We have sad news.

Posted on January 23rd, 2010 at 11:16 am by Aaron

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We have sad news.

Last night, our good friends Rusty & Lynette lost their 4 month-old daughter Olive Hope. She was born prematurely, and had been fighting -- hard -- for her life until she passed away yesterday evening.

In a few hours, I (Aaron) and some other friends are flying to Indiana to be with them during this unimaginably horrible time. Needless to say, Episode 65 will have to wait.

Thanks for your patience, and if you’re the praying sort, these 2 wonderful people and their families can use all you’ve got.

Rusty, Lynette, and Olive

UPDATE:

Lynette, Olive’s mother, made a video that was played at Olive’s memorial service, & put it on YouTube to share with the many people who’ve been following their story, so we wanted to share it with you.

Lynette wrote: This was the video I made for Olive’s memorial service. The first song, “Sweet Sweet Baby” by Michelle Featherstone was one that I sang to Olive often in the last four months. The last song, “Come to Jesus” by Chris Rice was the song playing when Olive took her last breath.

I’m not sure why I’m doing this. Our show is a comedy show. Maybe it’s just an outward processing thing -- I don’t know. I still don’t understand it. But your support has been very much appreciated by both us & the Polinder family.

If you have anything to say -- maybe you’ve even found yourself in a similar situation, maybe you’re just as confused as we all are -- please do so. If you want to know the whole story, you can read it at http://rustylynette.blogspot.com.