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00:29Maria was only she she was four at the time about to turn five years old from the very beginning they were honest that likely we would end up meeting you know to look for an organ donor it was so surreal and I mean it was just a whirlwind that you know we never really grasped you know the reality of it until it actually happened you know my child is going to be able to have a second chance at life this
00:59is all that we've been waiting for you can't really be happy you know as happy as you want to be can't really be relieved because you know that there's another family going through such extreme grief
01:11I knew that I didn't want her death to be in vain and I wanted something good to come from it and you know obviously the best outcome would have been for her to wake up and her to be okay
01:24um but I wanted her to help someone else the fact that you know Maria wouldn't have made it without that just I think helped heal my heart a little bit and it was just such a great feeling knowing that she was living on
01:41Lisa actually reached out first we received a letter from her I didn't know what to say at the time because you know thank you is just such a generic statement in a situation like this
01:55I think we just kind of said like oh we should meet and then her friends and our family drove down and met us at this park near our home
02:05and um it was it was an amazing day it really was um just seeing Lisa she's such a you know a beautiful strong
02:16woman and mother and you know we had gifts for each other and it was just it was a really nice experience
02:23she's such a mean way
02:25she's such a bad thing and that's also really nice
02:30she's such a good idea
02:32and so um
02:35she's fantastic
02:37so um
02:40thank you
02:41thank you
02:43it's
02:46I
02:48love
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