We are Thankful

Dearest Family & Friends,

We are so thankful for all of you. Your prayers and support have helped us get through this journey with our beautiful Riley.

A special thank you to my sister Kelly for starting this blog site to help us keep family and friends, near and far up-to-date with Riley's story and pictures. With out her expertise in computers and her wonderful way with words (she is such a proud Auntie) we would not have had the opportunity to share our little joy with all of you.

For such a little girl, she sure taught us a lot about not giving up and giving us hope.

She made sure to throw all the statistics out the door about her early delivery and size, just to show us miracles can happen.

Although we would have rather had her with us longer, we were blessed to have her with us for 5 weeks, for that we are very thankful. Love is an amazing gift.

I believe her strength and perseverance will stay with all of us. At 14oz we realize not only has she made an impact in our lives, she has touched many others in so many ways..what a blessing!

I truely believe she was here to make a difference.

Although our hearts have been saddened by our loss, we believe God will hold her and take care of her until we meet again.

We appreciate and thank each and everyone of you for your thoughts and prayers for Riley and our family.

Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless,

John, Jennifer, Kaitlyn and Payton

Funeral service:
Saturday November 25, 2006 at 10 a.m.
Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home
2203 N. Division
Spokane, WA 99207

God saw you getting tired when a cure was not to be.
So He closed His arms around you and whispered "Come to Me."

You didn't deserve what you went through;
so He gave you rest.
God's garden must be beautiful, He only takes the best.

And when we saw you sleeping
so peaceful and free from pain,
We could not wish you back to suffer that again.