Songs, Memories, Poems

Songs

	Lyrics	Windows Media Player
"Wait on Him"
"Caela's Song" 1
"Call on Jesus"
"Total Praise" 2

1. This song was written for Caela in March by her friend, Jacqueline Spraggins

2. So many people have asked us, "How do you do it?" This song is our answer.

 

Memories

Destiny Sanchez, Caela’s Friend and A.I. Dupont Roommate, read by Natalie Corbin

"Dear Friend..."

Introduction

My name is Natalie Corbin and I will be reading remarks written by Destiny Sanchez, Caela’s friend.  Destiny was a teenager when she and Caela met at AI DuPont Hospital for Children during the summer of 2002.  Since then, Caela and Destiny have been roommates in the hospital several times and kept in touch in between admissions.  Even though they were so far apart in age, Caela and Destiny shared an undeniable connection.  Destiny has struggled with her own difficult illness since the age of 9, and is now waiting for a quadruple organ transplant. 

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Olga Lucia Torres, Family Friend

Hi, my name is Olga Lucia. My connection to the Farmer family is that Mari-Carmen and I have been friends for over 14 years now. I have to admit that I was surprised when Mari-Carmen and Tatum asked me to say a few words today, but I felt incredibly honored.

Caela and I had something in common – we both had serious neurological and medical conditions that required round-the-clock attention and care. Unlike Caela’s neurological condition, I suffered a traumatic brain injury (Mari, FYI, “TBI”) in August of 2000. The doctors’ predicted that I would die the day I went into the coma, but clearly, they were wrong. Currently, I am still in therapy and recovering from the brain injury. I share this information w/you b/c I hope that you’ll be able to see how Caela helped me save myself from my own self-pity and self-loathing.

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Danielle Modica, Caela’s Friend and Speech Therapist

"An Angel in our Midst"

For those of you who may not know me, my name is Danielle.  Mari-Carmen and I started out as acquaintances--friends of a mutual friend.  This was before Caela was conceived--then she came on the scene and our relationship turned into a professional affiliation as I would have the honor of becoming Caela’s speech therapist and now ultimately our bond has blossomed into a very dear and sacred friendship.

Anybody who knows me understands that Caela has changed my life.  This is not something that can be explained with words or defined by labels, it is simply a fact…an absolute truth that my course in this world was undoubtedly altered upon the moment I first set eyes on her.  And I feel incredibly blessed, undeservingly fortunate and fully humbled to share a rare and pure connection with this wonderfully beautiful, awe-inspiring little girl.

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Poems

"Faces of Faith" written by Mattie J.T. Stepanek, read by Daniel Farmer, Brother

• This poem holds special meaning for Daniel and has inspired him a lot this year.

Raspberry Kisses

Her eyes said it all
Words need not get in the way
With a blink of her lashes in your heart she’d stay
Eyes of patience with no need to say
For silence was broken when her eyes came to play.

There was no denying the expression in her stare
A Shakespearean soliloquy could not even compare
For the emotion delivered from her soul to her stare
Was never of burden, just of love to share.

She personalized her look for the one in her sights,
Always of sound mind, despite her fight,
When I think of the words she never did speak,
I remember those kisses she raspberried on my cheek.

Baby girl, I love you
And I’m happy you’re free
I’ll continue your Rett fight
Until I see 
You face to face
And when I do 
I’ll still take your raspberries as my “I love you.”

Love Daddy