December: A Month of Reckless Love, In Honor of Ellie Kate and Lucy McLaughlin

SEVEN.  It's almost been seven, long years without Our Beloved, Firstborn Daughter.  December is upon us, which brings "Ellie Kate's Month of Reckless Love.  Many of you don't know about Ellie Kate, or never met her, or don't know the reason why we celebrate Ellie Kate, the entire month of December.  It's a precious month to us and in this blog post, you'll have the opportunity to adopt one of our fellow NKH Families.  I will also give you ideas on how to spread this thing we call, "Reckless Love".

Through Ellie Kate, I have learned more about love than I ever thought possible.  Real, true, perfect LOVE - RECKLESS LOVE, a love which surpasses understanding and goes beyond rules or limits we so often set.  This Reckless Love calls us to serve, to be and to DO - even when it's least expected, ESPECIALLY when it's least expected - going out of our comfort zones, choosing to give of ourselves, no matter what the cost.  THIS is how God loves US.  THIS is how we are called to love one another.

It is with this thought, God led us to create, "Ellie Kate's Month of Reckless Love", which spans the entire month of December.  Ellie was born December 4, 2005, and met Jesus face-to-face, December 23, 2012.   Although sometimes bittersweet, we choose to CELEBRATE the entire month by honoring our Ellie Kate with acts of Reckless Love towards the community around us.  In the past, we have hosted parties at OU Children's, collected books and gifts for that hospital so close to our hearts; we've also adopted families for Christmas and we've invited you to do the very same, joining us, every step of the way. 

Ellie Kate's Month of Reckless Love 2019 . . .

#EKMonthofRecklessLove

#EKspreadthelove

FIRST, and most importantly, NKH Family Adoptions!  This year, we ask you to "adopt" fellow NKH children and their families. These are people, from all around the Country, who struggle every day, with a terminal disease.  Our fellow NKH Families are BRAVE, bold and their children are oh-so-beautiful.  Will you join us in recklessly loving these precious families?

Below is a list of our adoptees at this time, and helping out is super easy! 

1. Choose a family

2. Click on the links to find their wishes and needs

3. Purchase the wishes and needs the Lord leads you to, and they will be mailed directly to the NKH Family!

NKH FAMILY "A"·       
Need #1

Need #2

      Need #3

NKH FAMILY "B":
Need #1 - Communication Device
Need #2

NKH Family "C": 
Need #1

Other ways to spread Reckless Love this month: 

• SHARE THE LOVE/LOGO/MESSAGE: We invite you to change your FB profile page and/or background pic to Ellie Kate's logo, spreading the word about Reckless Love, bringing opportunities to share about Our Girl. 
• During now and December 23 (Ellie's Heaven Day), Recklessly love those around you by mowing a law, bringing a meal, dropping off a gift card, and more!  
• Share a picture of your expressions of Reckless Love, even printing off the logo to share along with your acts of Reckless Love!

Thank you for taking a look at this particular blog post, and thank you too, for sharing it!  I've been increasingly sick and it's affecting my daily life (mostly bedridden these last several days - my poor family!), so I'm unable to do as much as I would like, where all of this is concerned.  I have surgery December 9th to figure out what's going on inside my tummy.  Of course, that's right in the middle of Ellie's Month, but we are trusting God with the timing.  Thank you for bearing with me in the days and weeks to come, as I try to do a worthy job of celebrating EK and of taking care of our NKH Families, in her honor.    

Ryan 

Thank you, in advance, for granting these important "wishes" (needs) from our NKH Families.  We have no doubt, you will jump in to help - I'm praying I will need to update with MORE NEEDS because the others have been filled!