“Blessed are those whose strength is in the Lord.” Psalm 84:5a

Casey (on the right) spends one last moment with her sister Allison

It’s been seven days since we received the phone call that notified us that something wasn’t right with Allison. One week later we are still recovering. Still grieving. Still searching for answers. I’m not going to lie. It hasn’t been easy. I wish I could say that there was some magic pill that we took that gave us instant peace, but as we all know that’s not the way life works. My friend Crissy noted that just because we know that our loved ones are in Heaven “it doesn’t stop the hurting of the people who are left behind. The Lord’s gotta work on improving that system, eh?” I couldn’t agree more.

But I do want to take some time and thank those who have been there to support me and Keao through Facebook, Twitter, emails, hundreds of text messages, phone calls and even blogs. We couldn’t have gotten through this without you. The outpouring of love, support and prayers have been unbelievable. Some of you I had not talked to since literally high school or elementary school, but yet somehow you heard about what was going on and you extended your condolences. One of my classmates from high school found out what happened and literally flew in from Alaska to come to the hospital and visit (or maybe she was already here on vacation…I’m not sure). We are forever grateful.

A special thanks to those who took some time out of their busy schedules to share their memories of Allison especially Lisa, who at the drop of a hat, came to the hospital and helped us capture the day through her amazing photography.

Also, here are some links to our friends and family that blogged about us (click on the underlined words to get to those blogs).

First, Keao wrote a few entries both on her photography blog as well as her updates on Casey blog.

Uncle Stanton also shared his experiences from Monday.

Crissy and Jonathan, both friends from high school, weren’t there on Monday, but both of them still cared enough to write some encouraging words.

Please continue to pray for Casey. Pray that she digests all of her food and continues to develop normally. One of the hardest things for us is having to back to the hospital every day knowing that Allison is not there but yet, it’s also one of the most comforting because we still get to see Casey. We still have many more nights there, but looking forward we’re convinced that our God will get us through.

Thank you again. We love you.