At this point in the story you literally just want to be there with the families to help comfort them, especially Lauras family because they are stuck in an ICU waiting room for days waiting and waiting. They finally get the oppertunity to stay at a house that is run by a pastor, and it is for families like Lauras that need somwhere to stay and have a horrible situation that they are dealing with. Everything was free. At this point "Laura" is in a coma, and so many people are trying to contact the family, with the same words," i heard about your daughter, if there is anything we can do to help let us know." So in that case with hundreads of people trying to contact her with updates and so forth, Lauras Mom decided to make a blog! In fact it was on this very website, blogspot.com. She would post updates on Lauras health, and people from all over the country were contacting her saying that they were praying, and telling there stories as well. So Laura was fortunate to have so many people praying over her. After Whitneys Mom Colleen and the family had got the news, and they had gone away, they came back and the house just seemed abnormal. There were flowers everywhere, over 30 messages on the answering machine, and they were dreading the moment that they were going to have to go upstairs to Whits room. But they knew they had too. They ended up just laying on her bed and turning the harshness into laughter by remembering all of the good times they had with Whit. Also after that they had to be concerned about making the arangments for the funeral. Carly, Whits older sister suggested that instead of worrying about the funeral arrangment, they shoud start the day with a 2 hour prayer session. Her mom thought she was crazy cuz she had so much to do but they ended up listening to worship music, and reading whits favorite bible verses. Everyone was so thankful that Carly forced them to do it because now the day would be so much easier. Later that day they end up going to watch the highschool soccer game beacuse Whit used to be on it. Next comes whitneys birthday which was also her funeral day. Her Mom is keeping a journal of like what she would want to say to whit everyday, just saying like Happy 19th b-day, its been so long since we have talked....basically writing her a letter like she is gone in a foreign country or something. So many of the people that loved whit showed it, and there were more people than anyone ever could imagine at the funeral.
I am still in aw at the fact that this book is how God is the look back on every situation, and every thought, they always turn to him either with prayer, or trust in him. Its so moving I cant explain. Its almost comforting in a way and makes the situation less sad and depressing. You would not believe how many people were praying for these girls. Its so unreal but so real. Even though this book is sad, for some reason it interest me to see how these families are getting through this tragedy.
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