Oh what a beautiful day it has been. My prayer has been that Kayleigh would be healed, grow up, get married one day and have children of her own. I had hoped to have the opportunity to plan a big church wedding for her but that was just not God’s plan for my sweet girl. But that just meant that today needed to be extra special. Today was her big church party and it turned out exceptionally well.
Beautiful pictures of Kayleigh were displayed everywhere. Special treasures she received during her battle were set out for people to see. Flowers were at every corner. It was the perfect celebration of her life and we are so incredibly thankful for all of the amazing people that helped us make so.
God has been so gracious today to grant us amazing strength and His perfect peace. Tim and I have been able to celebrate our daughter and worship our Lord with family and friends from all over.
I especially loved this verse Bro. Rob used today. It has been one of my thoughts for a while now – that by taking Kayleigh to heaven now he has spared her from any additional hurts.
Isaiah 57:1
1 Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come.
I leave you tonight with the end of the letter that I wrote for Kayleigh’s eulogy.
Oh my darling Kayleigh, how I love you so. You, my beautiful girl, are one of the most precious treasures God has ever given me, and how thankful I am that He chose to entrust you into our care. I never could have anticipated God’s plan for your life. I never would have thought our time with you would be so short. The day we found out you had a brain tumor I remember very clearly hearing “seven is the number of completion” in the back of my head. Oh how I hoped and prayed that was just an errant thought. Yet now, as I can look back and see how your life has unfolded, I can see that you are indeed perfectly complete. Your seven years here on earth have been a joy. I knew you were my last baby and I treasured every little detail. I held you longer, rocked you more, little did I realize that was God storing up precious memories for me from the beginning. My good, good Father making sure we would have no regrets, only beautiful memories and hope for eternity. And while my heart is broken because it misses you so – at the same time my heart is filled with awe at the amazing things God has done through you.
You always told me you were, “just a little girl.” I would tell you how far you story was reaching and how you were making a difference and you would just shake your head. I hope now that you are watching from heaven you can truly see just what an impact you have had. Your legacy is one of joy through adversity and hope in all situations. You amazed me with your heart and your fight. I am so proud to call you my daughter, we will never forget.
I love you my Baby Duck,
Mommy
Fly high my beautiful girl, thank you again Heather Mitchell for this picture to treasure.
Tim and Carrie,
Our Lord and Saviour truly has a purpose in all this, often unknown to us. I’m a single father raising three daughters and your story has been an inspiration to my family. My daughters all wore purple in recognition of your precious Kayleigh. May the Lord continue to provide your wonderful family through this challenging period.
Dearest Carrow, Tim, Cole and Grace…I am so sorry that your family is going through this. I am praying for you. You will have a huge ache in your heart…the next days and weeks are going to be extremely tough. You will go to sleep with this and your waking thought will be a realization of your new reality. It’s going to be painful. But you will be ok…you will soar because many are lifting you up in prayer!…and because GOD IS FAITHFUL!!!
The reassurance that God had saved our son from the calamities of this world, was my verse too. What a comfort! This month was 18 months for us…it is a tough journey but a journey of amazing grace!