Posted on 11/28/2005 6:26:58 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
Ok, my second vanity, even though I had earlier promised that I would only post one. However, I felt that this was important enough to post here, where good people pray for those that really need it.
Got this e-mail from a friend this morning and I am asking you for some of that special prayer support that one only finds here.
I thank you.
"My Dear, dear Friends, I have some very sad news. My niece Sara xxx, my sister Fran's daughter, was beaten to death by her boyfriend this past Friday in Hawaii where she lived. She was also pregnant and after much testing on the fetus the doctor's determined that the baby could live outside the womb, but recommended it stay in-uterine for another 2 weeks. Sarah has been on life support since she entered the hospital and was proclaimed brain dead on Sunday. She is being kept medically alive for this gestation period. My nephew/godson Mike xxx went to Hawaii to be there with her because Fran is going through chemotherapy for ovarian cancer and couldn't travel at this time. One redeeming note, if there can be one in this situation, the man who did this to her is in jail. Also her two children weren't there when it happened.
This ordeal is so surreal. You only hear about this kind of incident happening in the news or movies not to someone in your own family. My sister is a pillar of strength and her son is truly a man among men for the way he's been there for his mother. I know you all have your own family ordeals, but I wanted to let you know about Sarah since some of you knew her and my family.
love, MJ"
Thanks for the update!
The baby's mother, Sarah Fay.
Josiah Darcy Fay, whose mother Sarah Fay was kept on life support before he was born, was held yesterday by Carie and Michael Fay. The Denver couple, Josiah's aunt and uncle, plan to adopt the baby.
Baby Josiah, being cuddled by Michael and Carie Fay, was released Monday from Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.
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Thank you for the prayers and thoughts.
I put together a montage of FReeper replies from this thread and sent them on to Sarah's family. They were truly amazed at the response from this place.
I wasn't.....;-)
So many really nice guys out there yet women attach themselves to losers like this.
Prayers from TX
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Prayers for Sara as well as the baby and her other children. Also for her mother Fran. God bless them all -- Prayers from Oregon.
That first link is a nice story about the entire ordeal. Thanks for posting it.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for your friend and her family.
Praying for her baby, her children and her family members. I can't wrap my mind around the truely horrible things some people will do.
susie
Many prayers and thoughts.
MM
Continued prayers for this family, for the new baby, and many many blessings in the middle of this tragedy.
prayer bump
Thank you so much for the update! Prayers continue...
What type of monster... I don't know what to say. I pray the baby will do fine and a certain evildoer receives the harshest justice now and hereafter.
I pray for the whole family, particularly the darling baby and the mother's soul -- for life and Life.
I also pray for the murderer, that he confess his horrible sins and seek forgiveness, that he repent and be healed.
And for the surviving (grand)mom, that she recover fully and soon and for the other two children, that they can forgive what has happened and overcome the temptation to hate and self blame.
Praying that God will use this situation for His glory and bless and protect this child.
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