Dear Lucy

Our friends just found out that their sweet baby, Lucy, has an a autosomal terminal disease called SMA - Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Our hearts are breaking for them. Gracie and I have been "talking" lately and so here is a letter to Lucy from Grace. Please keep Lucy and her family in your prayers!

Dear Lucy,

You are one of my best friends! I wish we could play together more but I guess our mom’s are pretty busy trying to keep us healthy. They are always talking about germs and telling our siblings to “sanitize”…silly mommies! My mommy and I have been talking about you a lot lately. I am sorry you are sick. Mommy was so sad to hear that you have Spinal muscular atrophy. I told her that I already knew you had it and that you had known, too. I know that your mommy and daddy are sad, too. I think that they wish they could take it all away. Lots of people probably feel that way, huh? I remember one time when my mommy was pregnant with me, she was driving in the car alone and she was crying pretty hard. She was sad that I would have Down syndrome. She was worried about how I would feel, worried about how I would be treated, what I would have to go through…worried about a lot of things. But then I told her, “Don’t be sad mommy. I chose this!” She stopped crying then. I remember when you told Heavenly Father and Jesus that you would accept the trial of having SMA. I remember your family agreed, too. Heavenly Father and Jesus knew that your mommy and Daddy are selfless people who give their love to everyone so freely and that they have a lot of faith and strong testimonies. You knew that you would be taken care of, huh? Heavenly Father and Jesus knew it, too. You are so special Lucy! I always loved running around with you in Heaven. We sure did laugh a lot didn’t we? Remember how before we came to Earth, we promised each other that we would see each other again soon? Thanks for keeping your promise. Whenever I see you or think about you, I feel really happy. I don’t know when you will get to go back to Heaven but when you do, do you promise that you will come visit sometimes? I know you will be busy watching over your family and helping Jesus. But I guess you’ll Kind of be able to be like all of the angels that are always around us, huh? I love you Lucy! Thanks for being my friend. I’ll tell everybody I know to pray for you. Don’t forget to tell your mommy and daddy you love them and that you are happy. They’ll be able to hear you, I promise. Goodnight dear Lucy, sweet dreams!

All my love,

Grace