Hodges Chip Manross

Yesterday, our family's beautiful almost 15 month old baby (my brother and sister in law's baby) went to be with Jesus. Hodges has been such a gift to our family. He was full of his own opinions, determination, joy, and spunkiness. It is so hard to know what to say about Hodges because words cannot describe him or the love I feel for him. We are so blessed to have loved Hodges. Thank you God for the gift of Hodges.

The information below was taken from Ashley's blog Living to Die.

We are going to have a service for him this Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 4pm at First Baptist Jonesboro. We are not having a formal visitation but we will be there a little before the service, and we will stay after to visit with everyone. We are also asking that in lieu of flowers donations be made to:

SMA Kids Fund
c/o Kathryn J. Swoboda, MD
Pediatric Motor Disorders Research Program
University of Utah School of Medicine
30 North 1900 East
3R413A-SOM
SLC, UT 84132-2305 USA

SMA has forever changed our lives, and there is nothing more that we want than for a cure to be found! Thank you so much to everyone for your continued love and support! We have literally been awed by the outpouring of thoughtfulness and concern, and we will forever be grateful!