SILENCE

The day has gone silent. A friend is living moment by moment in New York, hour by hour...waiting for her 4 year old little Erika to improve or not. I'm having trouble blogging the last couple of days. I'm having trouble processing the pain these friends must be enduring. I'm having trouble with every act I do feeling pointless today. For those of you not in Muscatine awaiting the news of little Erika and may not know the scoop...given very little hope for life after 6 months Erika's parents took her to NYC and there an amazing mircale began to unfold. Erika was added to the transplant list and yesterday she underwent a heart transplant. I'm sure I would get the details wrong so if you're interested you can go to www.caringbridge.org and click on visit and then type in erikamaynard. The website is down right now but as of 5:55 pm there were no updates since this morning and thousands are in silence breathing multiple prayers for Erika awaiting the next update. There were struggles after the transplant and it seemed touch and go from their journals. So, tonight, amidst the online silence we cry out tears and fervent prayers for sweet little Erika. Nothing else seems to matter today. The waiting has consumed so many...may God somehow be praised through all those drawn to the story of little Erika.