to trust that He is holding me and has a plan that is perfect for me.  
  

As we head home from my husband's parents for our family Christmas we stopped by Spencer's grave.  We were unable to around Christmas time due to the rain we had received in the Houston area.  It is so peaceful where he is buried and we really love the place we chose.  Below is some of the pictures from our visit at Spencer's grave.  

Bubbles for brother.

My son is into silly pictures now.