Giving

In lieu of flowers, the family wished memorial donations to:

• The Sydney Thweatt Transplant Wing at the New Ronald McDonald House, 5641 Medical Center Drive, Dallas, TX 75235; contact person is Courtney
• Providence Christian School of Texas, 5002 West Lovers Lane, Dallas, TX 75209
• Office of Development, Children's Medical Center, Funnyattrics program Slappy the Clown, Dallas, 2777 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1025, Dallas, TX 75207-2230
• Clown Program c/o Dr. Bovine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, 1275 York Avenue, New York City, NY 10021

I know that this is not the answer that so many want, but this is what will be the biggest blessing to Lynette and her family.

Lynette loves the simple. She and James have been pulled and tugged since they have arrived back in Dallas, in making all the decisions about the service and arrangements.

Food has all been completely taken care of for after the service.

Lynette has felt the blessings of all the meals prepared for her family over this journey and now (her family and close friends) feel she wants to be home and preparing herself what she can as soon as she can. So we need to hold back on food.

Her sister said what gives Lynette the most joy and comfort is hearing and knowing what this journey has meant for others. She would love to have a note or an email or verse posted to the website to know how Sydney's life and her journey through this illness impacted them. How Lynette and James' faith walk has changed families and friends.

The best way for the Providence family to help is by continuing to pray for the extended Thweatt family and wait. Wait for healing.

Their every physical need is taken care of. We need to hold them up in prayer and continue to pass along (via notes, emails, website postings) memories of Sydney's personality and stories about her...and how this journey (that they so lovingly let us share) has affected us. Lynette especially treasured each note or website posting she read, and each one gave her great encouragement.

We (Lynette's closest friends) understand the desire to do something physical because we share the desire. Lynette and James have so much family. Some of them haven't been able to minister to (Lynette/James) in NY in person because they have younger children, etc. Now they have all gathered, with more coming from out of town, and they want to do all the serving right now. So we've all stepped back knowing we will get a chance later.

Lynette said tonight that she longs for people not to stop praying, and amazingly she wasn't speaking about prayer for them. She meant that if we were praying more than we have in the past, she longs to see it continue for our own sakes. Of course they do have immediate prayer needs. Judy Darby shared with us that she physically felt prayers that were holding her up wane during dinner time, as those who loved her were busy serving their own families. What a reminder of their real need right now. If we are patient we'll get our chance!