I was invited to do a small photoshoot with Kate in the play room yesterday (the day before her surgery). I have been talking about this story all week, but if for some reason you missed it, read it here. Brian and I had such a blast with the family, the siblings and just PLAYING!! She is a little girl that LOVES to play. Hopefully brian will edit some more video. Please keep her in your prayers and thoughts today as she is in surgery. Isn’t she beautiful? She painted a beautiful painting that I was so proud of. She rocked it up!! I am very thankful that i had ANYTHING to offer this family this week.

This is a message from her mom a few minutes ago:
Kate is in surgery. It will take an hour to put all of the central and arterial lines in before they even start the craniotomy. We don’t have words. They had to take her out of my arms and I heard her crying mommy. I couldn’t take it. No five year old should walk this road. I wispered in her ear before they took her how much her daddy and I loved her and that Jesus would be with her the whole time. We told her to be a fighter. She said she was scared. My baby is scared. So are we. Desperately scared. We have never hurt like this. So please pray for her, have faith for us right now. We are scared and hurting. to go kate’s caring page
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PLEASE PRAY FOR KATE!! The McRae’s are dear friends of Brian and I. I had the privilege of taking their family photos a few months back. They are a wonderful family. They just got news two days ago that their baby 5 year old girl has a large brain tumor. kate is a BRIGHT SOUL!! I was just at the pool a few days ago playing with her in the water and basking in the sun with Holly and their two other children. She was splashing and playing. The happiest little girl you have ever seen. She kept inviting me to come home with them and play with her after dinner!

Holly and Aaron had been noticing through the last few months that Kate was not herself. They had taken her in to the doctors and nothing was found. They took her in again on Monday, did some tests and found that Kate has a brain tumor on the left side of her brain. Brian and I spent some time with Kate and the family in the PICU last night. She is as beautiful as ever, that sweet girl. Her movements and motor skills were a little weak on the right side of her body.
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