An Empty Chair This Year
Christmas Eve, Dec. 2001 (age 4) Shayne opens the window so that Christi can toss out carrots for Santa's reindeer. 
December 2003 (Christi 6, Shayla 4)
Last year: Christi at her favorite spot "The Kids' Table" with her cousins(Dec. 2005, age 8)An Empty Chair This Year:
December 24, 2006
December 19, 2006
December 22, 2006 Around the Christmas table
there's an empty chair this year -
the precious smile is missing
of someone we still hold dear.
And yet our hearts are hopeful,
though the season's bittersweet,
Because we know the one we love
has filled another sea.
For another banquet table abounds with joy and love
For those who've made the journey
to be with our Lord above.
Family Photo taken last December at Kayla's fundraiser.The Thomas team would like to express their deepest gratitude and appreciation for all who so lovingly donated to the Christi Thomas Memorial Fund and / or to the Lunch for Life Giving Tree in Christi's memory this holiday season. Soon we will share how the Christi Thomas Memorial Funds will be utilized for many years to come and Shayla has been checking each day to see how many ornaments are hanging on Christi's Giving Tree. This morning it is an incredible 704! (That means over $3,500 was raised and will be used for neuroblastoma research. All together these precious kids, with thousands of loving supporters, have raised nearly $1 million to help fight for their little lives.)
posted by the Thomas team @ 10:28 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Angela, Shayne, and Shayla,
I just wanted you to know that my prayers are with you this Holiday season. I just found your story a couple of days ago, via a search on Laura Stiles whose story I discovered in the newspaper the other day. Christi was so beautiful, so amazing, and so loved. I literally spent half my day yesterday bursting into tears thinking about her wan but beautiful face in the days before her death. I have struggled with sadness and fear for a lot of my life and whenever I read about someone like Christi, it's like I get a kick in the butt. How can I not be really living when somebody like Christi no longer has the chance? Thank you for sharing her story. My prayer is that you all can find true peace and happiness again. I know it will be a difficult journey, but there are so many who are rooting for you: especially Christi!
With all my love,
Anne
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