flowers for layla.
Posted on | March 9, 2010 | 21 Comments
those of you who have been following Layla Grace’s story have probably heard that she passed away this morning. Layla was a 2 year old little girl with stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma. i, along with tens of thousands of other bloggers and twitterers have been following her story at www.laylagrace.org. this family has shown such strength as they have spent the last weeks with their beautiful baby girl.
i wept for them this morning when i heard the news, along with the rest of the world, as Layla Grace was a world wide trending topic on twitter. she touched the hearts of so many. i decided that Harper, Scot and I would plant some flowers for Layla this Saturday and i’m hoping you will, too. for Layla and all little ones who are taken from the world too soon.
for those of you who are still in cold weather (says the Seattlite…), consider planting in a pot and then transferring once spring really gets here. and if you can’t for whatever reason, i made a banner you can put on your blog. also, if you feel like participating, you can post it also, or blog this (even better!). let’s pretty up some gardens all over the country for Layla.
right click and save to your computer, then use a site such as imgur.com to get the code to use on your blog. place in your sidebar and then head to the nursery to buy some flowers. don’t forget to hug your loved ones.
rest in peace sweet girl.
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proudly sporting my super mama cape since 2008. i like to craft, eat noodles, tweet like mad, and long for more time with my handsome husband. i'm simply trying to navigate through the early years and come out on the other side with a kid who doesn't repeat words i use in the car. wish me luck.
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grab a button!
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March 9th, 2010 @ 1:28 pm
This is wonderful, Mandy.
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March 9th, 2010 @ 1:30 pm
[...] The wonderful Mandy over at Harper’s Happenings has summed up everything I would have said in this post and came up with a great way to memorialize Layla. Go read about it here [...]
March 9th, 2010 @ 1:33 pm
My heart breaks for Layla’s family, what an incredible girl! My nephew Griffin passed away from Neuroblastoma after fighting for four years, so I know how awful it is. We will be planting flowers in Layla’s honor. Thanks Mandy for sharing her story.
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Mandy Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
roxy! i thought so, but i couldn’t remember if it was the same so i didn’t want to mention it for fear of having it wrong. :/ i’m gonna get a flower for Griffin, too!
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Roxanne Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 7:06 am
That’s so sweet of you!
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March 9th, 2010 @ 1:39 pm
My heart aches for Layla and her family. This is a wonderful idea, Mandy.
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March 9th, 2010 @ 1:50 pm
Posted over at my blog. Thanks for a great idea.
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March 9th, 2010 @ 1:54 pm
Here’s a blog I “stole” from Mandy over at Harper’s Happenings. I think it’s a tremendously good idea so I’m sharing it with all of you:
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March 9th, 2010 @ 2:08 pm
Wonderful idea!! I’ll be out planting some here in MD.
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March 9th, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
That just breaks my heart. I am also amazed at how people have responded to this. Thanks for your post, Mandy…we’ll join you over here too.
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March 9th, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
A wonderful idea, I’ll be planting on Saturday. She can look down this summer and see all her flowers…all over the country!
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March 9th, 2010 @ 4:19 pm
That’s a beautiful gesture. I’m going to pass this along.
What a tragic and devastating loss for Layla’s family. It breaks my heart.
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March 9th, 2010 @ 5:03 pm
Beautiful and thoughtful suggestion. Layla’s little light will be missed in this world.
Also, I wanted to tell you that I love Harper’s bicycle tee. It’s perfect!
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March 9th, 2010 @ 6:01 pm
I feel so awful for little Layla’s family & I’m praying that God will give them strength to get through this terrible & difficult time.
I’ll be visiting my in-laws this weekend so I won’t be able to plant flowers on Saturday, but I’ll be doing it as soon as I return home.
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March 9th, 2010 @ 6:48 pm
[...] In the meantime, my friend Mandy over at Harpers Happenings has a lot of good ideas and today she had a very sweet one. Flowers For Layla. [...]
March 9th, 2010 @ 6:55 pm
Hi sweetie. I posted. Can’t stop crying.
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March 9th, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
I loved that families spirit. I really love this idea and will plant a flower for her.
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March 10th, 2010 @ 7:07 am
[...] this Saturday. You can join her or you can place the banner above in your blog. You can find it here along with the [...]
March 10th, 2010 @ 10:11 am
Great idea! I have the badge on my blog.
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March 11th, 2010 @ 8:57 am
Great idea! I blogged about it & snagged the button. Its the least I could do (: http://kristyvilla.blogspot.com/2010/03/flowers-for-layla.html
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March 11th, 2010 @ 11:40 am
Hi Mandy! I popped over from Top Mom Blogs! You’re blog name caught my eye as I also have a daughter named Harper. Great minds think alike!
Such a sweet idea for honoring Layla Grace’s memory. I’ll definitely be planting a flower and snagging your button. My heart breaks for the family. It’s a devastating loss.
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