We’re finally going home today! We want to thank you all so much for your prayers and support over the past three months. We will continue to update the site on a regular basis, but are going to take a couple days to get settled in. Here’s a video message we recorded for you all last night…
Micah Roemmich
November 17, 2010 at 12:40 am
You might want to check the video Matt, It’s giving me the “This video is Private” error.
Praying for you, Bowen, Sarah, and the girls still. I can’t even begin to imagine everything that goes through your minds every day.
Matt Hammitt
November 17, 2010 at 1:01 am
Should be fixed momentarily:)
Hollie Crane
November 17, 2010 at 12:51 am
Video won’t work, but that ok. Congratulations! Have a wonderful time getting settled in at home. Praying that everything is wonderful!
Tracy Dole (Ebstein's Anomaly son)
November 17, 2010 at 12:59 am
We are soooo excited for you!!! Way to go, Bowen! God bless. Don’t worry about us here in blog land, just enjoy your family at home. <3
In Christ,
Tracy for the Dole clan
Tammi T. (a mom of an HLHS boy)
November 17, 2010 at 11:08 am
I agree!
Denise Johnson
November 17, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Ditto – Enjoy your family!!
Much love coming your way…..
Megan
November 17, 2010 at 1:03 am
Yes! (Doing a little happy dance for Bowen) Prays for a safe trip home and easy transition. Welcome home, Baby Bowen.
Jackie
November 17, 2010 at 1:27 am
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” So overjoyed at the news of your family being reunited at home. May your family be a beacon of hope to those who are still fighting.
Hail to the conquering heros!
Esther
November 17, 2010 at 1:33 am
Praise be to the Lord God Almighty. Father I pray that Bowen continues to heal under your wing. I pray that his parents continue to depend on you daily for guidance and wisdom. It is the only way for Your will to prevail. I pray that the Holy Spirit provides peace to the hearts of the Hammit family as they make their transition into this next chapter in their lives. Thank you Matt and Sarah for being a light in the darkness. Thank you Bowen for being such an inspiration in the short time you’ve been here. Thank you Emmie and Claire for generously sharing your mommy, daddy and baby brother with the rest of us. God Bless you and Keep you all the days of your life.
Tammi T. (a mom of an HLHS boy)
November 17, 2010 at 11:09 am
amen
Grace Meeks
November 17, 2010 at 11:35 am
AMEN!! Such an encouragement to see this news.
Lisa
November 17, 2010 at 12:33 pm
AMEN!! I will continue to keep Bowen and you’re whole family in my prayers!!
Cindy Foskey
November 17, 2010 at 4:20 pm
AMEN!! WONDERFUL PRAYER!
Jackie
November 17, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Amen! Great prayer! Many happy thoughts and prayers for Bowen’s long awaited trip home! God is so good…Happy Thanksgiving Hammitt Family
Jackie
Wendy
November 17, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Amen! Praise God and Happy Thanksgiving Hammitt family!
Sue Rusnak
November 24, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Amen
Alexis
November 17, 2010 at 1:33 am
Many congrats and prayers! Enjoy being home with your whole family.
Heather F.
November 17, 2010 at 1:46 am
YAY! If I could right now I would jump up and down….not sure anyone would like the noise considering it’s almost 11PM. SOOOOOO excited for you guys. Bowen is so adorable, and the smile that came across Sarah’s face as she said “we’re going home” was great! Sooooo glad to hear great news! I hope the ride home is safe and you all have a nice welcome home from family & friends!
Donnie and Donna
November 17, 2010 at 2:47 am
PRAISE THE LORD!! We have been checking the site every few hours hoping for an update….could not have been a happier blog than this one!! Thank you Jesus!!!!
Also, that is the MOST PRECIOUS video ever!!!! Doing a video must have been Sarah’s idea, right??!!
lisa
November 17, 2010 at 3:06 am
Praise Jesus!!! welcome home Bowen!!!!
p.s. i love audrey assad’s tones as well!
Isobel
November 17, 2010 at 3:07 am
O YES!!!! It’s been so humbling following your gorgeous family thru this terrible time. Up and downs , elation and sadness , hope and helplessness….but NEVER HOPElessness. Thank you for your open hearts , for the way you are still showing the world around you that YOUR God is the SOLID ROCK to build on. I pray that as you go home you’ll continue being assured of the Lord’s leading in the months (and years) to come. I pray for a smooth settling in for both of you. For confidence as you tend to his needs , medication etc. For strength when You have to be away Matt. For wisdom when the girls get over-excited , wanting more attention than you can give at a given moment as you tend to Bowen’s care and you need to know when to be patient and when to discipline
I pray for peace at night, knowing the Lord is at Bowen’s bed-side as you sleep . And for a time of deep satisfaction as you get to be a ‘normal’ (who is normal) family again. Home for Thanksgiving and Christmas……..Wow.
in a local nursing home and they have all been praying for Bowen for a while. So this will be great news for them.
My mom (71)and step-father (86) do bible study for a group of ‘old folks’ ,as they call them
Looking forward to that pic of you all on the couch in the living room. Be blessed dear ones.
Love , the Johnsons , Belgium
Isobel
November 17, 2010 at 3:17 am
PS. I forgot to say, read Psalm 118 earlier and thot of you. And also 1 John 3 : 1-2 and thot of God’s promises for kids!! X
DUKE and ANGIE MURDEN
November 19, 2010 at 12:12 am
Isobel, It has been a blessing being apart of this blog with you and so many others. You have been an inspiration to the Hammit family and others. The Hammits have inspired so many as well. What a bless- ing ing they are going home.
God bless all in his Love, The Murdens St.Charles,MO
Nicole P
November 17, 2010 at 3:31 am
We appreciate and love YOU GUYS for updating us like you have. You are our family through Christ Jesus and we rejoice in the fact that Mr. Bowen gets to come home with some very happy sisters and parents. I tell you, I saw, “We are going home” and my heart sped up a beat or two. I’m more than just a mere “happy” for all of you.
May God continue to bless and protect your family. Your faith has been an inspiration to all of us!
Nicole in Portland, OR
P.S. Keep putting up pictures for us. He’s such a cutie boy!
Graham family
November 17, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Praise to God! We’re so very thankful to see this day come for your family! God is good! Thank you so much for sharing your family and faith with all of us! We are all truly blessed through your stuggles and triumphs. We will continue to pray for you all.
Happy Thanksgiving Matt & Sara!
Adam & Karen Graham
Maine
YVONNE RODRIGUEZ
November 17, 2010 at 3:58 am
Congratulations Little Bowen is going home with his little sister, and time to celebrate, GOD is good
Janice Marsh
November 17, 2010 at 5:14 am
Praise God! We all have experience God’s glory through this miracle! Thank you for allowing us to be part of God’s awesome work in the life of your son, Bowen! We will continue to pray for him…….
BARBARA GOFF
November 17, 2010 at 5:15 am
Great email to wake up too!! My prayers will continue for your family. This is a wonderful day!!
Shannan
November 17, 2010 at 5:37 am
Praise God! We are rejoicing with you in Rhode Island!
Shannan
Proud mommy to Jamie (PA/IVS)
Renee Golder
November 17, 2010 at 6:18 am
Praise God! I am so happy for all of you. Praying for all of you…..I remember when we came home with Natasha there was excitement and anxiety and we weren’t at Mott for three months. You are so right, the staff there is amazing – they have been such a blessing to us. Enjoy home!
Jackie
November 17, 2010 at 6:25 am
Congratulations on this huge milestone in your lives! We will continue to pray for Bowen and for all of you as you start the next phase of life together! Thank you for sharing your journey and deep thoughts with us.
Marsha Zanow
November 17, 2010 at 6:37 am
Matt Sara, Bowen and Girls.
When I read your Post the first thing that came to my mind was this song.
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost….. Amen!!
Happy Thanksgiving Hammitt Family! You Are going Home.
You are all Loved Beyond Measure and our Hearts are filled with Praise and Thanksgiving!
Tears are for a moment but JOY sure does come in the Morning,
Todd and Marsha Zanow
Donny
November 17, 2010 at 6:37 am
SOOOO happy & thankful that Papa God moved all over the place in the awesome healing of your beautiful precious son Bowen!! ALL glory to God forever & ever!!
Thanks for the video update, it was good to see you guys!
Take care & may God bless You ALWAYZ!!!!
Donny
Albany, OH
Debbi
November 17, 2010 at 6:38 am
That’s awesome! Congrats!
lisa carlin(hlhs mom)
November 17, 2010 at 6:43 am
Matt, Sarah & family,, I am so happy for all of you to take Bowen home…! way to go , Bowen! it will be wonderful to finally make those steps through your front door with the little man..Sarah,, I’m sure you will apply everthing you’ve learned at home. if you ever have a moment of uncertainty, you can always rely on us heart moms for help, as well as the docs, of course! God Bless & will still be praying for Bowens continued good health.. with love Lisa
Ginger
November 17, 2010 at 6:57 am
I am crying a flood of happy tears this morning! God is sooooo good!!!!!!! I know you are so thankful!! And I am so very happy for you that you will have your little angel with you and be able to be a family during the holiday season! Enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years… and I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, but enjoy every day!!!!!!! May God continue to bless you and your sweet family and precious Bowen!!! Thank you for letting us all be a part of Bowen’s life!
Lizzie
November 17, 2010 at 6:58 am
This is awesome news!! God is SO good! Our family will be praying for all of you as you make the transition to home…home sweet home
Love and prayers from Cincinnati
Rachel Smith
November 17, 2010 at 7:00 am
You will continue to be in our daily prayers. Enjoying being home all together:)
Heather
November 17, 2010 at 7:02 am
Congratulations!!!!! I cried when I read this! Bowen is such a fighter!
TOD
November 17, 2010 at 7:13 am
That is just wonderful. My prayers are with you that all is well.
The Owsleys
November 17, 2010 at 7:19 am
Great news guys!
Debby Paisley
November 17, 2010 at 7:21 am
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO START OUR DAY!!!
We should be the ones thanking you, Sarah and Bowen for being such an inspiration to us and for leading us towards a much greater spiritual awareness.
We will continue our prayers.
Bobby and Debby Paisley
Scott Firman
November 17, 2010 at 7:23 am
Thank you Lord.
This is wonderful news. I am extremely happy for your family. Prayers will continue to flow got ask of you. And for Bowen to have a complete recovery. Your a very special family and Bowen is a very special boy and lucky to have wonderful parents and sisters as you. God bless you all. I pray for continued strength for all of you in months ahead.
Robin
November 17, 2010 at 7:28 am
God is great! I just could not help myself and had a very good cry….tears of joy and just watching that beautiful baby. I am soooooo happy for all of you. Bowen is truly a gift from God! Congratulations Hammitt family. Enjoy your time at home with the entire family, Happy Thanksgiving. I will continue to pray for all of you every day, all day. God Bless
J-anne (from the Philippines)
November 17, 2010 at 7:28 am
what a blessing!!! praise God that baby Bowen will finally go home
looking forward to your future updates 
Diana Johnson
November 17, 2010 at 7:29 am
Congratulations!!! So excited for you and your family. May God continue to bless Bowen with a speedy recovery and the family with HIS love.
Judy
November 17, 2010 at 7:30 am
Bruce and I are so happy that you can take Bowen home today. God bless you and your family and just surround them with your love a peace. Be with them when times may get a little scary doing the care by themselves. God you are just so wonderful and have brought this family through “the ups and downs” of life. Continue to give them strength and hope.
Matt, Bruce and I met you Sat. night at The Underground in Cincinnati. We love your song “Lead Me”. Through our 39 years of marriage, we have been through quite a few trials, but feel that we are stronger for it and through the counseling we have had. We can see the strength and maturity that God has given you and Sarah through what you have been through.
One of my favorite readings: Romans 5:1-5 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.” God bless you all!
Amy
November 17, 2010 at 7:30 am
YAY!! Sooooo happy for you all! Bet the girls can’t wait to have Mom Dad and baby bro home
God bless you all!
Cassandra
November 17, 2010 at 7:35 am
God is good! We are so happy to hear that you are taking Bowen home today. I know he will flourish at home surrounded by the love of your family. Enjoy this time. Love and prayers from Augusta, GA
Elaine
November 17, 2010 at 7:37 am
So pleased that you are getting to take your little treasure home! I am from England and have been reading your updates for a few weeks and your words are so encouraging even when you have been going through such pain.
Praying that God will continue the good work in Bowen and that the girls will adjust to having you all back home together at last xxxx
Darrell and Amanda Harrison
November 17, 2010 at 7:38 am
Praise our wonderful father God almighty. I hope your first days home go well and are peaceful. Our family will continue to pray as we know Bowen still has a journey to continue.
Sandy Daron
November 17, 2010 at 7:39 am
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited for yall!!! What a BLESSED THANKSgiving you will have this year!!!
I know your girls will be ALL over him and BIG helpers!!!!
Matt and Sarah, you have been so faithful to God and to your precious little Bowen!!! I pray that he continues to heal and thrive!!!
This devotion reminds me of your family…Allowing God to work amidst your circumstances! http://www.saysoma.org/devotionals/?p=4802&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+devotionalsatcfbc+%28Devotionals+at+CFBC%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail
THANK YOU for allowing us to share your journey and see God work in and through you.
I can NOT wait to see the pictures of the homecoming!!!
♥♥ Love ya!! ♥♥
C.O.L.E.’s Foundation
(Caring Openly, Loving Eternally)
http://www.colesfoundation.com
Email: sandy@colesfoundation.com
Sandy Daron
Cindy Kilgore
November 17, 2010 at 7:40 am
I am so happy for you! Thanks so much for the video!
Heidi S.
November 17, 2010 at 7:42 am
So happy for you! I hope you can get settled in at home and have a wonderful Christmas season marveling at all of God’s miracles. May the time between now and February seem to last for a very long time.
Heart Hugs
mary
November 17, 2010 at 7:47 am
I am so thankful that God has been so faithful to Bowen and to all of you. I know that sometimes his answer to our prayers is no, not this time, or no not yet, but I also know that his answer is sometimes YES, and for that Thank you Jesus. I have grown and been so encouraged with your testimony of love and God’s faithfullness. Thank you for sharing.
Danielle
November 17, 2010 at 7:52 am
Praise God! Rejoicing with you on this wondrous day. Bowen will continue to be in my prayers. Have a wonderful wonderful upcoming holiday season.
May I just say how blessed I feel to be able to follow your story, and to see your legacy of faith being lived out in this illness with Bowen. What a testimony! As someone who struggles sometimes with wanting to ask God the why questions, it is so uplifting and encouraging to follow your story, and be encouraged by your faith. It is hard to be in the hospital, hard to have so many unanswered medical questions, but you remind us that God does know, and to praise Him regardless. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
And thanks for sharing that beautiful video of Bowen:-)
Jenifer Jinks
November 17, 2010 at 7:59 am
CONGRATULATIONS! I’m sooo happy for Bowen and your family! Enjoy getting settled in! I’ve been following your blog faithfully and I have really enjoyed reading your encouraging words. It’s amazing how strong you have been through all of this…to take the time to talk about the gospel to people you don’t even know is truly amazing! I feel like I’ve known you guys forever!
Gob Bless!
Jen
Bettina
November 17, 2010 at 8:01 am
I am crying tears of JOY from hearing the news that Bowen is going home!
Brittany Riffle (Wesley's Mom)
November 17, 2010 at 8:02 am
Wow! What a tremendous blessing. You all deserve to have some great quality family time. I can’t express how happy I am for you. Enjoy every single moment. I know that you will. Even though you don’t know who I am, give him a kiss for me and I will continue to pray for all of you.
Erica Hairston
November 17, 2010 at 8:02 am
I have been following your blog for a couple of months now. My co-worker talked about K-Love radio station and as I starting listening to the station I heard about your story and starting following your blog. I just wanted to say that I am so happy for you guys and your story proves that no matter what….no matter the disappointment, discouragement, setbacks, fear, etc. there is always HOPE….always!! With the help of our Savior, there is always hope in the bleakest of times. I pray for God’s blessings and favor to continue to shower your family and little Bowen. I pray for Him to continue to walk with you as Bowen gets better. “GOD WILL HELP.”
God Bless You!!!!
Josh
November 17, 2010 at 8:04 am
This made my day! So grateful that you can finally take Bowen home. I’m sure the girls are dying to have their little brother home. I’ll be praying that he maintains good health throughout Christmas and into the new year. Amazing!!
Cathy
November 17, 2010 at 8:07 am
Amen! This has definitely made my day. I am so happy for you all. I keep praying for you all. This is great!!!
Anne
November 17, 2010 at 8:13 am
Congratulations on Bowen going home! Prayers as always for a smooth transition! What a blessing!
Jackie Stephens
November 17, 2010 at 8:15 am
I have been following your blog for awhile now and have never posted. I check your blog everyday for updates and also read your twitter updates. I have been inspired by your strength as a family and you faith in God. I was brought to tears when I read those words…We’re going home! I couldn’t be happier in this moment for you. Bowen is just adorable and he is so strong and has been through so much. Thank you for inspiring this young mom. I have days where I take my life for granted and just wish the day away because the kids are acting up. Through you and reading your blog I have become more aware of actually being present in my life and my childrens lives. I will continue to pray for your family and for baby Bowen! Keep us updated!
Beth Warner
November 17, 2010 at 8:19 am
YEAH!!! YEAH!!! YEAH!!! THANK YOU GOD!!! We love the video. The kids watched it and loved seeing Bowen. Especially how fast he went from awake to asleep! We are so glad you are headed home this morning. Be blessed and get some much needed rest at home.
We love you all!!!
The Warners
Michele W.
November 17, 2010 at 8:20 am
We are so excited that Bowen is getting to go home today! We are lifting Bowen and your whole family in prayer to our Heavenly Father every day. What an amazing journey! Thanks for letting us share in that journey with you.
Carrie White, Perrysburg
November 17, 2010 at 8:22 am
Crying tears of joy for you; I’m excited and I haven’t even had my coffee yet!
Robin Seitz
November 17, 2010 at 8:22 am
PRAISE THE LORD!!!! We have been praying for this day!
cyndie ryan
November 17, 2010 at 8:24 am
WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! HAVE THE GREATEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eunice Hewitt
November 17, 2010 at 8:26 am
Praise to our Lord & Saviour! What an awesome testimony Bowen will be able to share as he gets older, as well as you two. My prayers will continue to be with all of you as you make this transition to home. Thank you for sharing with us the progress on Bowen these past few months. Much love to you all!
Melissa
November 17, 2010 at 8:26 am
Praise the Lord…I am so excited for your family and pray that God continues to bless your family through Bowen’s health…Stay safe and will continue to follow the blog! I have a huge smile on my face today for your family!
Julie
November 17, 2010 at 8:27 am
Well I think that was the best video I have ever seen. I am praising God this morning. We will continue to pray for you and your family. Take care and God Bless You !!!
Samantha Young
November 17, 2010 at 8:29 am
That is such great news!!!! We will continue praying for you
Peyton Family
November 17, 2010 at 8:29 am
Praise God! Good Luck!!
David York
November 17, 2010 at 8:30 am
All praise and honor to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, what a great blessing to have a child and to take them home. We have praying for you since we found out. I thank God, everyday for technology to allow us all to know people we might never know and pray for them. Our prayers will continue.
Lindsey
November 17, 2010 at 8:31 am
Praise God!!! Thanks for sharing your story with all of us and allowing us to pray for your sweet baby boy!
Relinda
November 17, 2010 at 8:31 am
Praise God!! Welcome home baby Bowen!!
Beth Mattke
November 17, 2010 at 8:32 am
God Bless you and your family, I have been following the blogs and am soo sooo happy you will be spending the Holidays at home Bowen, what a courageous fight you guys have been undertaking, your messages have been inspiring as well as touching……I will continue to pray for you and your family Bowen this a true Miracle for Christmas……Love the band and will continue watching….Happy Happy Holidays to you all.
Cindy
November 17, 2010 at 8:33 am
Wonderful News!!!!!!! God watch over your family!
Marcy Conaway
November 17, 2010 at 8:33 am
YEAH! We are so excited for your family. We have been following your blogs for about a month and praying for baby bowen. My daughter and I both live with congenital heart disease and so we celebrate knowing the great victory this is. God is great and greatly to be praised. WELCOME HOME BOWEN!
Amelia Boomker
November 17, 2010 at 8:37 am
That is great! I am so happy that Bowen’s recovery is going well. I hope he continues to improve at home and stays healthy before his Glenn.
Sheila Sides
November 17, 2010 at 8:38 am
God is so faithful! I’m so proud for your family to be back together again. You are all such a blessing!
Kim
November 17, 2010 at 8:38 am
What a blessing! I’ve been keeping up with Bowen’s progress through your blog, and holding him (and your family) in my prayers. I am very excited that you can share time together as a family, in the comforts of HOME, to enjoy normal life and the beauty of the holiday season. Keep holding him close and cherishing these sweet moments shared. I’ll continue to pray for Bowen, and for your family. Sending hugs from Michigan…always with hope!
kerrie adams
November 17, 2010 at 8:39 am
Praise God! I am so happy for all of you! Will continue those prayers!!
Carol
November 17, 2010 at 8:40 am
Praise God!! So happy for you all!!
Mary McDaniel
November 17, 2010 at 8:41 am
YAAAAH!!!! PRAISE GOD YOU’RE GOING HOME BOWEN
Sarah and Matt, May God continue to bless your little boy and your entire family. We’ll keep praying for God’s will to be done for your family. My daughter loves all the pictures of Bowen and I cann’t wait to show her this video clip. God’s Blessings to your family.
Patti Jakel
November 17, 2010 at 8:43 am
Yes, great news to wake up to.. Praise God!!! and Yay!!
GO BOWEN!!! GO BOWEN!!! GO BOWEN!!
Leslie
November 17, 2010 at 8:44 am
Beautiful!!! So glad baby Bowen is going home!!! God bless you guys – will continue praying!
Brenda Bailey
November 17, 2010 at 8:45 am
God bless baby Bowen and family! You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Becky
November 17, 2010 at 8:47 am
PRAISE GOD!!!
Thank you for the opportunity to pray for and with you and your family; we’ll continue to pray, may God continue to bless you…
Deaun Talbott
November 17, 2010 at 8:47 am
Praise God!!! Such wonderful news to read and see this morning. May God continue to bless Bowen and your family each and every day. How wonderful for the girls to have all of you home with them. Thank you for allowing all of us into your family.
Velma
November 17, 2010 at 8:48 am
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!….I’m sooooo happy for you. It brought tears to my eyes when I heard this morning on KLove Bowen was going home!!!!. Again…CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
MalloryFields
November 17, 2010 at 8:49 am
Wow! Matt and Sarah yawl have come a very long way with wanting to take Bowen home. Now today can yawl two believe it or what? Your taking your son home to be with yawl forever and ever and including the holidays that he will look forward being apart of with yawl his parents and Emmy and Claire his sisters and the rest of yawls families and friends. My parents went through the same thing yawl are and went through with Bowen up in Mott and it was hard they stayed in the hospital for 93 days straight with my (HLHS) surgeries and fontan and god bladder and etc, so they know what all yawl are going thrlugh and have gone through because they both went through it too with me. The video is nice I hope I get to watch it and yawl please reply to this message and keep Bowen updated and always take Bowen back to Mott to visit the hospital my parents did that with me and it really did help. Also I was a “MAE A WISH” child so yawl might want to look into that if yawl have never heard of that. Bowen is everything to the family and friends yawl know or got to know throughout yawls stay in Mott, and people who have posted helping yawls lives better and heart kids who want to meet the whole family (LIKE ME!!!!!!!) I know God did make miracle on Bowen through Good and Bad times in Mott. Remember to go back and years later down the road when Bowen is older and the girls too show them all the comments people posted about him. I hope we stay in touch and I want yawl to come as a family to Memphis, TN. again so that Bowen can meet me. Cause all I want is to meet you all someday and Im hoping that, that someday will come soon to me! Much love, Mallory:)
Marsha Zanow
November 17, 2010 at 1:15 pm
What a Special Young Lady You are! And obviously another of God’s Miracles.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family.
Marsha (From Ohio)
meredith petersen
November 17, 2010 at 8:49 am
still praying.
Velma
November 17, 2010 at 8:52 am
Also I forgot to say, Matt, you have a BEAUTIFUL family!!!!!
Brian and Amber
November 17, 2010 at 8:52 am
Matt and Family,
We are so happy for you guys, we have continued to pray for little Bowen, that the Lord continues to give him the strength and the Doctors the Knowledge to help little Bowen, and Matt and Sarah the strength to help little Bowen as he continues to recover. Little Bowen is a inspiration to all of us, Thank you to our almighty God for answering so many prayers.
Brian and Amber
Elaine
November 17, 2010 at 8:53 am
How GREAT is our God!!!!!! Sing with me….How Great is our God…and ALL will see…How Great How Great is OUR God!!!!
Amanda Moore
November 17, 2010 at 8:56 am
Yay!!! Welcome home baby Bowen. When I heard the news this morning on the radio I was in tears. I am so happy for all of you and we will continue to pray for you and your precious family! God is good… ALL the time!
Lisa Jones
November 17, 2010 at 8:57 am
Prasie God that you guys get to go home today. My daughter, Elyana who is 14months today, was born at MOTTS in MI. She was in the NICU for four months. She has gone back many times since her discharge. It’s a great hospital and I praise God for all the ways he works. I will be praying for you and your family and also for the upcoming surgery in Feb.
Sarah L
November 17, 2010 at 8:59 am
Blessings for your family are plentiful!! Congrats!! I’ll continue to each of you in my prayers as you continue your journey. Counting your daily blessings with ours. . In HIS hands. . Sarah
Jennifer Culp
November 17, 2010 at 9:00 am
What wonderful news!! We will continue to pray for your family.
Leah
November 17, 2010 at 9:00 am
Praise God! I pray that you guys settle into your new “normal” easily. I can’t wait to see pics of the girls welcoming him home. What a great day this is! May God continue to bless you all.
Leah
MalloryFields
November 17, 2010 at 9:01 am
Sarah and Matt,
The video was great I finally got to see it! Sarah you looked so happy when you said “WE GET TO GO HOME TOMORROW” (Today!!!!) It brought tears to my eyes to know that when yawl showed Bowen on the video how great he looks and for me who was in his shoes going through the same thing that he went through so LITTLLE and TINY and SMALL and so YOUNG just a BABY is amazing to know that God worked two miracles and they are me and Bowen. I cannot believe it yawl were in the same hospital as me same doctors as me and also in there 3 months wow yawl all have come such a very long way! Congrats to the whole entire family may God give yawl many Thanks and lovely Praises this ThanksGiving. May God Truly Bless You All and the WHOLE FAMILY!!!!!!! God Bless Yawl!!!!!! Have a safe trip home. Bowen keep up the good work for your whole family
Lauren Senter
November 17, 2010 at 9:04 am
PRAISE GOD! I am so excited for you that you finally get to take your sweet boy home! How exciting for your little girls as well, to finally get to welcome home their baby brother. My heart is overflowing with joy and praise right now! Our Lord is GOOD. ALL THE TIME! Praise Him High :]
“This is the day the Lord has made; let us REJOICE and be glad in it!” ~Psalm 118:24
You will continue to be in my prayers!
Much love,
Lauren :]
Mother of a Miracle
November 17, 2010 at 9:04 am
YES ! YES ! YES ! Thank you JESUS. I am soooooooooo Happy for you guys. GOD is good. Enjoy your Miracle You deserve it.
Ashley Dellwo
November 17, 2010 at 9:05 am
Yea! So happy for you all and especially for Bowen! Home with his family is exactly where he needs to be. We’ll continue to keep you all in our prayers and send much love your way! Congratulations!
Gayla
November 17, 2010 at 9:08 am
PRAISE GOD!!! what a wonderfully perfect miracle ya’ll have. and I don’t think God could have chosen any better parents for Bowen. God bless and keep you all.
Mindy Hunter
November 17, 2010 at 9:10 am
Praise God! He is good!!
Jenn
November 17, 2010 at 9:12 am
Oh happy day! Congratulations!
rlbuckles
November 17, 2010 at 9:13 am
Awesome news…continuing to pray for Bowen every morning…expecting total healing for this little man!!!
Tori
November 17, 2010 at 9:13 am
Praise Jesus! I am so happy for you guys. I will continue to pray for you, Bowen, and your family! Congrats!
God Bless!
Suzie
November 17, 2010 at 9:15 am
Praise God, Were glad you are going home enjoy all of your children.
Christi Conner
November 17, 2010 at 9:20 am
Matt and Sarah – I have been praying for you all daily and am overjoyed that this day has finally come for you! I first heard it on KLove this morning before I got to work and had to pull over because I couldn’t see through the tears of joy! You two have challenged me and blessed me and I only hope I can present such a powerful witness when I am called to go through my own struggles. Thank you for your willingness to lay it all out there. I’m going to keep praying because I know you still have a long, treacherous road ahead of you, but for today, I’m praising God for answered prayers! Welcome Home Little Bowen!
Brenda
November 17, 2010 at 9:21 am
Praise the LORD! We will continue to cover your family in prayer!
‘“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26
Donna Aguiar
November 17, 2010 at 9:21 am
What a blessing Sarah & Matt!!! God is SO good!!
We have a little one in our christian family that was born at 28 weeks…little Colton had a hole in his heart, and bleeding on the brain to stage 4…God has blessed this family greatly in healing the hole in his heart and has stopped the bleeding in his little head. Please pray for his continued healing and that the cysts that have grown in his brain will not do any damage.
May God’s plan move forward…whatever that may be!! His love endures FOREVER!!
Jo Pooley
November 17, 2010 at 9:21 am
Hallelujah! What a tremendous miracle that is unfolding before out eyes! Our God is great and mighty to save and he has Bowen marked for something VERY special! His hand is on that little guy and that’s the best! God bless you all as you settle in to a somewhat “normal” existence. God is able to do ABUNDANTLY more than we can ask or think!
Allen Brooks
November 17, 2010 at 9:25 am
You are both blessed, I am a 49 year old you was born with a heart problem and had surgery at 2 and 4 and than 18 (what a great graduation gift), I have a great life, 5 children and 3 grandchildren
Just wanted you to know that others have walked Bowens raod before and it will be ok
All things are possable with God
LIndsey
November 17, 2010 at 9:28 am
Praise God.
Lisa Davisson
November 17, 2010 at 9:29 am
Amen! God is good – Many congrats and prayers! Enjoy being home with your whole family.
Corina.M
November 17, 2010 at 9:29 am
YAYYYY!!! I got so excited when I read the title!!! You guys are awesome. Hope Bowen does well adjusting to home life.(:
Teresa Jacobs
November 17, 2010 at 9:31 am
Have been reading your blog for months and praying for your family. So thrilled to hear that Bowen gets
to go home with you today. What a precious blessing from God. Stay strong all of you and thank you for
showing us how to live through tough times. May God continue to bless you daily.
melanie
November 17, 2010 at 9:32 am
what a beautiful glorious day.thank you for sharing this time with you other family. will continue to keep bowen in my prayersand will check often for updates. love to all ,
melanie
Amy Seachris
November 17, 2010 at 9:32 am
Blessings to your family!! What a glorious day. God is so good!
Marija
November 17, 2010 at 9:35 am
Matt and Sarah,
Thank you Lord! I am so happy to hear that Bowen is going home! You both are truly an inspiration and blessing to me. Isaiah 41:10 is one of my favorite verses in the Bible and I know that God used that blog that day to lift me up when I was having a hard day. So, thank you for all of the blogs- I love them!
Bowen, Emmie and Claire are adorable!
I will be keeping you and your whole family in my prayers as you transition to being at home. Wishing you a very blessed Thanksgiving!
Jadyn's Mom
November 17, 2010 at 9:35 am
CONGRATULATIONS!!! SO happy for you and your family – what a beautiful way to celebrate Thanksgiving – a week early! Praise God for His constant care and protection and for all of the work He has done in and through Bowen! Thank you for sharing your journey, and your strength and faith, with the world. We look forward to hearing about his progress in the months and years ahead!
gary
November 17, 2010 at 9:37 am
What a mighty GOD we serve. If i am so excited, i can not imagine how you all are feeling. Keep in touch.God is watching over you little angel bowen.
Dawn Prather
November 17, 2010 at 9:38 am
I can’t imagine anything more awesome for your family at this moment. God is good! We will continue to pray for you all.
Cindy Loveless
November 17, 2010 at 9:39 am
O Happy Day!!! Thank you, God, for being with Bowen and his family. This was fantastic news for everybody including all of us that have followed Bowen’s journey. Matt & Sarah, thank you for allowing all of us to follow your little guy through the everyday journey, but also for allowing us to be part of your family. Also, thank you for using Bowen’s journey to strengthen your love of Christ and help all of us to dig deeper in the WORD!!! You guys are awesome!
Danna
November 17, 2010 at 9:41 am
Praise the Lord! I am so very happy for you all!
Michelle
November 17, 2010 at 9:42 am
Praise God. I am so happy for you all. Watched the video from KLove’s site and it had me in tears. I will continue to pray that Bowen does well at home and that your family has the energy for his care and to spend time together having fun. Have an awesome homecoming day for Bowen today. You are all an inspiration.
Kalia
November 17, 2010 at 9:43 am
God is Good!!! I am so excited for you guys and baby Bowen to finally go home to spend time with his family and his big sisters! Enjoy this time
We’ll keep praying!!
Kendis Bender
November 17, 2010 at 9:43 am
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!! I know how nervous I was bringing Alex (HLHS) home after his first surgery on a NG tube and medication! I will never forget those days! But WOW did God show us how much we should depend on Him! God bless you and have fun being together at last!!!!
Tracie
November 17, 2010 at 9:44 am
Congratulations Hammitt family! God is so Good! We will continue to keep you all in our prayers here.
Love in Christ,
Tracie
Darlene
November 17, 2010 at 9:45 am
So excited for you and the family. Such awesome and amazing news. I’ve been keeping everyone in my prayers and will continue to do so.
Joy Williams
November 17, 2010 at 9:46 am
yay!!!!!! Thats great news….. we will continue to pray for you and your family….. that lil boy is so adorable and the girls are beautiful!!!!! I have the same two girls and a lil boy….. they truly are a blessing!!!!! The girls seem like they are very excited about having a lil brother
May God continue to bless you and your family and by the way I love the new song Lead Me!!!!! God Bless!!!!!
Krista
November 17, 2010 at 9:46 am
EEEE!! SO SO excited for you!! Praying that you get settled in wonderfully and that it is a smooth transition!
Jessica
November 17, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Krista…I can’t wait till the day I read “WERE GOING HOME” on your blog…I pray you NEVER lose HOPE for your very precious baby girl. You are an inspiration to me! GOD WILL HELP!
Jennifer
November 17, 2010 at 9:47 am
PRAISE GOD!!! Enjoy your family time together, we will continue to pray for you.
Sarah
November 17, 2010 at 9:48 am
Tears of Joy! Our God is a Great God! Bowen is precious and thank you for sharing the video!
Kelly Wagner
November 17, 2010 at 9:54 am
Wonderful video to watch….Praying for God’s protection over you all!
sylvia
November 17, 2010 at 9:56 am
i’ve been reading silently and praying for you all. this is really good news! CONGRATULATIONS, and continued blessings on the whole family.
Sherril
November 17, 2010 at 9:57 am
What a day of Thanksgiving! The holidays will be soooo special with this additional gift in your family!! I can never thatnk you enough for letting us walk this journey with you!! It has sooo impacted my life!! I have 9 grandchildren that I am sooo thankful for and do not know that I would have had the courage to live my Faith “out loud” as you and Sarah have but it has encouraged me to do it with my everyday life with a new commitment!! Truly how Great is our God!!! Bowen has already reached so many hearts and lives I can only imagine what Bowen, you, Sarah and the girls will accomplish for the kingdom!!! Still in our prayers!!!! Enjoy this season of blessing!
Mary
November 17, 2010 at 10:00 am
God is good~all the time! Bless you, hugs & prayers for your entire family as you live together as a family under one roof. What a wonderful Thanksgiving gift!
Ronda
November 17, 2010 at 10:01 am
My family and I are so very happy for your family that Bowen gets to go home today!!! What a sweet sweet gift from God you have there. He is adorable!! My 12 year old daughter and I have been keeping track of Bowen’s progress and have been keeping him and your whole family in prayer since we heard about Bowen. God bless you all
Christin
November 17, 2010 at 10:02 am
This update just made my heart soar! Praise God!!! Praying for a smooth and happy transition back to home life!
The Lazcano Family
November 17, 2010 at 10:03 am
Glory Be to God! : ) He is the awesome God. We are so happy for all of you to finally be at home. We are sure that your girls are extremely excited to finally have everyone home. May God continue to bless you and keep you in His hands. It is the best place to be.
Angie
November 17, 2010 at 10:04 am
Praise God! Will keep the prayers going in OK.
Susan
November 17, 2010 at 10:07 am
I am so happy for you all. Having an HLHS son, who is now 10, I know how exciting those words “you are going home” are. I will continue to pray for all of you…especially Bowen, as he adjusts to his new world at home.
Heart Hugs to your family,
Susan
Kelli
November 17, 2010 at 10:08 am
Happy, happy tears cried for your precious family this morning! Your strength in your weakest moments has shown me so much. I followed your amazing journey thinking I’d be helping to support and encourage you, but I feel that I am the one who has received the blessing. I look forward to you happy moments at home with your beautiful girls and will continue to surround your family in prayers. So many things to be thankful for this holiday season!
Shannan Dumke
November 17, 2010 at 10:11 am
Kelli says it exactly how I feel! Blessings came my way from reading your blog and praying!
Laura Haskett
November 17, 2010 at 10:09 am
Praise God! So happy for you and your family finally being together at home! I will continue to lift you all in prayer!
Shannan Dumke
November 17, 2010 at 10:10 am
Tears of happiness!! God Bless you as you get to be together as a family at HOME! What a terrific blessing from God for your Thanksgiving! Woot! Woot!
Tricia Phillips
November 17, 2010 at 10:10 am
Tears of JOY for you and your family!!! I know how happy that moment is when you are finally able to take your precious baby home. We spent 75 days in the NICU with our youngest after he was born 9 1/2 weeks early. You have been and will continue to be in my prayers. God is still God and God is GOOD – ALWAYS…
Jill
November 17, 2010 at 10:12 am
So happy for you! Will continue prayers for Bowen and your family! Sending love, Jill (from Salt Lake City)
Teresa Del Negro
November 17, 2010 at 10:16 am
Praise the Lord!!!!!! What a Thanksgiving Bowen and his wonderful family are going to have. I am so happy that Bowen is going home today. That just made my day to hear that. Thank you Lord for your goodness and love and protection over Bowen. Amen
Karen
November 17, 2010 at 10:16 am
Matt, Sarah and Bowen:
Praise our most mighty God! What a wonderful blessing to receive for Thanksgiving. I am so excited for your family to finally become one complete unit – you have been down a long and winding road together. God is so awesome and powerful and through your wonderful gift of Bowen – have reached out to many of us to share your ups and downs, your happy times and disappointments, your wonderful messages from God and your times of distress when you felt like God was at a distance. I want you to know that everything you felt, we felt, I FELT! Thank you for sharing – I personally have grown through your experience – God has used you when you least expected it. I look forward to your continued postings and learning how Bowen and your wonderful family is adjusting and thriving. May God continue to bless you and your family (and “our” – you know he is so precious and special to us also – little Bowen). I will continue to lift you up in prayer – and rest in the knowledge that God is good. He never leaves us or forsakes us. He is there in our greatest of times and our leastest of times. Wishing you and your entire family a most wonderful, bountiful and joyous Thanksgiving. In Christ, Karen
Kalona
November 17, 2010 at 10:17 am
So happy for you all!
Mandi Rohl
November 17, 2010 at 10:19 am
Thoughts and Prayers will continue for all of you guys!! Little Bowen is adorable and I am so happy that he gets to go home!! He is very lucky to have such loving and caring parents taking care of him and I’m sure he will thrive at home and get stronger and healthier everyday!!! Congrats!!
Mandi
Christina
November 17, 2010 at 10:20 am
PRAISE GOD!! I am so happy for your family. I’ve been faithfully following your story since I heard about it on KLOVE. It’s close to my heart. (You’ve helped me to further accept the death of my son and move forward in life without even knowing it. Thank you!) May God continue to bless your family! Have a wonderful time getting settled into your home with your entire family together!
Christina
Brenna
November 17, 2010 at 10:24 am
Praise God! Blessings on Bowen and your family as you settle in at home. We will keep an eye out for more updates so we can continue to pray for sweet little Bowen.
Bea
November 17, 2010 at 10:25 am
Praise the Lord!! Miracles do happen. So excited and happy for Bowen and his whole family. God Bless and Keep you. I listen to your music on K-Love everyday and enjoy it very much.
Michelle R
November 17, 2010 at 10:29 am
So exciting! We will continue to pray.
James M. Jr.
November 17, 2010 at 10:36 am
Cool! Have fun!
Gordon Crowe
November 17, 2010 at 10:36 am
Glory to God! Thank you Lord for your healing hands, for your loving heart and for your truth. Thank you for the holy spirit within your people to encourage this family and to bravely stand beside them. We love you Lord. Amen! Going home woohoo!!! Words cannot express the joy I share with you guys today. Amazed by Gods grace.
Renee Gonzalez
November 17, 2010 at 10:36 am
Over joyed with happiness for you!! Congrats and good luck at home!!!
Eric Kramp
November 17, 2010 at 10:40 am
Excellent! Congrats to you, Sarah, Bowen, and the rest of your family. Enjoy having everyone in the same house.
-Eric
Suzi B
November 17, 2010 at 10:49 am
THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR BLESSINGS ON THIS FAMILY!! WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU GUYS IN OUR PRAYERS.
LOVE FROM LITTLETON, COLORADO
Brian Elliott
November 17, 2010 at 10:49 am
PRAISE THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, THE LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH! I Thank THE FATHER, through our LORD JESUS CHRIST, that you are going home with Bowen. I thank THE LORD for his care for Bowen and your family. Your family has been a real blessing to me via this site. May THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY continue to richly bless you and your family. May the grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST continue to be with you and your family and may HE provide a full recovery for Bowen. THE LORD bless and keep you, may HIS face shine upon you and your family, and HIS grace be upon you in THE NAME OF JESUS.
Love,
In CHRIST ,
The Elliotts from Bakersfield
Will Raycraft
November 17, 2010 at 10:52 am
Hi Bowen!! My name is Will and I am going to be four in December. I also have a sick heart, they say I have HLHS whatever that is. I have had four heart surgeries and am doing GREAT! Ever since my daddy heard about your story he has let me pray for you every night. I always pray for “Bowen” and all the other sick children that need my prayers. I have a web site also that your mommy and daddy might enjoy. My daddy and mommy started it over three years ago and they have kept it updated until recently . My daddy put the address in above if your mommy and daddy want to look at it for strength and encouragement.
When my daddy told me you were going home today I got SOOOO excited. I jumped up and down and made my daddy play the video about three times. I am so happy you are going home. I will keep praying for you and your family.
God Bless you guys,
Will
Caroline
November 17, 2010 at 10:54 am
It’s amazing how attached we can be to people we haven’t met, but I suppose that is what was intended in being brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us and for sharing the video today. Watching Bowen in video just brought tears to my eyes, and I praise God for each and every day. I am thrilled for your family, and I will continue to pray for his healing and for the Lord’s protective hand over Bowen. I can’t imagine that the road will be easy, but both of you are incredibly strong parents in the Lord, and He will make the way for you. Enjoy your precious little guy. He sure has made my day with his beautiful smile. I’m sure his precious sisters are bouncing with joy! Love in Christ, Caroline
Connie Lancaster
November 17, 2010 at 10:54 am
Yea! This is so awesome! God is good and He will be watching over ya’ll! 30 years ago tomorrow (11/18) we brought our little boy home from the hospital. There was much celebrating at Thanksgiving as I’m sure there will be at your home.
May God pour out his richest blessings on you!
Love from Mississippi
Lisa from Missouri
November 17, 2010 at 10:54 am
PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! Enjoy
Dawn
November 17, 2010 at 10:58 am
Great News, Congratulations! Just in time for the holidays….
Nina
November 17, 2010 at 10:59 am
Praise God that Baby Bowen gets to go home today. What an answer to prayer. Have a safe trip and may you guys continue to be blessed.
Alisa
November 17, 2010 at 11:00 am
What wonderful news!! God is AWESOME!!! Will continue to pray for little man Bowen and your entire family!! Enjoy your time at home and being a family with all 3 of your babies!! Much love!
Jodi
November 17, 2010 at 11:02 am
So happy you all are finally going home. I was praying you all would be home as a family for Thanksgiving and Christmas. God is good all the time!! Good luck. Bowen is lucky to have his big sisters waiting for him. Stay strong Bowen keep growing. Will continue to pray for his upcoming surgery. Enjoy your time together has a family.
Shelley McIntosh
November 17, 2010 at 11:06 am
Praises to your family!!
Alicia
November 17, 2010 at 11:07 am
Yay for going home!! God is definately good! Prayers for a safe and calm transition home. Don’t worry about keeping us updated, just get settled in and on with what will be a normal for you life.
Tara
November 17, 2010 at 11:08 am
YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH God is soo good and I am so happy for you guys! That is just awesome!!!! I pray everything continues to go well with him and y’all! Be blessed!
Jen
November 17, 2010 at 11:10 am
Well, that video gave me my first cry of the morning
Such wonderful news and I will continue to keep Bowen (and your whole family) in my prayers. What a sweet, strong little boy!! God Bless you all!
Becky
November 17, 2010 at 11:12 am
Congrats! I’m couldn’t help but cry as I watched the video and seeing the smiles on your faces! I will continue to keep you all in my thoughts and prayers. I also pray that your family has a wonderful Thanksgving with Bowen home! How exciting! He sure is cutie!!!!
Sarah Smith
November 17, 2010 at 11:16 am
Great news!!! We’re so excited for you guys and can’t wait to hear about what a wonderful time you’re having at home with Bowen and the whole family together. Congratulations on getting the boot from Mott!
Big heart hugs!
Sarah Smith
(Elijah, HLHS)
Becky
November 17, 2010 at 11:20 am
After reading Billy Graham’s letter this morning, encouraging us to thank God for all the blessings we have seen and experienced when we are faced with hard times….I opened your Bowen’s Heart email, and watched your video. I got the biggest smile, looked up to God with a huge thank you for Bowen, and had tears of joy instantly, in the midst of hardship. What a gift from our Abba Daddy!!
Alyssa Dearth
November 17, 2010 at 11:21 am
YAY!!!!
Praise God! Praying for you guys!
Jeff
November 17, 2010 at 11:22 am
AWESOME and an answer to many prayers! In your video you said thank you for the encouragement but I think we are the ones encouraged by this story of your family and Bowen.
Enjoy the holidays with your family and being home!
Jeff from Frisco, TX
Susan
November 17, 2010 at 11:24 am
PRAISE THE LORD!!! I hope it is a smooth transition for everyone!
Jean
November 17, 2010 at 11:25 am
That is fantastic! Crying the happy tears too while doing a happy dance for you guys. Enjoy!!!
Jen Barnes
November 17, 2010 at 11:25 am
PRAISE GOD!!!! I was driving my oldest daughter to her appointment this morning listening to K-Love and Lisa and Eric was playing your video! I just started to cry and thank God for giving your family this oppertunity of being a family with your girls and Bowen!! I can’t wait to tell my other kids when they get home and show them the video! GOD BLESS!!!! So happy for your family!!
Tammi T. (a mom of an HLHS boy)
November 17, 2010 at 11:27 am
Oh, Thank You, Jesus! You are so good and so faithful! Please continue to watch over the Hammit family and bless them as they serve you.
We are so happy for you! How exciting that you’ll make it home in time for Thanksgiving! And what a Thanksgiving it will be! Thank you for sharing so much of yourselves through this journey. I know that in and of itself takes strength from God (at least it did for me). We loved the video, too! How precious. You can see the joy in your faces. We will continue to lift you up and pray that there aren’t any return visits to the hospital (of course, you’ll have follow-ups with the doctors) until his next surgery. God bless.
In our hearts and in His hands ….
lisa carlin(hlhs mom)
November 18, 2010 at 5:48 am
hi tammy! have a wonderful thanksgiving!! it does make the holiday season so much nicer when you’ve experienced what us heart families have been through….god bless Lisa
Tammi T. (a mom of an HLHS boy)
November 18, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Lisa,
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too. You are right … when one has been through hard trials, it tends to soften our hearts and make us more appreciative of what we have. I believe it is one reason God allows the tough times … to change our perspective to His perspective. May God bless.
Tammi
PS: My boys have been praying for your Dylan.
Tricia
November 17, 2010 at 11:27 am
Praise be to the Lord most high.. I got two of my work team mates who are non believers to watch the video . I told them this is the person I am going to see on Sunday in concert at our church. Each of them were amazed on how positive both of you were in the video. I explained that relying on God is a great comfort. And you got many, aww’s of the beatutiful baby
Stephanie Snow
November 17, 2010 at 11:29 am
So excited for you . We have been praying for him and I know that you have to be just estatic especially those little girls who get to bring their little brother home. We are praying for all of you as you make a safe trip back home and may god bless you
Mary in NJ
November 17, 2010 at 11:33 am
Praise the Lord!!!!! I have been following your story and praying for your family every day. You have been such an inspiration on how to lean on God through life’s difficulties — big and small. Will continue to keep you all in my prayers daily and look forward to updates on your site.
Taylor Family
November 17, 2010 at 11:37 am
Congratulations! What wonder news to hear this morning!
Michelle Leach
November 17, 2010 at 11:38 am
We are so happy for you!!!
Jeanne
November 17, 2010 at 11:38 am
I am so happy for you and so grateful for our God.
Amy Barry
November 17, 2010 at 11:41 am
I just wanted to say congratulations to you and your family. Bowen is going home! My husband and I went through something similar in August. At 4 weeks old our son, Kaeden, stopped breathing during a feeding and after reviving him through CPR and rushed to the ER, he was diagnosed with TAPVR. Another congenital heart condition. After open heart surgery and spending a short 11 days in the NICU, we were able to take him home!
For us it was hard to not have the wonderful nurses at our side with answers to our questions or machines warning us something may not be right. I took a lot of faith to trust that no matter what, God had Kaeden in His hands when we could finally sleep. I pray for the same for you. Also, he is now 4 months old and I personally regret not just basking in what a blessing my son is instead of worrying if his heart was beating or if he was breathing. God has brought me to that stage now and I am truly not afraid no matter how often we have to go back to the hospital. Thank you God! You all will continue to be in my prayers. Enjoy that wonderful, strong little boy
PAM SCHOOLER
November 17, 2010 at 9:49 pm
What a miracle that you were able to revive him and he could have surgery! I will add Kaeden to my prayer list.
Deb
November 17, 2010 at 11:41 am
That is the best news! What a very special “Thanksgiving” you all will have. No better gift than a thankful heart to have little Bowen home! Thank you God! Thank you for all those that gave their time endlessly to make this happen. I’m so happy for you all!
Kelly Saponaro
November 17, 2010 at 11:42 am
soooo excited for you all!! This is such fantastic news and made my day. Ya’ll will be in my continued prayers for healing, strength and more fantastic news as you move forward on this journey.
Gisonno Gaggle
November 17, 2010 at 11:42 am
What a HUGE blessing to have little Bowen home! My family and I are praying for you and your family. God Bless!!!
Renee
November 17, 2010 at 11:43 am
Praise the Lord. That is really all I can say!! We will pray for Bowen, that God just continues to heal him. Have fun with your little man, as I know your girls will.
Amy
November 17, 2010 at 11:46 am
Happiness! I remember walking through through our front door with our daughter for the first time. When you get home and settled there is often this “what now” feeling… in that feeling rejoice!!! celebrate! go barefoot, and dance!!! all those things that make you glad to be home! Do them, while looking at Bowen in his own home!! Praise God!
Monica
November 17, 2010 at 11:47 am
Praise God!!! This is wonderful news!! Will continue to pray for your family, but how exciting to be able to spend time together…the girls must be thrilled!
The Hagen Family
November 17, 2010 at 11:49 am
a lot of adversity of late re our family, so it is with GREAT joy that we learned Bowen may be going home, thanks for the lift!
Gloria Whitmer
November 17, 2010 at 11:49 am
that is so wonderful! I’m so happy for your family! my husband and i will keep praying for your family for a smooth transition. Praise the Lord for this great news!
all our love
Jereld and Gloria Whitmer
Audree
November 17, 2010 at 11:52 am
I have been so blessed to follow your family and your journey. I hope you will continue “Digging Deeper” it has been something I look forward to each day. Your family has truly owned this path, this moment that God has blessed you with. You have walked in a valley, now enjoy the mountain top. God Bless
Audree~
Amy D.
November 17, 2010 at 11:53 am
9 posts out of 10, this blog makes me cry. This one was no exception- but so glad it was 100% happy tears!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this news and praying that everything goes as smoothly as possible.
Matt, we’ll see you on Friday (hoping you can tear yourself away!) and will be delivering plenty of hugs for you to take back to Ohio
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Much love and continued prayers!
Amy
Page Family
November 17, 2010 at 11:55 am
The Page Family
LIsa
November 17, 2010 at 11:56 am
We ae so excited for your family….take time to be with each other…May God continue to bless each and everyone of you….
george darling
November 17, 2010 at 11:57 am
I am so pleasedd that you are finally going home where ou belong you have two wonderful parents and hundreds and hundreds of friends you don’t even know praying andhopeing things will be better for you in the future.be brave little one and remember we all all praying and waiting to see you grow up and take on this wonderful world we live in god bless you
Crystal Willis
November 17, 2010 at 11:57 am
Thank God!!!
J
November 17, 2010 at 11:58 am
Praise God!!! Welcome home Bowen! I hope you all can finally enjoy the important family time together and enjoy finally having your whole family together in the comforts of your own home. Thank you again for allowing us to experience this journey in your life. Congrats!!!
Susan Graves
November 17, 2010 at 11:59 am
I have lots of tears but now they are tears of joy! God has been busy answering our prayers for your entire family and of course Bowen! I will continue to pray for That peace that passes all understanding will fall upon your family. Hope the settling in back home will be uplifting and encouraging for all of you! God is good all the time! I will sign off for now Oh wait God bless all invoved in HIs Holy name Amen!
Melanie Lake
November 17, 2010 at 11:59 am
Yea!!!!!!!!!!! Bowen’s going home!!!!! Still praying for you guys. God is so good!!!!!
Love and prayers,
Melanie
Terry
November 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm
thanks for all the updates. the prayers will continue as you have shown the way. Let the Lord bless you nd keep you guys.
Matt you and your family have been lifted up in prayer to our Heavenly Father.
continue to bless others with your music and its help me in many ways
Robyn
November 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I have heard Bowen’s story on K-LOVE, but never looked at your blog. I’m not sure why I remembered this morning maybe it was God. I wanted to take a minute to thank you and Sara for sharing your story. My husband and I have 3 boys. 1 is a set of twins. They are all healthy, praise God, but I sometimes allow myself to get into a state of “Why do I have twins!”. It has been very challenging taking care of 2 at once, but as I was reading your struggles I have been reminded that our struggles could have been so much more difficult. We are not promised an easy journey as a Christian, but one filled with joy, hope and HIM! Our Pastor is doing a series on Behaving in the Wilderness and I was encouraged by a statement he shared…”the wilderness experience is not a permanent residence, but a passing journey.” It reminded me that no matter what we are going through it is not permanent and there will be an end! Now there is a promise we can all look forward to! We will be praying for you and your family!!
Rosa
November 17, 2010 at 12:01 pm
PRAISE THE LORD!!!
Serena Champeaux
November 17, 2010 at 12:02 pm
I printed a picture of Bowen in September and kept it up praying for him. I will continue praying for healing and a successful 2nd surgery in February. I will be praying for you, Sarah and girls along with Bowen. So Happy that you will have a united family at home starting tomorrow. God Bless!
angcoop
November 17, 2010 at 12:04 pm
I am soooo happy for all of you. I have been praying everynight for your return home with Baby Bowen. He is home just in time for Thanksgiving!! Thank you so much for keeping us updated on progress and news. I look forward to getting on my email everyday and seeing a notification.
susie michaud
November 17, 2010 at 12:04 pm
THANK YOU JESUS!!!
Enjoy your time being a complete family together. Thanks for the awesome video! Yipeeeee Yahoooo 
Happy 1st Thaksgiving baby Bowen! So very happy for the Hammit family
Teresa Camp
November 17, 2010 at 12:06 pm
SO HAPPY YOU ARE GOING HOME!!!!! Continuing to pray for you all!!!!
Staci Thacker
November 17, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Praise God Continued prayers sent your way!
Courtney
November 17, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Congrats guys I have been praying for your family everyday and have followed your blogs. You have a very strong willed boy there. Cherish every moment the good and bad. Cant wait for the next blog but take your time with your family
Lisa Bullis
November 17, 2010 at 12:10 pm
PRAISE GOD!!!
That is all I can say.
Go enjoy your family!!
Ronda Karr
November 17, 2010 at 12:11 pm
What An AWESOME GOD we serve. An amazing anointment he has put on Bowen. A true child of GOD one who will be watched over by our every lasting LORD and Saviour. GOD IS GOOD AND WORTHY TO BE PRAISED. Prayers will continue from my mouth to your little one. Be Blessed and know you are LOVED!!
Nicole
November 17, 2010 at 12:11 pm
That is so awesome!!!! The greatest news! Amen! And yes keep posting pics of your adorable family, you are such an inpiration!
Alexis B
November 17, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Tears of joy for you and your sweet family.
“Underneath are the Everlasting Arms.” Deut. 33:27
jim
November 17, 2010 at 12:13 pm
great news congratulations, Bowen looks good, I Pray God continues to Bless You all !!!!!!!!!
Larissa
November 17, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Just as I cried with you I am now rejoicing with you! This is so exciting I can’t even explain it. I’ll look for your updates and will continue to pray for this special baby boy that is loved by countless brothers and sisters in Christ. Much love to the entire family. Thank you God!!!
Courtney
November 17, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Yeah! Congrats! Enjoy your time at home with your girls and their baby brother. God is GREAT!
Melody
November 17, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Thank you Jesus!! Awesome news! Enjoy your family…I know you will!! YEAH!!!
Robin Kalvoda
November 17, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Blessings and Hallelujah, you are taking that beautiful boy home! You will continue to be in our prayers and we are so excited to see how God is “just being God” through this little miracle! Safe travels home. Relax and enjoy!
Brittany Baumgartner
November 17, 2010 at 12:29 pm
woo hoo im so siked for you guys… that lil man must have a huge calling on his life! i so can’t wait to see him grow up and see all the awsome things he will do for Jesus… It just warms my heart that hes doing so well and is finally going home… Lots of Blessings!
One love
Brittany B <3
Misty Briggs
November 17, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Matt & Sarah,
I am so excited that you get to take Bowen home with you. I know how exciting that is. I was a nervous wreck the day they told us that we could take Tanner home. I wasn’t 100% sure till we got him tucked away in our car and were exiting the parking garage on our way home. Enjoy your time with your whole family especially here at Thanksgiving! What a wonderful gift. May God continue to bless each of you, your girls and Bowen!!
Love,
Misty Briggs
Sherry Jansen
November 17, 2010 at 12:31 pm
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW what a happy day! God is good!
Michelle Suchomma
November 17, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Congratulations! I pray that your home time will be blessed with lots of peace:)
Michele Grabber
November 17, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Praise God! I am so glad for your entire family. What an incredible journey of faith. We will continue to pray for you all!
Linda Rojas
November 17, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Absolutely thankful to the Lord for you and your family and for the blessing of going home! My heart is filled with joy for you! We rejoice in what our Father has done for you and look forward to more miracles for Bowen and your family!
In Christ,
Linda
lisa shapiro
November 17, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Congratulations! I am praying for a smooth transition to home and for steady progress. Bowen is such a stud! So happy for you guys!
Polly
November 17, 2010 at 12:41 pm
TOJ TOJ TOJ!!!!!! So excited for you all, tears of joy today. God is good, ALL THE TIME!
Melissa
November 17, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Wow! God is AMAZING! I am so happy for your family!!!!!
Gayle Jones
November 17, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Praise God! Answered prayer!! God is so good and faithful! I am so glad you guys are finally going home. We will keep praying.
Lauren
November 17, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Congrats I have been praying for him!!!!!! <3
mildred
November 17, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Am excited that Bowen is going home.Praise be to God who reigns forever.I pray that God will give you strength each and everyday,and i know he has greater plans for your family.My prayers will be with your family.mildred
Lisa
November 17, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Praise God!! I’m so happy for you all!
I want to thank you so much for sharing Bowen and your family with us and for sharing your faith! You guys have been such an inspiration for me!! I will continue to keep Bowen and all of you in my prayers and will look forward to the updates on how he’s doing!
Heather B.
November 17, 2010 at 12:50 pm
This wonderful news brought me to tears this morning. Especially since I was holding my own baby boy Owen while watching it. I’ve been following your story for a while now and praying with each check in. I praise God for this glorious day that has come for your precious family and pray it is just the start of many more to come. Enjoy your sweet homecoming!
Rejoicing with you!
Heather
Lori
November 17, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Praise God! Continuing to pray for you and your family!
God Bless your family!
Maria
November 17, 2010 at 12:52 pm
YES!!!! We are so excited for you! This is wonderful news! And, oh my, just think – you will all be home, together, for Thanksgiving! You have much to be thankful for. And so do all of us who have been (and will continue) following your story. You are such blessings and we could not be happier for you than we are right now! Praise God! Love to all of you … Please know that there are MANY rejoicing with you today!
WELCOME HOME, BABY BOWEN!
Melissa
November 17, 2010 at 12:55 pm
SO excited for you all! As the mommy of a little girl (she’s 10 now) with Truncus Arteriosus, I can sympathize with what you have been going through. We will continue to pray for your family and know that God has a special plan for little Bowen. God bless!
Suzie Thompson
November 17, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Such wonderful news!!! May The Lord bless and keep Bowen as he continues to heal. This has made my day.
Much love and prayers from Murrieta, CA
Tonya
November 17, 2010 at 1:00 pm
So glad that you guys get to go home. Praying for little Bowen and your family. God Bless you and your family.
Stephanie
November 17, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Just saw this on FB from KLove and had to come see for myself! God is so good. Bless you all and especially Bowen. It’s time to get acquainted and settled in together, I hope the transitions are smooth and the bumps are small!
Rita Bilen
November 17, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Praise God that Bowen is finally going home! Blessings to you all as you are together as a family. We will keep you covered in prayers, now and in the future.
Emili
November 17, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Praising the Lord with you and your precious family! What a beautiful baby boy and what a sweet, sweet video and a testimony to the awesomeness of our God!
Will continue praying for upcoming surgery in February! May God conmtinue to richly bless your family!
Shannon
November 17, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Yippie!!! I am praising God for your next steps. I know He’s in them and before them…huge smiles for Bowen joining his sisters
Praying for all of you as you transition and prepare for Feb.
Shauna
November 17, 2010 at 1:05 pm
So happy and grateful that you finally get to go home and be a family again! Thank you Lord!!! To You we give all the praise and glory!!! We will continue to keep you in our thoughts and prayers! Love you guys!
Kristine Batch
November 17, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Congratulations you guys!! We are so happy for you and just knowing that you will all be at home together as a family today makes our hearts swell with joy. Praise the Lord for his love and Grace. We love Bowen and will continue to pray for him and all of you in the coming months.
Amy
November 17, 2010 at 1:16 pm
YAY~!~!~! Congrats! I am so happy to hear that you get to go home. You’re still in our prayers. Thank God for this miracle.
Have a great day, and God bless!!!
Dennis
November 17, 2010 at 1:19 pm
So glad to see you all going home and will be together as a family. We will all continue our prayers for everyone. My our Lord God Almighty continue to watch over your family and guide you all in your daily walk.
God Bless and give Bowen and his sisters a hug from all of us.
Heidi
November 17, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Yay for your hands on the steering wheel! yayy!!!!!!!!!!! welcome home baby bowen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Leslie Echols
November 17, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Praise the Lord! God is good…all the time!
So happy to hear that little Bowen is going home. I remember that day with our own little Christopher…after three months in the NICU…so grateful to God for making it happen.
We will continue to be in prayer for you all.
Blessings from AK,
~Leslie
Julia Bowie
November 17, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Praise the LORD!! I am soooo happy for you Matt and Sarah!! I can’t even imagine the struggles you’ve been through. I have really enjoyed the blog and look forward to hearing from you again in a little while! Enjoy your precious family!! PS Just wanted to let you know that “Lead Me” has been my “anthem” for the past few months as my marriage went through a troubled time. All is much better now – the song is a huge blessing!!
Jamie
November 17, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Praise God Praise God Praise God!
So excited for your family! What a great homecoming it will be!
Praying for an easy adjustment for your girls and that your home be filled with peace and rest and lots of laughter, smiles & tears of joy! May Bowen remain free from infection until his next surgery, that he gain weight and hit each milestone with ease and that his body stay strong while his heart starts to fail again.
Woo hoo!
terry
November 17, 2010 at 1:32 pm
What a blessing that Bowen gets to go home! God is so good and I have been following your Blog since day one to get the latest updates and to know what to be praying for. I will continue to pray for Bowen and the family. I know the girls must be pretty excited about everyone being together at home.
I want you to know how much your music has blessed my husband and I. Thanks for sharing your heart through your music and the story of Bowens heart through your blog,
God Bless,
Terry
Jan
November 17, 2010 at 1:33 pm
praise God! So happy that you guys get to take him home. Praying still for Bowen’s full recovery and long strong life for the glory of God.
Lauren Colley
November 17, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Praise God!!!! Congratulations Matt and Sarah!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t even tell you how happy I am for you guys!!!!! Time for Bowen to see his home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will still be praying. Thank you Jesus.
Sue
November 17, 2010 at 1:38 pm
WOW!!! the Power of God in Action :0
I am continually overwhelmed by the Grace that God give all of us.
Even though we don’t deserve it. Praise the Lord for his Faithfulness,
His Promises & His Provisions. Welcome Home Bowen
Rhi
November 17, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Thank You, Jesus!!!
Renee Little
November 17, 2010 at 1:41 pm
God is Awesome. Bowen is Awesome. And You Both are Awesome. May God bless you as your whole family sleeps under the same roof tonight. Love you friends!
Rebecca Hatfield
November 17, 2010 at 1:45 pm
I have kept up with Bowen’s story through KLove for sometime now. Praising the Lord with you for all the wonderful work He has done with your family! So glad Baby Bowen is going home!
I personally can relate to your story…I have a little girl, Nevaeh Faith who has lived in the hospital on and off for the past two years. Doctors still have no idea what is wrong with Nevaeh. I just wanted you to know that your song (Something Heavenly) has been “our song” through this journey of the unknown. It helped me soooo much! I always wanted to tell you how much that song meant to our family since we first heard it back in 2008. We are currently back in the hospital fighting an infection…your story and music is such an inspiration….Thank you!
Lord thank you for this amazing family and for the healing Bowen is receiving from you! Thank you for reminding me I am not alone and that there are people out there that do go through similar things as we do. Thank you for your grace and mercy pulling me through.
PAM SCHOOLER
November 17, 2010 at 9:36 pm
I will keep Nevaeh in my prayers.
Rebekah Weiland
November 17, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Yay!!!!! Praise God that you are able to go home!! I hope and pray that Bowen stays healthy this time around going home!! Enjoy being home, and enjoy your little three gifts from God!!! I’m sooo excited for all of you!
~Rebekah Omaha, NE
Wendy
November 17, 2010 at 1:47 pm
I am so excited for your family and for Bowen especially to be able to go home and enjoy his beautiful family. God Bless you all and may he continue to be with Bowen and his heart! <3
Kathy Betty
November 17, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Oh, I am soooo happy that you two get to take Bowen home and you can all be together as a family!! So cool!! I will continue praying for Bowen as I have been and for his upcoming 2nd surgery in Feb 2011. God is so good all the time through all of the hard times and good times isn’t He? He sees the BIG picture and though we don’t understand completely why this is happening to Bowen we KNOW that God is in control. One thing good that I can see has come out of this long time in the hospital is that you two, Sarah and Matt, have been able to minister and connect with others who are hurting and I am sure that was a blessing to them. My heart goes out to all of your family even though I don’t know you but I feel that all children of God are family. Take care. Love you all.
In His Precious name,
Kathy and family
Elizabeth
November 17, 2010 at 1:53 pm
YAY!!!! For Bowen!!! I am so excited for ALL of you. What a blessing!! GOD is so GREAT and so Mighty!! Praise the LORD and Congratulations!!
Michele
November 17, 2010 at 1:55 pm
WAY TO GO GOD!!!!! WAY TO GO BOWEN!!!!!!
Have a wonderful time at home as a family! I’m so very excited for you guys!
Brandi
November 17, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Yay! What an exciting day for your family, Im soo happy for you all and will continue to pray for you.
Yelena
November 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm
This is one of the best posts since your boy Bowen was born. I’m more than just excited when reading this wonderful news, I’m sooooo happy for you. Welcome home Bowen darling! I’ve been following your story since Bowen’s birth and what a journey you have been through. We pray for Bowen, you and Sarah, and your girls to have the strength to endure what God has in his plan for your family. Although Bowen is only a couple months young, God has used him to touch so many people already. He is such a blessing and such a beautiful baby boy. I pray that in spite of Bowen’s weaknesses, he would be strong physically and spiritually. That he can live a healthy life and be able to do all the activities that other boys love to do; running, playing around, etc. May God give you and Sarah strength to care for him at home and tend to his needs (medications and stuff). May your girls now learn to share your attention with their baby brother. I am amazed at how strong your faith is in spite of everything you’ve been through. Be strong in our great Lord.
Stephanie
November 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Praise the LORD!!!
Angie Dee
November 17, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Praise, Praise Praise that is so exciting…Thanks so much for sharing..
Riete
November 17, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I’m sitting here totally teary-eyed and happy. How wonderful that you can take Bowen home!
Enjoy every day … and I keep praying for your wonderful family!
Hugs fom the Netherlands
Bethany Butler
November 17, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Oh my goodness! So wonderful! I’m so happy for you all! We keep you ion our prayers. So good to see a video of little Bowen guy! He is really such a little cutie!
Karla
November 17, 2010 at 2:13 pm
God Answers Prayers, everyday. So thankful that this prayer has been answered for you and your family.
Prayers for the February surgery are coming your way!!!
Much love in Christ, who works miracles in us,
Karla
Morgantown, WV
Stefenie
November 17, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Amazingly wonderful news guys!!! I am so happy to hear that you are taking Bowen home. I know what an incredible and overwhelming feeling that can be. It will take some getting used to not having the doctors and nurses right there but I have faith that you will get the hang of it all.
Saying many prayers that your homecoming will be joyous and one that will last a while.
Blessings!!!
Stef
http://www.whenlifehandsyouabrokenheart.blogspot.com
Robin
November 17, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Thank you LORD! You are MIGHTY, AWESOME, AND MERCIFUL! Thank you for healing this little dude! Thank you that his parents follow you and look to you in good times and rough times. Thank you that you’ve given Matt and his family strength to stand through this whole situation. Amen! And thank you, Matt & Family, for letting us all into your life and your hearts, sharing the tears of fear and tears of JOY. I am soooooo happy you can take him home finally! I will always pray for Bowen’s continued healing and strength. What a blessing you all have been to me through your situation.
Amy
November 17, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Praise God! What a wonderful day! I am soooo happy for your family. Look what the hand of God has done! I
Stephanie
November 17, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Praise God! I’ve been following your blog, have been keeping you and Bowen and Sara and the girls lifted in prayers! We serve an almighty God who is smiling down on little Bowen today.
Thank you for inviting us all into your life and journey during this difficult time. I love your music and now i love your family!
Christi Kujo
November 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm
My heart is soooo happy right now
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Cathy
November 17, 2010 at 2:32 pm
I too am so thankful to God that you have taken your little boy home today. I appreciate your families willingness to share with the world your ups and downs through this whole ordeal. It has meant a lot to me as I’m sure it has to others. Through this we have all been reminded of God’s mighty power.
Beard Family
November 17, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Praise God! Enjoy your Thanksgiving together at home. We will continue to pray for Bowen and for God to continue to touch hearts through your family.
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Rachelle
November 17, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Great news I’m soo glade to hear that ur baby got to go home. The babys been in my prayers.
christa
November 17, 2010 at 2:41 pm
I was so happy to hear that your little angel is going home today!! That is so great.. I can’t imagine having my baby in the hospital that long.You guys are so strong and such wonderful parents.. my prayers will continue for your whole family!! God is awesome!!
Jensen Family
November 17, 2010 at 2:45 pm
YES,YES,YES!!!!! Sooo incredibly HAPPY for your family. It feels so good to cry tears of JOY for you!!
God IS the master physician….praise Him. I pray that the Lord continues to richly bless your family.
Clint, Alyssa, Adriana, & Logan
(Medford, OR)
PaulaKay
November 17, 2010 at 2:46 pm
I’ve been following your story thru klove. So happy that Baby Bowen is going home! God has truly shown us his awesomeness thru him. May God continue to hold him & keep him & ur family in his arms. God Bless!
Micah Peacock
November 17, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Oh, praise the Lord Most High! I am so happy for you! Welcome home Mr. Bowen Matthew Hammitt!
Bunches of Love and Prayers,
Micah
Kristin Rader
November 17, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I know you dont know me, but I have been praying for all of you! I was
so happy to hear that your little one is going home! I love your music Matt, My husband and i listen all the time, Congratulations on this great milestone, Praising god for his great hand upon Bowen, Hopefully you can all have a nice quiet evening as a family in the comfort of your own home.
Blessings, and I will continue to pray for the future surgury’s.
Kristin Rader
Tammy
November 17, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Thank you for sharing your story with us, it has been such an inspiration. May God continue to bless your little boy and will keep praying for a speedy recovery…
God bless
terra
November 17, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Praise god! i heard this on kluv here in bakersfield this morning, and i cried my eyes out! Just got to watch the video and cried again! so happy for you guys!
Leslie
November 17, 2010 at 2:52 pm
I am so excited for you and your family. I will continue to pray for you all as you adjust to life at home. What a blessing. Matthew means gift from God and please remember that you have given all of us a gift as well, by allowing us to share in this. May God continue to bless you and keep you.
Wendy Ruf
November 17, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Rejoicing with you over Bowen’s homecoming!!! Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!
Matt your digging deeper sections are powerful, convicting and encouraging. I want to express my gratitude for being willing to openly and honestly share insights, struggles, challeges and victories that you have gone through these past months. You have challenged my own faith and to “dig deeper” in my own walk. Thank you!!
Wendy
Anne
November 17, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Celebrating with all of you!!!
Esmeralda Degante
November 17, 2010 at 3:03 pm
WOW! FINALY THE DAY ARRIVED. IM HAPPY TO KNOW THAT BOWEN WHEN HOME. NOW WE JUST HOPE THAT EVERYTHING WILL GO WELL FOR HIM & YOU’S. BUT DONT WORRY WITH GOD GRACE, BOWEN WILL BE PERFECTLY FINE.
I’LL BE PRAYING FOR YOUR FAMILY AND LETS NOT FORGET THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL. WHAT BETTER HANDS THEN THAT 
GOD BLESS YOU’S ALL!!!!! XOXOXOXOX
Dianna Walston
November 17, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Awesome, Praise God you were able to take Bowen home today! That is fantastic. Enjoy your time together as a family FINALLY! God is so good. You have ministered to so many people through sharing what you are going through. Thanks for the video. It was awesome seeing you both and Bowen together in video. God bless and I pray you have the best Thanksgiving EVER with your family. We will continue to pray for Bowen to grow and gain strength as you prepare for the next surgery in February. GOD BLESS YOU.
Amy Heckman
November 17, 2010 at 3:05 pm
THANK YOU LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I started crying when i heard the great news today! we ar so so happy for you all! Praying that all goes well transitioning back home and we will keep praying!!! Please keep us updated, I feel like we have been on this journey with you!! So thankful that God answered all our prayers with a YES!!!
Congrats!!!!
Elise
November 17, 2010 at 3:12 pm
YEEEEHAW!!! So excited for you all! I can’t imagine what it must be like to be going home today, starting that process of getting used to the “new normal.” It’s strange enough bringing home a new baby after a couple of days in the hospital, so it must be almost surreal to make THIS transition. Prayers for a purely joyful homecoming and a quiet and peaceful rest with family between now and Bowen’s next procedure. Continuing to hold your little boy and your whole family close to my heart and up to God. Much love to all of you.
Samantha
November 17, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Fantastic!! Enjoy every minute with your whole family together. Praise God!!!
Lis
November 17, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Great to hear…Bowen looks great…Your family is continuously in my prayers.
Dee
November 17, 2010 at 3:19 pm
God bless you, Hammitt family! Praise God
!
Kendall
November 17, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Praise be to God! As a mother of two little ones, I cried with joy when I read this!
Anne
November 17, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Thank you Jesus for there is None like You. When you get a chance I think you might appreciate this site http://www.awmi.net/home —go into where its says ministry news, there is so many healing testamonies and oneof a baby girl born with part of her heart missing and that there were no major arteries flowing from the heart to the lungs. please I know i am persistant on this but it s God’s will for all to be healed.
I am so excited he is home where he belongs. May God’s peace be upon you and our family. The particular healing testamonie is called ”The Lord Looks at the Heart”
Anne
Jaclyn Miller
November 17, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Praise God! I was so happy this morning when I watched this video that K-LOVE had posted on Facebook! I have been following your story and praying for your family a lot. Bowen is such an inspiration to so many. This trial that your family has been through is touched by God in so many ways. Through this, you are encouraging and helping so many people. I thank God for your family. I am so thankful that you have taken the time to share your story with the world. Instead of dwelling on your sadness, you give the rest of us hope. I am continuing to pray for Bowen and the rest of you. May God shower you all with blessings. Thank you.
Connie Toole
November 17, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Praise the Lord!!! I have tears of joy as I type. I pray for a hedge of protection around your whole family as you move forward. Emerson, my granddaughter, has done better for the past few days, so we pray we may be home for Thanksgiving also. We all have so much to be thankful for. Connie Toole, EmersonBanksMay, HLHS, http://www.carepages.com
Crystal
November 17, 2010 at 3:40 pm
I’ve been listening to KLOVE and hearing updates about baby bowen. may god continue to bless him and your family. we an amazing story! my prayers go out to baby bowen and the hammit family. love ur music. god is good all the time. with love, crystal & ariana
Kristin
November 17, 2010 at 3:41 pm
What beautiful people you are. I’ve been reading your blog for the past three weeks–ever since our 20 week ultrasound revealed that our little boy has hypoplastic left heart syndrome. You have been a source of comfort and encouragement to me, and I wanted to take a moment to say thank you.
PAM SCHOOLER
November 17, 2010 at 9:28 pm
I will be praying for your little boy.
Annie Luidhardt
November 17, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Praise God!! So glad you have all your family in one place now!! We’ll keep on praying!!
Sarah from Maine
November 17, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Wow! Tears of joy come to my eyes as I see this sweet video of your precious baby boy. What a blessed Thanksgiving gift God has blessed you with!! I’m sure this is one you’ll never forget, EVER! Praying for strength and help as you move on w/ the next surgery! PRAISE GOD!!!
Tammy Noelle
November 17, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Thank you Jesus!!! I have been following your story since Bowen’s birth and been praying hope and healing for your son and your family. When I saw the post this morning that ya’ll were finally taking your lil man home, I cried. This time was tears of joy that he was strong enough to go home. I will continue to pray for your son and your family. God Bless
Abigail Townsend
November 17, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Oh Praise God!!! God is so good!!! So happy for you guys!! What a little cutie he is!! I will continue to pray for you guys!!! Congrats!!
Holly Nodine
November 17, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Praise God for He is good! I know we have all been praying for this day for so long! I’m so happy for you, Sarah, the girls, and especially sweet Bowen! We will continue to pray for him and you guys as you all adjust to life at home!
Rebecca
November 17, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Wonderful News!! What a day of Thanksgiving, just a little early. May God continue to bless your family. We will continue praying, and thank you for updating all of us through this time. Having gone through these surgeries with my cousin’s little boy, I know how draining it can be, but you have inspired us with your growth and learning through all of this. Again, Thank you and God Bless.
Jessica
November 17, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Praise God for this news! I’m so glad you can all be together as a family. We’ll keep praying for little Bowen and your adjustment to life at home.
Cathy
November 17, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Praise God !!
Anna
November 17, 2010 at 4:09 pm
He is so cute!!
gail
November 17, 2010 at 4:11 pm
So happy to hear the news. Thank you for sharing your story and your words of faith with all of us. God is wonderful and praise Him for his love and grace.
Carrie
November 17, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Tears of Joy! Praise the Lord! God be with you as you come together as a family after so long apart.
Brittany Hildebrand
November 17, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Yahhh! Continued prayers for you and your family as you adjust to taking care of Bowen all by yourselves
So glad for you all!!
Kelli
November 17, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Today is my youngest daughter’s (Emily) birthday. What a great day for Bowen to go home to be with his parents. Congratulations. Our family will continue to pray for Bowen and your family. God Bless you.
Gabriele
November 17, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Praise the Lord! So thankful. Take care of yourselves as well as the little one. You guys are incredible. So inspired by your fight. Or should I say the Lord’s fight? Cause it is His, isn’t it. Love the video. Bowen is soooo precious. I will keep praying.
Shannon P
November 17, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Tears rolling down my face!! God is so good and faithful! So happy for you guys! Love you little Bowen! Can’t wait to see you continue to grow in the months to come!
Ruth
November 17, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Praise God! So thrilled for you all to be able to be together as a family at last. I will be praying that God gives you all the strength, patience and wisdom needed ahead!
Kim
November 17, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Awesome. Thank God!
Marcia
November 17, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Praise God, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Have fun with the family and enjoy
krissy
November 17, 2010 at 4:37 pm
home – praise God – home is an amazing place to be. as you transition, remember God is walking with you every step. prayerfully that ng-tube doesnt need to be changed too often… often a very grueling task.
blessings!
heart hugs from a heart momma
krissy
Undisclosed
November 17, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Praise God! Doing the happy dance!
R.B. Pray
November 17, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Happy Thanksgiving! Asher was so thrilled to see the video he wanted to see more of Bow!
Praying for you guys!
Mary Powers
November 17, 2010 at 4:55 pm
FANTASTIC!!!! Praise God! Will be prayin’ for your encouragement and a good support team for Sarah when you get there!
~Mary
Liz
November 17, 2010 at 5:25 pm
YAY! Praises and thanks to God! Will keep y’all in my prayers!
Deanne
November 17, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Congratulations and PRAISE GOD!!! I will continue to pray for Bowen and your family. GOD is GOOD!
Candy Spilman
November 17, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I am so happy for you all! I pray that Bowen will continue to do well, and may God bless your entire family.
Erin
November 17, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Yay!!! I’m so happy for your whole family! I’ll keep Bowen in my prayers.
amanda
November 17, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Oh Im so Happy for you guys. I Love the good news. you guys will do awesome with him at home and im sure the girls will just Love it to you will have awesome help with them. God is still blessing you guys. I cant wait to see how his some life goes.
Katie Emmons
November 17, 2010 at 5:47 pm
He is so cute! I can definitely see the love between you and your wife. It’s very inspiring. God bless!
Debi
November 17, 2010 at 5:54 pm
I am so excited to see that your precious boy is going home. I was at a Sanctus Real concert shortly after you found out about little Bowen’s illness. I have been praying for him and all of you and praising God when good news was posted. What a testimony of faith and courage and God;s stubborn love. Thanks for sharing.
Melinda Brady
November 17, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Congragulations,,I’m so glad you are all going home,,I continue to pray God’s blessings on all of you May God continue to bless you as you make the transition home,,
mart
November 17, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Praise the LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kristy
November 17, 2010 at 6:18 pm
awe i am soo happy for you guys! every time i hear your updaates on klove it brings a tear to my eye but a very big warm smile to my face! its a difficult struggle dont get me wrong but its a beautiful beautiful gift at the same time! you guys encourge millions of people all over the world because you never gave up and you put all your trust and faaith in god! all i can say is that i am so happy for you guys! congrats and im lookin forward to the updates!
Pam Leonard
November 17, 2010 at 6:25 pm
I’m so happy for your family. I know your girls will be so glad to have mom and dad home and be able to love on Bowen. God Bless and I’ll continue to follow your journey on your webpage.
Paula Wheaton
November 17, 2010 at 6:38 pm
So happy for you all many Blessings and prayers. God Bless
Catherine Erb
November 17, 2010 at 7:05 pm
I just wanted to say what a blessing, it is to bring a child home from the NICU. We had a 15.5 oz. baby in January 09. She is a beautify little girl and very healthy. She was truly God’s miracle. We owed all our thanks to God, Geisinger Hospital NICU, and our faithful support group that ended up being from all over the world and we didn’t even know it till we came home.
You are truly blessed and your baby has a reason to be here, may it follow through with God’s plans. God Bless and enjoy each and everyday. That’s What Faith Can Do!
God Bless!
Laura
November 17, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I’m so HAPPY for you. Welcome HOME Bowen!! Praise the Lord!! God is so good ALL the time. That is fantastic. You are such an adorable family. Thanks for posting the video. Bowen is so sweet. Still praying for Bowen’s future.
Love in Christ,
Laura
Staci Schulz
November 17, 2010 at 7:19 pm
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED for you all! Congrats on the first step to bringing your family together again! We will be keeping you all close in prayers and thoughts! He looks beautiful and so healthy! Praise God!
Samantha
November 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm
God Bless you all. I am 16 and was attending the Awakening Fest in Leesburg, VA and found out Santus Real would not be playing due to a family emergency, I went home that night and found out about Bowen. Ever since I read what was going on I signed up for the blog/newsletter to be emailed to me. Every morning I work up praying that when I went to check my email Bowen was going home. Some days were encouraging other days made me prayer harder for Bowen and his family. Congratulations and hope you all have a wonderful break from the hospital. I will continue to pray for you all and Bowen.
Knappfamily
November 17, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Praise God! In Jesus Name we will continue to pray for you All. We Love you Guys!. You will continue to bring him Glory. Amen.
Kim
November 17, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Congratulations on taking that beautiful little boy home!!! My children and I have been praying for Bowen and your family for awhile now. Thank you for sharing your struggles and blessings with us. Please know that you have brought many blessings to us. I treasure everday hearing my children pray for Bowen and all babies in the hospital during our morning devotion. Again congratulations and praise be to God:)
Heather
November 17, 2010 at 7:54 pm
PRAISE GOD….enjoy every moment with your family! We will continue to pray for your family!
sara
November 17, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Praise God ! God is sooo good! Congratulations on taking Bowen home. I will continue to pray for yall.
Ryan
November 17, 2010 at 8:10 pm
That is awesome! Prayers have been answered!
Judy Peeples
November 17, 2010 at 8:36 pm
I was so excited when I heard this morning on KLOVE, Bowen was going home. Reading his status each day was such a rewarding experience for me.
My prayer is God performs a miracle and this little guy does not have to incur anymore surgeries.
God Bless your family, always. You are such a wonderful blessing!
Love you,
Judy
Judy Walsh
November 17, 2010 at 8:39 pm
So happy for you! Just wanted you to know that I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. My daughter has HLHS and is now 5 years old. It’s a journey but one that will change you forever! Enjoy being home and together with your famliy under one roof. That was the most difficult for us as well. We are now waiting on the third surgery which is coming in the spring.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
If I can ever do anything to help or you need to talk.. please feel free to contact me.
Heart hugs,
Judy mom to Maggie HLHS 5 yrs old
Bethany
November 17, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Thanks for all of the updates. God will be with you guys as you make the journey home!!!! Bowen is growing so much and we will continue to pray for you and your family.
Love In Christ,
The Drew Family
Stafford, Virginia
Jane
November 17, 2010 at 8:56 pm
So thrilled for all of you! We will continue praying for great health and some nice, normal family time at home. God bless you!
Amy Campbell
November 17, 2010 at 9:02 pm
I am so thrilled that Bowen is able to go home and the girls will have their Mommy and Daddy at home with them again! Enjoy Bowen’s 1st Christmas! Many blessings this holiday season, I will continue to pray for your sweet boy and the entire family. Thanks for sharing this difficult journey with us. Looking for to the bands upcoming music! God Bless!!!
Lori Mitchell
November 17, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Terrific news! He is precious. Will continue to keep him and your family in my prayers. God Bless your family and Bowen.
Paula Farthing
November 17, 2010 at 9:29 pm
I just had to let you know that I am so happy to hear the wonderful news about Bowen getting to go home with you and Sarah. I know that this has been a trying time for you and your family, but please know that God has used your trial, along with yours and Sarah’s faith, to be an inspiration for those of us that are going through similiar trials. My husband, of twenty two years, just recently left me about six months ago. My world has crumbled around me. My son and daughter both left home, about a month after my husband left, so I find myself at home alone with my two dogs. However, God has shown me that He is with me through the love that my dogs show me everyday. I have learned to look for God through the “little” things that life shows me everyday. I hear Him within the birds’ songs every morning. I feel Him in the wind that blows my hair each day when I step outside. Your words of encouragement every day have helped to remind me that with God’s help and love, there isn’t anything we can’t get through. With God all things are possible. I will continue to keep you and your family in my prayers. Please continue to keep us updated on Bowen’s improvements. Bless you and your family! Thank you for allowing us to become a part of your “extended” Christian family.
Jill Leebrick
November 17, 2010 at 9:39 pm
AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So excited!!!!!! Makes my heart happy. Will continue to pray for sweet Bowen and his family. He’s such a beautiful little guy….. Thank you Lord for answering our prayers!
Jodi DeRoo (mom of a heart child)
November 17, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Matt and Sarah,
It was great to get to meet you and to see the joy in your face Sarah as you talked about going home. I am super happy that many people are not only sharing in your journey now, but will get to know you through other means in the future. God’s story shared through your life to others. It is an amazing honor to shine so bright the love of our Father. May you have peace tonight as you sleep at home, altogether under one roof. But know that you are all being held in One Almighty Hand.
God is so good!
Kasi had to show me her verse for today’s devotion and I just thought I would share it with you. It is so fitting.
Isaiah 25:1
1 O Lord, I will honor and praise your name,
for you are my God.
You do such wonderful things!
You planned them long ago,
and now you have accomplished them.
God will do this, He is the great I AM who never changes. Praise be to Him today!
Blessings,
Jodi DeRoo
jeanniefuler
November 17, 2010 at 9:41 pm
ENJOY!! Thank you sweet Jesus!
Emily
November 17, 2010 at 9:42 pm
HALLELUJAH, Praise the Lord!!!!!! I am so happy for all you guys!!! It is a miracle that he gets to go home!!!!!! And right before Thanksgiving too!!!!! I am still keeping you guys in my prayers. I hope you have a good transition and get all settled in at home safely!!! God Bless You All!!!!!!!!
Rachel
November 17, 2010 at 9:43 pm
im SO excited for your whole family
i will DEFINETLY keep praying for bowen
in HIS name
rachel
Evonne
November 17, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I am beyond thrilled to hear that you guys get to take your precious Bowen home tonight! I will be praying for a smooth transition for all of you. God is SO good!
Amber Humphrey
November 17, 2010 at 9:46 pm
As I watched your video message about Bowen going home, tears of joy ran down my face. It is so wonderful to see the miracles that God has worked. To God be the GLORY!
Sarah Pirolli
November 17, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Brought tears to my eyes. Praise GOD!!! Continue to be encouraged on your journey home, knowing that thousands of prayers are still being lifted to the heavens for you and yours! God is so faithful and He loves you all so very much! What a blessing! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, at HOME, as a complete family! : )
Melissa C.
November 17, 2010 at 9:57 pm
WOW! Our God is an AWESOME God!! So very happy for Bowen and you all. Many blessings to him and your family!! We will continue to pray that your transition at home will go smoothly. SO happy for you!
Diane
November 17, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I am so excited and happy that Bowen is going home. Praise God! Will continue to pray for all of you.
Donna Thoutt
November 17, 2010 at 10:08 pm
What a wonderful day!!!! Congrats on getting out of the hospital Bowen!!!!
Jessica
November 17, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Welcome Home Bowen Matthew, Welcome Home! GOD IS GREAT!!
Carol Spaulding
November 17, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Praise God for His work in Bowen’s life and through his life. Thank you for sharing your nuggets from God as you’ve struggled with Bowen’s health problems. I will keep Bowen in my thoughts and prayers as he continues his life journey. Welcome home Bowen!. Finally all together. Enjoyed the video.
Lisa
November 17, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Praise the lord!! Such great news! Enjoy being home
Mindy C
November 17, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Congrats! We will continue to pray for you guys and I am so happy for you
victoria
November 17, 2010 at 10:50 pm
ahh!!! this is so amazing that little bowen gets to go home!! hoping and praying that he gets to enjoy his home for a while before his next surgery!! sweet bowen! you are so loved!
Jessica
November 17, 2010 at 11:03 pm
I have tears of joy in my eyes! It’s amazing what prayer can do and how God blesses us. I’m so happy for little Bowen and your whole family!
Lisa
November 17, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Crying the happiest of tears! Congratulations on taking your boy home! Way to go, Bowen! God is with you lil man and the rest of us are praying for you! You made my day!!! So happy for you!
Amanda Ridenour
November 17, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Matt and Sarah, Your son is a blessing to all of us. I have checked Prince Bowen’s blog on at least a weekly basis if not a daily basis. I am a single mom and have two beautiful children, I was first introduced to your family when I found the video of the story behind the song Lead Me on You tube. That song has become my life song, I am not married but I sure have two babies that are looking at me and needing to be Led to Christ and through this life. Thank you for your song… continue to praise the lord everyday for that beautiful baby boy. You are all in my prayers.
Karen Winters
November 17, 2010 at 11:31 pm
I am so happy for y’all!!! I think so many people who have been keeping up with Bowen are taking deep happy breaths for you, remembering how it was for us when we finally got to go home–emotions are going crazy!!! Be blessed, love on your family, spend time alone and shut the world out for a while (including us) and just enjoy each other.
Althea Platero
November 17, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Yay! Precious baby Bowen is going home. Thank you Jesus. Matt, you and your family will be in my prayers. God bless you.
Daniel Jurdo
November 17, 2010 at 11:40 pm
God bless you guys so much, my niece had heart problems too unfortantly she did not make it. But through my family she lives. I wish Bowen and you guys the best i will keep praying for him.
Kim (HLHS mom)
November 18, 2010 at 12:21 am
So thankful you guys are going home…I wondered when Sarah mentioned the discharge echo…they don’t do those too close to leaving time!! Such joy…Also, I was not sure how long Bowen has had his tube in (not sure if it is NG or TPT), but I was just going to mention if you had trouble getting the tape to stay and to keep the tube in place, we sometimes used the “dots” they use to keep the oxygen tubing on their face. We actually had tape all over Brooklyn’s nose…there was nothing better than seeing her whole face after 5 months of tape and tube! I said I would like to invent pink and blue tubes, instead of yellow, and flesh-colored tape, instead of white! But, it got the job done, and I would do it all over again, because she grew so well and thrived. Again, glad you all are home as a complete family…best feeling in the world!! Thanks for the video.
Kari {Karsyn} Williams
November 18, 2010 at 12:25 am
What a blessing! Enjoy the holiday season at home as I am sure it will be so special! God bless and BIG HEART HUGS to you as you turn the page and start the next chapter on your journey!!
brenda ralston
November 18, 2010 at 1:00 am
definately cried i’m not even goign to lie this just made my day
Kristen Ramos
November 18, 2010 at 1:54 am
PRAISE GOD!! YES He’s home! This wonderful news made my day! Thanks for the video, Bowen has gotten so big! He’s super cute…wait until his big sisters get a hold of him!
Not sure if he went home with the NGtube or if he has meds to take, but I have lots of tips on giving an infant meds. I’m a heart mom and my daughter came home on 4 meds. It was difficult to give them to her & for her to keep them down. The other big thing for us was her risk for RSV when we got home. Again, not sure if Bowen has to get the monthly RSV vaccine, but I have lots of advice on that issue too.
So happy for all of you. May God continue to bless your family. Bowen will remain on our family’s “heart friends” prayer list.
There’s no place like HOME!
Believing in Him, Kristen
Keely
November 18, 2010 at 2:02 am
Congratulations on going home! I can’t help but shed some tears of happiness for you. God is truly working in your lives, and it is great to see. I have been following this story for 3 months, and I love and care about your little guy like he is one of my own. Enjoy your bonding time as a family unit. May God continue to strengthen Bowen and your family.
God Bless,
Keely
Ali
November 18, 2010 at 2:02 am
Matt and Sarah, there has not been a day that has gone by since I’ve heard about little Bowen that I haven’t thought about him or prayed for him. With my busy schedule, I have not been able to check up on the site daily, like I did in the beginning. I checked today, because I was hoping for some good news about him, and this was amazing news. Bowen is and always will be my hero. I will continue to keep him and your family in my prayers, especially during this upcoming holiday season. Much love to you all. <3
tyra smith pazur
November 18, 2010 at 2:32 am
YEAH! P U R E praise. This is beyond beyond!
Esther
November 18, 2010 at 2:50 am
That is happy happy news!! I am so happy to hear that Bowen finally gets to go home and will be enjoying his new life with his loving sisters, parents, and family. Thanks so much for your blog and for your heart for the Lord through it all. It is a blessing and an inspiration. You guys are awesome parents, sisters are adorable, and Bowen is too cute for words!
Andrea
November 18, 2010 at 4:33 am
My name is Andrea and I live in alaska. I heard your story on KLOVE and have been following and praying for your little boy since September. I’m so happy you all are finally going home! May you and your family have the most wonderful blessed thanksgiving and christmas together! This year will be one you will never forget I’m sure!!
God bless you all and lots of love to sweet Bowen and his older sisters from Alaska!
Cindy
November 18, 2010 at 7:04 am
Thank You God!
We love you Bowen!
Cindy and Family
Connie
November 18, 2010 at 7:05 am
God is GREAT !!!!! Thank you Father God for taking such good care of this little man, Bowen and his family. Thank goodness they are able to go home with the girls and be a complete family. Praise your holy name.
Matt and Sarah, I was beyond thrilled this morning when I popped on line to check the status of your little guy. I am so happy you get to go home and be a family, all together. I will continue to pray for you all.
May God bless you all the days of your lives! WELCOME HOME BOWEN!
Shannon Annas
November 18, 2010 at 7:23 am
Matt and Sarah,
SO glad you all are able to be home and get to finally really rejoice in Bowen’s arrival! I know the girls must be thrilled to have you all home. Having a child with a health issue (ours is Type I diabetes) is tough, because you always worry about how the illness affects the OTHER children in the family. It truly becomes a ‘family issue’, not just a health issue for that particular child. Our prayers are certainly with you every day as you settle in to your ‘new life’! We will pray for good health and strength and pray even harder once February rolls around. Supporting and praying for you is a gift after all the blessings you all are to us (without even knowing it!)
Much love and prayer your way,
Shannon Annas
(and family, too!
Kelli
November 18, 2010 at 7:53 am
Congrats on getting to take Bowen home! What an awesome Thanksgiving gift!! Saying lots of prayers for you and the family!! God Bless!
Lynn
November 18, 2010 at 8:04 am
PRAISE GOD!! I am so excited for your family. Go home and enjoy being all together, but please do update us occassionally to let us all know how Bowen is doing.
God Bless you,
Lynn
P,S, Your new song Lead Me has really touched our family. Thank you Matt
Katie K.
November 18, 2010 at 8:13 am
Praise God! I am so blessed to hear that news! It brought me to tears. God is so good!
Dianne Green
November 18, 2010 at 8:14 am
Praise God! I’m so thankful to both of you for taking a lot of strangers on this powerful journey. I’ve been following your blog faithfully ever since I heard about it in September on a radio station. I’ve been praying for your family and for God to just richly bless you all. Bowen is a beautiful baby and the love and powerful faith you both share for him is a testimony in and of itself. May God pour out His blessings on you all. The girls must be so excited to have Bowen, mom and dad home finally. I know they are enjoying their brother. I’ll keep up with your blog and keep praying. All my love, Dianne
Charlotte Thomas
November 18, 2010 at 8:47 am
It has been a privlege to pray for all of you during this trying time. We are the Body of Christ, and when one hurts we all hurt. I praise God for all that He has done in your lives. Enjoy this special time and all of the upcoming holidays with your precious little family under one roof! I will continue to pray for Bowen daily.
Sara Hays
November 18, 2010 at 8:48 am
PRAISE THE LORD!!! So happy you are going home together!!! This year I know Thanksgiving will take on a whole new meaning for your family. I am just overwhelmed with joy for you all right now!!!
Jen
November 18, 2010 at 8:48 am
Have a wonderful time at home. It is great! You will all be in our prayers.
Caleb’s Mom
Elisa Esasky
November 18, 2010 at 9:06 am
Praise Jesus and the power of prayer! God bless you as you travel home together as a family! Thanks for the video; it was great to see your smiling faces! Enjoy all the moments … I’m sure you have much to be thankful for as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving. You’ll be forever in our prayers.
Lauren
November 18, 2010 at 9:21 am
What a precious video! Rejoicing with you; what a great Thanksgiving present!
Sylvia
November 18, 2010 at 10:09 am
Hi, Matt, Sarah and Little Bowen. My stepson was born with hypoplasty left ventricle variant. He went through the same procedures Bowen went through. My prayers are with you and know that God is all capable. Despite the numerous surgeries and bad diagnosis of doctors, my stepson has played soccor most of his life and graduated high school this year and is now in college!! I hope this encourages you! I will keep the three of you in my prayers and enjoy little Bowen at home!! God Bless.
Christina D
November 18, 2010 at 10:23 am
Blessings to you all and may you have some quiet and peaceful family time with your whole family together. Prayers will continue for precious Bowen!!!
Timothy Polley
November 18, 2010 at 10:59 am
So happy that you are all going home, God is great. Please continue to practice self-care as you continue on.
Send love and Thanksgiving wishes.
Your Brother in Christ. Tim
janet
November 18, 2010 at 11:09 am
So glad to hear Little Bowen is going home. I know you have all been on one incredible journey the last several months and want to thank you for opening your hearts and thoughts and for sharing with us all. God is good!
Kim
November 18, 2010 at 11:32 am
I was driving in the car yesterday and the song “Lead Me” came on the radio. Knowing what you all haved been going through sure gave me a different perspective on that song. I thought about how couragous you all have been and how God has lead you to open your hearts to all of us. Then the song ended and the dj said you guys were going home!!!! I had to stop the car because I started crying. They were, of course tears of joy!!! God bless you, Sarah, the girls and little Bowen!! May your home be filled with lots of love and laughter in the next few days as you settle in to a routine at home!!!!
Jessica Lyon
November 18, 2010 at 11:50 am
Thank you God! The day you’ve been waiting for. We’re praying for a smooth transition and lots of healthy days ahead for Bowen. God Bless!
Nicole
November 18, 2010 at 12:19 pm
So glad to hear that you are going home.. So happy for you all. May god bless you always
Andrea
November 18, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Praise the Lord! So happy for the family!
“For from Him and through Him, all things are made. To Him be Glory Forever.”
Romans 11:26
Jennifer North
November 18, 2010 at 12:54 pm
I was on facebook and got a status from KLTY that talked about your story and I just got done reading all of the post made and I wanted you guys to know that it touched my heart! I’m so glad that Bowen is going home. I see a long future for this little boy! I will keep you guys in my prayers! God Bless Your Family!!!
Jessica
November 18, 2010 at 12:58 pm
May God watch over lil Bowen as he becomes stronger each day!! Our family knows what it is like to go through a medical condition and to be seperated from our other children while we stayed In Cincinnati to watch over our lil princess to get better, It will make u a stronger, loving and happier family to be reunited again. I know the excitement u are feeling and I am soo happy for all of u to be able to go home together and be a family again!! I know u have a long road ahead of u but cherrish every moment of it!!! Life is too precious to let fly by!! Your family will be in our thoughts and prayers and may God bless u!!!
Mary R.
November 18, 2010 at 1:09 pm
woo hoo!!! Thank God! I am so happy for you!!!! May God continue to bless you and I will continue to pray for the miraculous healing!!!!!
Mary
Lisa
November 18, 2010 at 1:11 pm
So happy for you! Will continue to keep your precious baby boy in my prayers
Donald P Shell
November 18, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Praise God!!!! May god continue to strengthen and grow up you baby boy into the man of God that he’s called to be. And also bless and keep you all and your whole family. In the name above all names Jesus Christ.
Pam Granger
November 18, 2010 at 3:15 pm
GLORY BE TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!! HE IS ALMIGHTY AND REIGNS OVER ALL!
May God give your entire family peace and grace over the holidays and always. What better way to start such a wonderful and precious time of year than to bring your wonderful and precious baby boy home. I hope you all have a fantastic, bonding holiday season:) Hats off to those precious little girls that have been so couragous and strong throughout this entire BUMPY journey! Kisses, hugs, blessings and all of Gods love and grace.
Jack Pennington
November 18, 2010 at 3:17 pm
I am so glad to hear that you are finely takeing the little man home. May God be with your family.
Tammi T. (a mom of an HLHS boy)
November 18, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Just wanted you to know that my boys excitedly told their grandparents today about Bowen being able to go home. You will probably never know this side of heaven how many people’s lives your little one has touched. God bless and Happy Thanksgiving.
Tina M Barnard
November 18, 2010 at 3:41 pm
God Is Wonderful!!! So happy to see that you are finally going to be able to begin your journey as a Family all in one place!! I know the girls must be thrilled!!
Enjoy!!
Love and Prayers
Tina
Claire
November 18, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Your little child is so precious! I am so glad to hear that everything is ok! its been a while since I have been on and I’m just so happy for all of you!
Claire
steph
November 18, 2010 at 4:31 pm
i only have 5 words: *****YAHOO AND PRAISE THE LORD!!!*****
Caitlin Asher
November 18, 2010 at 4:44 pm
So happy for you guys! I hope all goes well with your little man, he is one handsome little guy! Congrats on going home!
Leandra
November 18, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Oh, My Goodness he is absolutely precious! God Bless!
Lisa mom of 5 boys
November 18, 2010 at 5:11 pm
OHHHHHHHHH glory to God!
Bowen,
I have no idea when your mom and dad will have time to read through all these posts… but when they do I want you to know that you are a special boy and that you are loved not only by God but by many people you’ve never met!!! I am praying for your family that God will give them strength and wisdom to take care of you. I saw the picture of all your medications. May God be with them as they love you and distrubute your medicine to you daily. I am sure it is the BEST feeling in the world to have you in their arms at home.
Prayfully,
Lisa- mom of 5 boys
Cassie Norton
November 18, 2010 at 6:16 pm
I am so excited for you guys, this video brought tears to my eyes! Our prayers wont stop just because you guys are finally home. Praying God makes the transition be a smooth one and that his presence is continually with your family!
Yvonne
November 18, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Love from fans and friends in Pittsburgh where we’ve prayed for Bowen. God Bless you all!
Rachel
November 18, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Hey! I had heart defects too. I’m 17 now. Praying for Bowen.
Irene Moulton
November 18, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Glad to here you guys are home! Wish Bowen had talked to Isabelle before he left looks like I may be making another quick trip to see her. Happy Thanksgiving from the Moulton’s in Cali and hope to see you guys in Feb as Isabelle is due for her surgery then also.
Shellyrgarcia@cableone.net
November 19, 2010 at 10:44 am
There are tears in my eyes and in my heart for you all! All 5 of you~! God bless your journey!
Ann Mays
November 19, 2010 at 11:18 am
This melts my heart! Praise the LORD!!!!
Debbie Sneddon
November 19, 2010 at 1:02 pm
So happy for you all!!!! Been praying for you since it was first told about Bowen on KLOVE with the results of the ultrasound. GOD is so loving and good and I thank Him and praise Him for your JOY in being able to take Bowen home!!!! Praying for continued blessings and health for Bowen!!
Kathi Robinson
November 19, 2010 at 1:04 pm
God is good! So happy for all of you!!!
Nicole Croson
November 19, 2010 at 2:08 pm
SO grateful that you all have gone home with your sweetie baby boy! Praise God for His faithfulness each and everyday. I totally understand how it feels to have a child born with medical issues. Our second daughter was born with “very noticeable signs of brain damage” (according to the doctors’ MRI) due to my uterus rupturing during labor and lack of oxygen to her. BUT…GOD is our healer…2 days later her MRI’s showed no brain damage at ALL!! Even though she did spend some time in the NICU, she made a much faster than expected recovery.
You all are going to be so blessed as you get to tell Bowen about how he came into this world and the struggles that he had to deal with and that GOD brought him through! He is a living testimony
Even though it was scary and uncertain at times…what an awesome story to carry with him for the rest of his life!
Patricia Grant
November 19, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Hi.Littleone Baby Bowen you get to go home from the hospital how excitd you must be after being in the hospital forall most three months.!1God Bless your Mom and Dad and your sisters,and other family members,Keep up the good work and Praise God for your Healing.
In Christ.
Patricia Grant
Roxie and Tiahna
November 19, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Praise the Lord! So glad to hear you were able to take Bowen home with you. He is a blessing and I will continue to check in and follow your story with him. Please hug him from both me and my 5-year-old daughter, and know that he and the whole family will continue to be in our prayers. God bless you all.
Paula Bate
November 19, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Your video and the news of your homecoming brought tears to my eyes. God is good!
Faye
November 20, 2010 at 8:20 am
I am so very happy for the whole family that you will get to spend the holidays together in your own home!!! I will continue to pray for Bowen and all of the sick children in the world. God bless and Happy Holidays!!!
Kateena
November 20, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Congrates
Twanda Thomas
November 21, 2010 at 12:52 am
Congrats….I’m so happy for baby Bowen!!! God is AWESOME, I knew he would be going home soon…Keep the prayer lines open. Love You Guys..God bless you all!!
Julia
November 23, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Thank the Lord! I can’t believe it! God Bless you guys!
Have fun at home Bowen…and we will definitely be praying for you in February!
Valerie Phelps
November 24, 2010 at 7:00 pm
JUST SAW YOUR STORY ON ABC NEWS … THANK GOD YOUR BABY IS HOME & WELL!!!
Valerie Phelps
Bruce
November 24, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Our hearts and prayers are with you and your family. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving !!
sudan
November 24, 2010 at 7:51 pm
get a life
well humanity meet world racism at its finest.
a little boy ALMOST passes away and the modernized world cries tears of anguish,
while 128 A DAY die from starvation in sudan.
what kind of world do we live in that the suffering and pain of one colored people is worth
more than the overall care given to a darker colored people.
You people should be ashamed of yourself that you waste your time on this site, when
for the holidays you haven’t given one second of thought to the millions of unfortunate souls around the world. May god take mercy on your soul, so that in your next life, you wont be born one of
donate money, give some time to your local charity, or just pray for those unfortune.
go volunteer and do something goood for once instead of eating and getting fat over thansgiving like normal
y don’t u go out to the local slum, ghetto, or homeless shelter you pass every day to work and volunteer time or money to actually help people u racist bastard.
OR GO HELP SUDAN ; find a website and donate funds to them
Vickie Butherus
November 24, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Thanking God you get to bring home your little guy. Will be keeping all of you in our prayers.
Cindy
November 25, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Thank you so much for keeping everyone up to date with a blog. I know how difficult days and days in the hospital can be and having the source to pour out your thoughts and feelings for everyone can help process. Your strength, faith and encouragement are amazing and have helped me deal with situation. I pray you all have an amazing Thanksgiving and the baby Bowen continues to get better
Susan Hutchinson
November 26, 2010 at 11:53 am
I’m so touched by your story and god’s blessing on you and Bowen. I too had a little boy named John who was born with severe birth defects in 1985. He has since gone home with the Lord. I was just so grateful for our Lord in giving John to us. Even though we only had him a short while, he was such a gift and touched so many people. May the Lord continue to comfort and heal Bowen and to give you his peace. He truly is such an awsome Savior!!
Susan Hutchinson
Linda
November 26, 2010 at 4:11 pm
I am so happy your family is finally & all together. Sarah, I am praying for the day to day activities you have going forward. Our Lpor & Savior will see you through. Matt, you are an inspiration to me as a chrisitan who falls often. your music lifts me up~~I pray for your entire families peace, health & happiness.
You are both amazing people, thank you for sharing your story.
Love & prayers, Linda
Wynter Jones
November 26, 2010 at 10:54 pm
I heard about your son Bowen on K-love one morning while taking my children to school. That night when my children and I said prayers my daughter says” Mommy don’t forget to pray for baby Bowen from the radio and pray God wraps his arms around his heart to fix it” She is only 6yrs old so I was very impressed! Many prayers and may God bless and heal Bowen!!!
Sharon
December 6, 2010 at 8:28 am
God Bless you all !! God’s grace is so wonderful.
My husband and I know just recently the power of prayer. Our son (31 years old ), he just had a birthday near Thanksgiving, was diagnosed last Jan with Hodgekins Lymphoma and went through a long year of living with his father and I and getting chemo. He is now cancer free thanks to all the prayers sent up on his behalf and because the Lord granted him grace and love. Praise our Lord. Our son has a wonderful sister and brother who are thankful for his healing.
God is watching over your family. He is always with us. Praise His Holy Name. Have lots of fun loving your precious son. What wonderful gifts our children are to us.
Merry Christmas !
Sharon
kim biddle
December 8, 2010 at 10:15 am
Hallelujah! What an awesome Christmas present. Praises to our Father for all he does! Enjoy!
Continued prayers. Christmas Blessings!
Home Audio Video
December 20, 2010 at 5:22 am
Can you help me, I am having a weird problem I cant seem to be able to link to your RSS feed, I am using google reader for your information.