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Zachary Mason German 
"Where there is great love there are always miracles" - Willa Cather
A Prayer for Papa's Little Man
There's a little man named Zachary
That's on everyone’s prayer list
From Virginia, West to California
Not a prayer for him is missed
There are his Nanas and his Papas
And his Mom and Dad of course
There’s his sister, cousins, aunts and uncles
We’ve tapped into every source
This child is very special Lord
He touches all of our hearts
So please listen when we tell you
You can’t take us apart
Be there with the doctors
In his Mom and Dad's despair
And touch them on the shoulder
Just to let them know you’re there
We know you don’t make deals and things
By no means is this our request
But when it comes to Great Physicians
We know you are the best
I’ll leave you with the business
Of all the miracles you do
Saving souls, lives and everything
Won’t you please heal Zachary too
I’ll Gladly take his place oh Lord
If that be in my test
I’ll bear it and give you the Glory
Because we know that you’re the best
Gary R. Brewton "Papa" |
"Every child born into the world, is a new thought of God an ever fresh and radiant possibility."
- Kate Douglas Wiggin
This page was designed to update friends and family on Zachary's fight against Hemophagocytic Lympho Histiocytosis.
Journal
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:16 AM CDT March 31st 2004, our family’s day of purple, was a day that will forever be embedded in my memory, in my heart. It was a day of hope, of a new life that was to restore our sweet Zachary. In that day I remember the feeling of relief, of complete faithfulness that we were here, we had made it! I prayed that morning, turning over the burdens that I had felt of what the day could bring, the fear that we wouldn’t make it to transplant healthy and I opened myself up to a hope that only faith can hold. The day is a reminder of the true unconditional giving of Zachary’s donor, a wonderful man that chose to help save a life and give of himself. There is no greater gift…
Today is a day where my heart opens to the ache that on most days is sealed off from the world. Today is a day that I want to cherish, a day to celebrate the life that was lived, the fight that was fought and the warrior that our son was. The heart is an amazing holder of emotions. The heaviness you feel in times of sadness, the exhilaration that is felt in the time of triumph, of birth, and the layers of memories that open to those special moments, the ones that bring us back to that one time and that one place where only God could have held us to get us through. As I write this, tears flood my eyes for I have had a hard time appreciating the gift of Holy Week this year. I have been sad and even angry that the deep hope that I had for my son’s renewed health was not as I had prayed it to be. As I sit and type, I am reminded that it is this week that allows us Eternity with our loved ones and for that I am truly thankful and find peace in what we were given, the time we shared, the hope that we found and the love that will forever complete our heart.
Zachary blessed us with his life, his beautiful blue eyes that had meaning beyond what we knew at the time. Some of his nurses had said that looking into his eyes was like looking into an old soul, so true! His sweet chunky cheeks and the warmth of his skin as you would kiss the back of his neck! The gentle touch of his hand and the completeness that was felt as his body would lay against my own, listening to the breath that would move in and out of his sweet puckered mouth. His life will be forever cherished!
As a parent of a child that has gone through what Zachary endured, the life he lived, the battle he fought courageously with a smile at such a young age and then the untimely events of his death are not something that is ever forgotten. Life goes on, families grow, people move, change jobs, hair color and even a size or two, but in the end thank God for our hearts memories and it’s holder of history that allows us to embark on where we have been and what was shared. Because in the end, a picture, a trinket, can bring us back to a time that was shared but it is our heart that holds the true emotions of that time… that moment!
Today is Zachary’s day, so I will not be updating on each of us! Suffice it to say we are all well and the girls are our treasures in life!
Today and always we thank you for standing in our corner, for caring enough to sign (Tricia) and let us know you are still there and that you care!
May God Bless you and keep you!
Happy Holy Week!
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Hospital Information: HEAVEN'S PLAYGROUND
Links: www.sharethelove.org
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