Liam Reilly's Words - June 25

Though we had very difficult days lately, the Reilly family (Ryan, Maria, big sister Maeve, identical twin Owen, and little brother Aidan) needs many prayers for peace, love, and comfort during the reent passing of their sweet, Irish boy, Liam. We have asked everyone in previous updates to send prayers for this family, but we hope you can send some extra prayers as they struggle to adjust to the loss of their sweet child. Liam earned his angel wings very early morning on Monday, June 22. I am including a quote from Liam that shows what an amazing and beautiful child he is...and this goes right along with the discussion I had with Leanne Lacewell about how Brianna and Max are such special, incredibly sweet children...who knew that Liam had wisdom beyond his years to answer why these things happened to the most sweet, beautiful, loving children.
"You know the thing about angels Mommy? 'What?', I replied. Well,God makes you then he puts little girls and boys on earth. Angels without their wings. He watches you grow, how much you love God and how nice you are and your wings grow just a little. When you become everything He wanted you to be, you die and go to Heaven and then he gives you your full angel wings...and you get to keep them forever. " ~Liam~
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The Reilly Family is absolutely an inspiration to us and I think of them so often and gain strength from their faith, devotion, and strong dedication to being the best parents!! Please feel free to express your sympathy and prayers on in their journal. You can cut and paste the above link into your browser.
I hope Brianna continues to maintain her close connection with God and so she is able to find comfort in His loving embrace. Last night she said that God told her she can't stay on Earth, but then she also went on to say that God told her that she can't go to heaven either! I felt this was a sign of her waivering in the strong faith she has held onto for so long. Bob and I told her that children, especially those that must carry such heavy burdens and suffer on earth, well, they go straight to heaven. I talked her through the footprints poem again and she said that Jesus was carrying her and telling her it was going to be o.k. She said we were all there walking behind telling her "she's o.k.", "it's o.k.", and then she said that the blessed Mother was waiting in heaven for Jesus. She could feel His hair and His warmth, He was walking barefoot, she could feel the sun, she could hear waves and people telling her she's o.k. and she was smiling and Jesus was smiling. Laying very peaceful in bed, I told her there are more people than our Blessed Mother waiting for Jesus and the people He carries to heaven. For Brianna and I, it would be my dad (her Grandpa Close) who would be one person waiting. She fell asleep within a minute.
Please pray for the Reilly Family. Please pray for Ravyn Finch as she is experiencing a very difficult time right now. Pray for our buddy Max, that he and his family enjoy their time and Max continues to have good days playing with friends and family. Please pray for Brianna so she may continue to stay strong in her faith and feel God's loving embrace. Please pray for all DIPG families dealing with tumor progression and terrible symptoms, and also pray for those who are stable, that their tumors remain stable and leave them symptom free!