Featured Angel for November 2010

Lainie Grace Border joined us on September 23, 2002. What a perfect, beautiful baby! Our hearts swelled with LOVE. We had no idea we could love so much! My pregnancy was great, and labor and delivery went smoothly, too. We had a HEALTHY baby and life was the best it had ever been. We brought our daughter home and settled into our new life as a family of three, dreaming about Lainie's future and all the wonderful things we would experience with her. How quickly those dreams came crashing down. At 7 weeks old, Lainie was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type I. With broken hearts, we told our daughter good-bye on February 13, 2003.

Lainie is forever a part of who we are and who we will become. Through all our days on earth, we will miss her smile and the joy she brought us during her short 4 1/2 months. We will also give thanks to God for letting us care for such a special baby girl. To honor her, we continue to stand up with others affected by this terrible disease to raise awareness of SMA, and ultimately raise money to find a CURE!!! Since Lainie's birth, many strides have been made in finding a cure for SMA. We aren't there yet, but we are truly getting there!!! Please help us honor Lainie's memory by donating toward the cure that will mean so much to so many families- those who have lost precious children, those who pray for a cure for their children who currently suffer the effects of SMA, and those who do not yet know how much this cure will mean to them.



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IN HONOR of Lainie Grace

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Thank you so much for reading about Lainie and considering donating to end this life-stealing disease.

Love,

Julie, Bret, and Luke (little brother)