The End of Our Blue Ribbons

It all began when...

My friend, Amber, gave me a blue ribbon to wear for Moriah when she visited us in February. We both would wear it to remind us of God's promises during this time as well as a reminder to pray for Moriah. I also include all the other children stuck in the hospital who cannot go home in my prayers.

We will cut our ribbons off when we do go home.

This morning I received an email from my friend, Andrea, who is joining us in wearing our blue ribbons.

She wrote this:

"Hi Victoria,It's been a long time since we've talked, but I think of you and your sweet girl often... Lately I've just been aching for your family as you got so close to going home only to have to battle another infection. I bought some blue ribbon and am making myself a bracelet to remind me of God's promises, but also to give me a visual reminder to pray for Moriah. I too plan to keep it on until she comes home. I was thinking you might have other friends and family who would like a blue ribbon. I would be happy to send a ribbon to anyone that wants one. I know it's just a small thing, but I thought it might give you encouragement to know that there are many people standing in solidarity and praying for Moriah. If you know of anyone that would like a ribbon, send me their name and address and I will put it in the mail. Sending you love and hugs,Andrea"

And so the fun began seeing our blue ribbon supporters, praying Moriah home...

Nurse Lindsay; CHLA

Baba and Riggs; Southern California

Aunt Sarah, Mike Pederson, Uncle Alex; Southern California

Andrea Himmelberger; Northern California

Amber Baker; Indiana *the one who started all of this*

Vivian and Beyonce; Northern Cal

PT Laura; CHLA

Dr. Keefer; CHLA

Crystal and Eva; Illinois

Uncle Jon; Southern California

**Our Family at OASIS Church**

Pastor Jon and Kate Maurer; Oasis

Chris, Melinda, and Ainsley; Oasis

Amanda; Oasis and CHLA

Dianne; Oasis

Daniel Osero; Wisconsin

Megan and Elijah Porta; Minnesota

Richard and Carol George; Southern California

**Our Family at QUIKSILVER; Orange County and Pasadena**
Casey and Zach

AJ

Elizabeth and Jessica

Zach and Ali

Chris, Andrew, Steve, Gwen

Mt. Hope Preschool (the BEST preschool ever in Colorado!!)

Kum Mike and Kuma Amy; Colorado

The Weirs; Canada

Emma; North Carolina

Colton; North Carolina

Lisa and Victoria Faith; Florida

Our friend and Doctor, Philippe Friedlich; CHLA

he Hellings and Seidels; Colorado

Michelle and Lauren

The Snyder Family; Southern California

The Sassano Family

Tiffani and Maddi; Northern California

Teta Vera; Southern California

Big brother, Max

Maji; Southern California

Nano; Southern California

Carey McCulloch; Northern California

Gracie Swann; Southern California

Ashley and Lexi Kostjuk; Disneyland

Lucas; Northern California

Rachel, Allison, Jemelene, and Russ Wilson; Oregon
*they also run the Prayers of Hope blog*

Grace and AJ Truhe; Northern California


Josie Hull who also made the cutest video for Moriah on their blog

The Smileys; Colorado

Nurse Christina; LPCH

Megan, Gabby, and Jenny; Quiksilver, Northern California

Nurse Holly; LPCH

And Ester!

And finally, after over a year of wearing our ribbons, we finally got the chance to cut them off yesterday.

Moriah is home, and is here to stay!!!

Thank you to all of you who have supported us along the way. We couldn't have done this without your love and prayers.

Lots of love,

the Nelson Family