Thank you

I just wanted to write this real quick because it was on my heart and I wanted to share.

I have been shocked to hear about so many of you who are reading this. There are people from our church, people from support groups, facebook, family and friends. There have been so many of you who have shared words of encouragment and understanding with me. Thank you. If it were not for the encouragment of others I don't believe I would take the time to continue sitting here to write. God has been so good to us and to me personally. Your words of encouragement have been such a huge help to me. I really wish I could explain it to you. Every time someone sends me a note or stops me at church to tell me that they read something, it means the world to me. (You all know who you are.) God is using you and your words to show me His grace daily.

Please keep on commenting, keep sending me notes, keep stopping me on the sidewalk. I am so thankful for each and every one of you.

If you'd like to receieve notifications for when I post something new, you can hit the follow button on the right of the screen. (You need a Google account.)

Thank you all so much for all the encouraging words you have been giving to me about this blog. (You know who you are.)

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Mandy said…
Wow, you have an amazing group of people praying for your family.. add me now, too! I've been reading some of your posts and - wow. What a journey you've been on... I can't wait to see what God has in store for you next!
November 4, 2009 at 8:15 AM
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November 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Anonymous said…
Hope you have a great day today, Kari. How is Toby doing with the braces?
Using Follow on the right doesn't send an e-mail notification. It apparently lets you know in some kind of Blogger dashboard I don't look at. "Subscribe to Posts (Atom)" at the bottom is supposed to subscribe you by e-mail, but it doesn't for me on yours or another site. I posted a follow-up question on a Blogger help forum about how it should work, or maybe one of your other followers can help.
Interesting--I don't see a place in this commenting area to click to get notification about future comments made to this post. I normally see that on other sites if I comment.
Bethany L.
November 5, 2009 at 7:00 AM
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