Heavenly Father,

Thank you for the amazing things you have made.
Thank you for the minds you've given the doctors and researchers who make healing medicine possible.
Thank you for people who are willing to give strangers part of their body in order to save a life.
Thank you for friends and family who hold us up when we're scared or sad or confused.

Thank you for my sister, Laura.
She is creative and funny and full of love and life. And, she is strong.
But she is also human.... And, the hugeness of this "chapter" can sometimes be overwhelming.

Please continue to heal her. Prepare her body to accept joyfully the bone marrow that she will receive. Comfort her with a peace that only you can give and through friends and family who want to DO something.

Please comfort the donor as well. Prepare them in body, mind and spirit for the huge gift that they are giving to Laura (and to all of those who love her).

You are the healer. Please completely heal Laura and let 2011 be one of the happiest years of her life.

Amen.