Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy National Donor Day!

Today is National Donor Day. So we decided to celebrate this holiday instead of Valentine's Day. We've never been big into Valentine's Day anyway, so there's not much to miss by skipping it this year. Celebrating our donor and his/her awesome gift is so much more meaningful to us than a nice dinner out together followed by flowers (which will wilt and die) and candy (which will get wolfed down too fast).

So I made a cake in honor of our kidney donor. Here is a picture of it.


Then I had Rob write a letter to our donor, and I did the same. Here are our letters:



We started our celebration with prayer time together. And then we read our letters out loud to each other. Finally, we lit the 1 candle on the cake and Rob blew the flame out - and we both said, "yay!" I know, kind of cheesy...

Then we enjoyed a slice of Donor Day Cake - strawberry with vanilla frosting, coconut flakes and funfetti sprinkles. Yum!

Happy National Donor Day everyone!

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  1. cheribabyFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    Danielle-- what a NICE thing to do, Danielle! That really touched me (and dad too)... a cake in his/her memory and you each wrote letters.. that's so lovely and I just know how grateful you and Rob truly are. Dad and I are grateful to that wonderful person, (and his family) too. Rob looks so great in that picture... really healthy, praise God for all of this. We still pray for Rob and good health with his new kidney... his creatinine levels, etc. Also now and then I have prayed for the donor's family, too. God Bless all of the people involved... Dr's, nurses,donor, etc, but it all starts with him from above. So grateful. Keep up the good work sweetheart, and hug Rob for us. xoxo

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  2. cheribabyFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    I just read both of your letters to him/her. Both touching and beautiful...

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