My son Michael at age 4 was an organ donor. He was always thinking of others. He often spontaneously selected some of his toys to donate. And he loved to shop for other children. When Michael was in an accident we knew he would want to give life to others. He saved several.
I'm so sorry for your deep loss! My nephew had a drowning accident and his organ's were also donated. We take comfort in knowing that Brayden still lives on in his recipient's that he gave the gift of life to.
Oh wow. This made me cry. Im so sorry for the loss of your absolutely amazing and caring son! God bless you for teaching him about being so gracious and caring at such a young age!! May you have peace in your life. And thank you for supporting organ donation!! Its such a completely selfless act!
I am a kidney transplant recipient. I want to say Thank You for all of those who are waiting on the list. For every donor family that says yes is 2 less people on the waiting list. Those of you that are living donors THANK YOU. If everyone signs up to be a living donor there would be no list.
Thank you so much for sharing your story and sharing the information for organ donation. My husband had an emergency heart transplant on June 24th, 2022 at Duke University. He was a healthy 59 year old and we had no idea he had a heart problem. Within days of finding out he was on life support and barely hanging on. The donor was a 19 year old male who died from an accident. That is all we know about him. I pray for him and his family everyday! I cannot put into words how thankful we are for the gift they gave us. We are preparing our letter to send to the family. We hope they will respond. I cannot imagine the pain they are feeling at this time not having their loved one at the holidays. Thank you Smith family for giving the gift of life to strangers during your darkest time. To those who may read this comment I encourage you to consider being an organ donor.
I signed the donor pledge the day I turned 18, but I will say this, anyone who does, make sure your family knows, I've heard of it splitting families and that's not supposed to happen. My body is a shell, when I'm gone if I can help even one person I want to, and my family is super supportive. I know my diet and such mean I may not have much to offer, but anything is worth it if it helps someone.
Incredible video! Thank you SO much for sharing the story of River's kidney recipient. Gotta get you to quit apologizing when you cry. Nothing to be sorry for. Those tears and all of your genuine emotions matter. Hard to imagine that the recipient was on dialysis for all of River's life, and only after his gift to her was she able to be freed from that. There aren't sufficient words. Drone footage was amazing. Toy drive footage was amazing. Loved hearing about the sprouties (sp?). Great way to spend a Tuesday evening. Thank you all so much for all that you do for all of us. #YeeYee
It’s so hard putting into words when you get to meet your organ recipients. I have met 3 of the 4 recipients from my husband’s organs when he passed. They are now my extended family. So much in fact that i gave my left kidney to the same man who received my husbands kidney and pancreas. The only place my kidney would fit was right below my husbands. So thankful you got to meet your recipient. Praying for continued recovery for her and the other. To others reading this, please consider being an organ donor. It is indescribable being able to help someone else live.
I am a nursing student. I’ve been watching for years. I’ve been busy but when I saw the title I jumped to watch this. I did clinicals today at the dialysis clinic. It’s so harsh on patients. God bless u for sharing this and how River changed/saved her life. I pray for her and for you all. I pray for ur family all the time. God bless u and I’m sending love always. Thank u so much for sharing.
I don’t know why or how you manage to continue letting us in into your life. But we are here riding this emotions with you and wow River has made such an impact. I know nothing can take any difficult emotions away but he continues to bring joy to this world from above.
Amber, I think that is so special that you got to meet that lady that has River's kidney! It brought tears to my eyes! 🥲 Also to see that she was holding Mavy and how close Mavy was to his brother, so beautiful! 🥰🥲💖
Since the wise men didn't actually arrive until January 6th, we always keep our tree up until the second week of January. So glad you were able to meet Elda. I will keep her in my prayers.The kids were so happy to buy all those toys to give to others, so special. Love the name sprouties. Thank you for sharing such special moments with us. Blessings ❤🙏
We also leave our tree up until then. Another thing we always did was we told our children that they get 3 gifts just like Jesus did and then Santa would bring them other things. It always worked very well and the children didn’t expect to get a mountain of gifts.
That was amazing!! I love how you honor River and give back. I really like watching you both nurture and teach your children while also making the world a better place one sproutie at a time. This is an amazing family and I am so glad I am part of the SMITH/Yee Yee Nation!!!!
That’s amazing that sweet River saved two lives! What an incredible gift for that man & woman! So special that Maverick was close to River! Maverick may end up being a doctor saving people every day! He’ll do great things in his life like his big brother River did!
My best friend lost her 20 year old daughter in a tragic way. She donated her organs and received a letter stating who the recipients were. They were adults. My friend was sad bc a young adult didn't benefit. I told her, "What if that adult who received her heart was your sister?" It is so humbling. I love your story about meeting the beautiful woman who received River's kidney. I love seeing your kids shop and give!
Amber, it is so great you got to meet Elda. What a Blessing. I worked pediatrics at a Children’s Hospital x 30 years. The volume of donations received for the hospitalized kids is wonderful. They leave with wagons full each.
My mom would of loved to hear about this she was a fan of your family and has gotten all of us to watch also. But, unfortunately she passed Oct 22, 2022. I'm so glad that you all are doing so well and you have got to meet rivers recipient for his kidney. Stay blessed. Rest in peace mom. And River...
What an amazing journey Elda and River had apart and together. I'm praying for her 🙏. That was so wonderful of you to share Amber. A very personal thing. We're honored that you would be willing to do that. I love how you are always teaching your children about life and preservation and growing. You make it fun and exciting for them to learn. That's important. I love how Maverick says "hi e ee." So cute 💙. Thank you Smith's again for sharing your life with us. God bless always 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.
Awe the women that got Rivers kidney really brought me to tears bc one I lost a son years ogo and then 6 years ago I lost my sister she was on dialysis. Prayers to her and your family 💕
Love pictures from the drone, so beautiful. Awesome to have been able to meet Rivers one recipient. What a blessing to know how she's doing. The kids were so excited helping shop for kids being able to get gifts for the kids.
God doesn’t bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing. May God bless you this Tuesday! May you feel His love throughout the day and experience His wonderful presence. Have a Beautiful and Blessed evening/ day and week. See you next video. Stay safe and healthy. God Bless.
The story of Alda really moved me because it wasn't something I was expecting either. Alda will be in our prayers and yours Amber. I also wish you're able to have some type of communication with River's other life-giving organ donation recipient. God be with you always!
Amber, you both honor River in such a big way. I know you choose to make this choice each and every day. Organ donating is such an amazing selfless gift to others. I grew up around oak trees most of my life and I've never found a "sprouty" before. I am going to look for them now. :) I love all the things you teach your kids!!!! Amber, thank you for getting the gifts for the Dell Foundation. So sweet of you to do that. Granger, your Instagram post of Tyler's miss in the deer blind was so funny!!!! Sorry Tyler!!! :)
What a beautiful picture of Miss Elda and Maverick; so emotional and beyond words, Amber never say sorry about getting emotional!!!!!!!! I will pray for Miss Elda and we love The Smiths so much. Loved learning about the acorns; I never knew that! 🎈❤🎈❤🎈
We have lots of acorns, and pine trees, and we are teaching our kids how to plant more trees it doesn't cost anything just a little time and our natural spring water helps. My 6-year-old tells me it's like the book the giving tree. My husband is teaching my little one the 101 of hunting, no electronics in the hunting stand, and no sleeping. lol 😂
Me and my wife just wrote letters to our sons organ recipients. He passed away in a pool accident last year. Yalls video's have helped us so much. And this video gave me hope that we will be able to meet everyone Dixon helped save.
Amber, that was beautiful. You have such a sweet, tender heart. I would love to have a friend like you. I agree that it's SO much fun to give and see people's reactions when we can add a little happiness to their lives. Granger, I have a plaque in my living room that says "A mighty oak was once a little nut that stood it's ground". Lol. I've always loved that.
Granger, I really enjoyed your story about the acorns. Planting the oak trees at the Yee Yee Farm is a great idea since there's more space. Then you won't have to worry about mowing over them.
I'm glad that he didn't take down that magnificent looking deer! I love watching them run around! I know that you have to thin the herd or there'd be bad consequences, but I don't like to watch it! I like to look at them in nature, in all their magnificent Glory! 💗
Beautiful tribute not just to River but his Mommy and Daddy. Granger. Live oaks grow huge in Fl and I have five in my back yard. But they don’t have deep root systems only shallow. Every hurricane I expect to find a tree in my pool. They can fall up to 2 weeks after ground gets saturated. Suggest you keep that tree topped so u don’t have it in your bedroom sometime.
So glad I finally watched the end of this video!! My mom has an over 100-150 year old oak in her front yard. I just, a few weeks ago, gathered a couple handfuls of the acorns in hopes to sprout enough to give to each of my five siblings and 17 nieces and nephews so each can have a piece of mom/grandmas oak tree. This tree has been in our family for 55 years. Thanks for the info.
You are an amazing family it’s so important to have god in your life for all the good & all the not so good. Honey you never have to say sorry for crying it’s part of the healing process. I am glad you have Maverick & each other god is good ….blessings love , you all have very loving which is so nice to see. You are a real family….love Terri from Canada 🇨🇦🙏☺️❤️🌹😇✌️
I've been binge watching your videos. I've been watching for a long time but didn't know so much of your story. Each episode from your IVF journey had me in tears. Maverick was meant to be.
That is so awesome you got to meet River’s kidney recipient. Granger, I never knew that about the acorns. Taking the seedlings to the YeeYee farm is a great idea!
YeeYee Nation live is the BEST!!! Also Amber it made my day when I saw you wearing the shirt I sent🥹 Made me teary eyed when you talked about meeting the organ recepient! Thank you for sharing and being so vulnerable ❤️
I work with dialysis patients and you have truly changed that person’s life. It is amazing that something beautiful came from the tragedy your family went through. ❤❤❤ Praying for you all.
What a wonderful gift to come from loss. Y’all are amazing beautiful family. You give me inspiration when I think life is bad. Y’all did a wonderful thing by donating beautiful River’s organs. Shows how giving and unselfish you are. God bless and wishing you a wonderful Christmas. ✨✌️💜🙏😇 #lovethesmiths
This really touched me!!! I am a kidney, pancreas recipient. This December 4th will be 18 years living with my new organs. This was a GOD thing in how it all came about. I’m praising GOD every day for my life and not letting a day go by that is wasted. I worked with mid America transplant services to promote organ donations and continue to do more. Your story touched my heart and I will be praying for the recipients of River’s organs. Thank you for giving life to those in need. You are loved and respected for your generosity. Love to your family during the holidays. GOD BLESS
That is so wonderful you got to donate organ in River’s memory. We asked if we could do that when we lost our 6 yr old son, Michael, but Drs said no because of cancer all through his body. I know it had to be emotional for you and family getting to see a recipient of this special gift.
right This has been a great video of different stories about River's organ donation, the Dells hospital toys for the sick children, but you and Lincon enjoyed the time planting those acorn's, What great time to let us on these family daylie, excuse my spelling I am french from Canada, God Bless you all🦖♥♥♥♥♥
I’m a two time double lung recipient and need a kidney soon. Organ donation is incredible and truly does give life. Thank you for allowing River to be a donor. He’s a hero💚💙
Just watched Mav's birth video again! God's miracle! Amber, I'm a 68 year old Fire Chief from Ardsley, NY., and I'm crying! Your family brings me love ,hope, and happiness! I'm crying because it's a shame Mav will not meet his big brother River. Happy Holidays Bob Reid.
Great video. I always get emotional and tear up where Rivs concerned. Thanks for all you guys do with the RKF and giving back it means so much. Much love!!! 🎈🙏🏻
Incredible video! Thank you SO much for sharing the story of River's kidney recipient you all made me cry when you started the story about River and the recipient and then I was really balling when you got the gifts for the kids I am not so lucky to have many things growing up you all are so awesome keep up the great work
Sweet sweet Elda! I can’t imagine how bittersweet that must’ve been to meet her. What a sweet soul and a living part of you. That was absolutely touching! I loved the episode as always! (Also, I caught my “Katie Brown” shoutout during the Yee Yee Nation live! Thank you!!) Yee Yee!!
My Mother was on dialysis for years and it is terrible on the people that go through it. My Mom has passed away now but just know how amazing this chance is for her. Your son lives on and is waiting in Heaven.
I am sorry i just stumbled across everything and i am so sorry for your son and please tell Granger thank you for being so strong to listen to the voices that helped helped him and i do understand about holding back the pain and not talking to the family becuase us men dont want to upset the wife becuase it hurts us men even more So thank you for letting God guide you
Granger, I’m 71 years young but like the idea of finding sprouties and planting them. It is December 6 here in northern Arkansas and it might be to late but I will go outside today and see if I can find some sprouties to plant. God bless. 🙏🌰🌱
Oh amber this melted my heart so much, i am on the donor registry in the uk and have been for yrs. I dont ever want my family to have to make that decision, they will have enough to deal with. Prayers for miss elda that she continues in good health..
Granger i have faith u will be around in 40 yrs to see those oak tree's grow to be mature Oak tree's. I'll be watching down from Heaven with my family on them n your family 😇💙💙💙🩷🩷 God Bless all The Smith Family ❤
So special you got to meet one of riv's kidney recipients!!!! My aunt when she was little always sang that song about the hippopotamus and when I saw that ornament I went searching! How cute . Love learning about the live oaks too!
Wow just wow!! In February it will be 1 year since my husbands liver transplant. I have prayed every night for the family. I hope we get to meet them some day. Thank you for being so selfless in such a painful time. It’s families like yours that kept my family together and it’s truly appreciated and admired.
I'm so glad I saw this video ❤️ I stepped back from watching your videos shortly after River passed. The pain was to unbearable. He touched my soul deeply. Seeing where he is living on is beautiful and Maverick is a heartsend ❤️❤️ God bless you and Merry Christmas 🤶 🎄 ♥️
Love all y'all's videos, but this one was extra special. May you continue to be blessed with a special Christmas season. Thank you for all the good you do for others.
Thank you for sharing the story Amber ✝️ So beautiful!! Come on G. You'll be around in 40 years! God willing. Plant em. "Like a rope swinging from a live oak"..
Oh Wow...Elda sounds special..and I sincerely hope you can keep in touch...so much fun to be had .. decorating the tree... That Buck was very impressive...sorry you missed it..Ty.Ty...
I’m a nurse and lost a patient during dialysis last week. To see this, when I’m grieving for the family that I had comforted during the loss of their mother, is so healing. My 9 yr old granddaughter will require a heart transplant one day. I’m so grateful for people like River that donate organs. May God continue to bless you, Zelda and the man that you haven’t met. 🙏🏼❤️
My daughter was born in 1980, she had a bowel movement in utero and she had ingested Meconium, and had breathed it into her lungs, her birth Apgar was 0, but the team was able to get her breathing and her Apgar rose to 4. But, the damage from oxygen deprivation was going to be fatal. She was with us for 20 hours. I asked about organ donations but I was told that they didn't use babies or young children at that time. It would have soothed my soul to know we had helped other people.
My son Michael at age 4 was an organ donor. He was always thinking of others. He often spontaneously selected some of his toys to donate. And he loved to shop for other children. When Michael was in an accident we knew he would want to give life to others. He saved several.
I'm so sorry for your deep loss! My nephew had a drowning accident and his organ's were also donated. We take comfort in knowing that Brayden still lives on in his recipient's that he gave the gift of life to.
Oh wow. This made me cry. Im so sorry for the loss of your absolutely amazing and caring son! God bless you for teaching him about being so gracious and caring at such a young age!! May you have peace in your life. And thank you for supporting organ donation!! Its such a completely selfless act!
What gets me is she was on Dialysis for 3 years which was all of Rivers life 🥺, love watching the Smith family journey
Oh my word you're right...
Oh wow!!
Amber you gave me chills when you said maverick was near his brother in that lady 🥲 rest in paradise river
Coming from a family with kidney disease you will never know how truly amazing your family is ❤
Same here; ADPKD in our family.
I am a kidney transplant recipient. I want to say Thank You for all of those who are waiting on the list. For every donor family that says yes is 2 less people on the waiting list.
Those of you that are living donors THANK YOU. If everyone signs up to be a living donor there would be no list.
Thank you so much for sharing your story and sharing the information for organ donation. My husband had an emergency heart transplant on June 24th, 2022 at Duke University. He was a healthy 59 year old and we had no idea he had a heart problem. Within days of finding out he was on life support and barely hanging on. The donor was a 19 year old male who died from an accident. That is all we know about him. I pray for him and his family everyday! I cannot put into words how thankful we are for the gift they gave us. We are preparing our letter to send to the family. We hope they will respond. I cannot imagine the pain they are feeling at this time not having their loved one at the holidays. Thank you Smith family for giving the gift of life to strangers during your darkest time. To those who may read this comment I encourage you to consider being an organ donor.
You guys honor River, what a blessing you are. ❤❤
I signed the donor pledge the day I turned 18, but I will say this, anyone who does, make sure your family knows, I've heard of it splitting families and that's not supposed to happen. My body is a shell, when I'm gone if I can help even one person I want to, and my family is super supportive. I know my diet and such mean I may not have much to offer, but anything is worth it if it helps someone.
Incredible video! Thank you SO much for sharing the story of River's kidney recipient. Gotta get you to quit apologizing when you cry. Nothing to be sorry for. Those tears and all of your genuine emotions matter. Hard to imagine that the recipient was on dialysis for all of River's life, and only after his gift to her was she able to be freed from that. There aren't sufficient words. Drone footage was amazing. Toy drive footage was amazing. Loved hearing about the sprouties (sp?). Great way to spend a Tuesday evening. Thank you all so much for all that you do for all of us. #YeeYee
Oh my heart such a bitter sweet memory. Love your family.
It’s so hard putting into words when you get to meet your organ recipients. I have met 3 of the 4 recipients from my husband’s organs when he passed. They are now my extended family. So much in fact that i gave my left kidney to the same man who received my husbands kidney and pancreas. The only place my kidney would fit was right below my husbands. So thankful you got to meet your recipient. Praying for continued recovery for her and the other. To others reading this, please consider being an organ donor. It is indescribable being able to help someone else live.
I am a nursing student. I’ve been watching for years. I’ve been busy but when I saw the title I jumped to watch this. I did clinicals today at the dialysis clinic. It’s so harsh on patients. God bless u for sharing this and how River changed/saved her life. I pray for her and for you all. I pray for ur family all the time. God bless u and I’m sending love always. Thank u so much for sharing.
Your response is so touching- many blessings!
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🦖 Beautiful, smiling bigger than he ever did on Earth, River Kelly Smith!!!
I don’t know why or how you manage to continue letting us in into your life. But we are here riding this emotions with you and wow River has made such an impact. I know nothing can take any difficult emotions away but he continues to bring joy to this world from above.
Amber, I think that is so special that you got to meet that lady that has River's kidney! It brought tears to my eyes! 🥲 Also to see that she was holding Mavy and how close Mavy was to his brother, so beautiful! 🥰🥲💖
Since the wise men didn't actually arrive until January 6th, we always keep our tree up until the second week of January. So glad you were able to meet Elda. I will keep her in my prayers.The kids were so happy to buy all those toys to give to others, so special. Love the name sprouties. Thank you for sharing such special moments with us. Blessings ❤🙏
We also leave our tree up until then. Another thing we always did was we told our children that they get 3 gifts just like Jesus did and then Santa would bring them other things. It always worked very well and the children didn’t expect to get a mountain of gifts.
That was amazing!! I love how you honor River and give back. I really like watching you both nurture and teach your children while also making the world a better place one sproutie at a time. This is an amazing family and I am so glad I am part of the SMITH/Yee Yee Nation!!!!
Thanks Amber for your heart! 🙏♥️🙏♥️ Such a sweet family!
That’s amazing that sweet River saved two lives! What an incredible gift for that man & woman! So special that Maverick was close to River! Maverick may end up being a doctor saving people every day! He’ll do great things in his life like his big brother River did!
My best friend lost her 20 year old daughter in a tragic way. She donated her organs and received a letter stating who the recipients were. They were adults. My friend was sad bc a young adult didn't benefit. I told her, "What if that adult who received her heart was your sister?" It is so humbling. I love your story about meeting the beautiful woman who received River's kidney. I love seeing your kids shop and give!
Amber, it is so great you got to meet Elda. What a Blessing. I worked pediatrics at a Children’s Hospital x 30 years. The volume of donations received for the hospitalized kids is wonderful. They leave with wagons full each.
My mom would of loved to hear about this she was a fan of your family and has gotten all of us to watch also. But, unfortunately she passed Oct 22, 2022. I'm so glad that you all are doing so well and you have got to meet rivers recipient for his kidney. Stay blessed. Rest in peace mom. And River...
Sorry for your loss. Lost my dad a year ago. Still hurts. God Bless you and your family this holiday season
I'm sorry for your loss! May the wind be butterfly kisses on your cheeks, May the sun shine like a warm hugs & May the rain wash away your sadness.
What an amazing journey Elda and River had apart and together. I'm praying for her 🙏. That was so wonderful of you to share Amber. A very personal thing. We're honored that you would be willing to do that. I love how you are always teaching your children about life and preservation and growing. You make it fun and exciting for them to learn. That's important. I love how Maverick says "hi e ee." So cute 💙. Thank you Smith's again for sharing your life with us. God bless always 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.
Awe the women that got Rivers kidney really brought me to tears bc one I lost a son years ogo and then 6 years ago I lost my sister she was on dialysis. Prayers to her and your family 💕
Love pictures from the drone, so beautiful. Awesome to have been able to meet Rivers one recipient. What a blessing to know how she's doing. The kids were so excited helping shop for kids being able to get gifts for the kids.
Rivers legacy is beautiful. ❤ I’m happy for both of you. My brother-in-law received a kidney and it changed his life! Such a gift. 🙏🙏🙏
What an amazing way to honor River. Prayers and Blessings💕💕💕
So very moving you are a beautiful special family beautiful souls thanku so much love and God bless always x
God doesn’t bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing. May God bless you this Tuesday! May you feel His love throughout the day and experience His wonderful presence. Have a Beautiful and Blessed evening/ day and week. See you next video. Stay safe and healthy. God Bless.
The story of Alda really moved me because it wasn't something I was expecting either. Alda will be in our prayers and yours Amber. I also wish you're able to have some type of communication with River's other life-giving organ donation recipient. God be with you always!
You guys are a bright light in a troubled world.
Such an amazing blessing to meet River's kidney recipient - God bless you for giving her the gift of life! ❤️
Amber, you both honor River in such a big way. I know you choose to make this choice each and every day. Organ donating is such an amazing selfless gift to others. I grew up around oak trees most of my life and I've never found a "sprouty" before. I am going to look for them now. :) I love all the things you teach your kids!!!! Amber, thank you for getting the gifts for the Dell Foundation. So sweet of you to do that. Granger, your Instagram post of Tyler's miss in the deer blind was so funny!!!! Sorry Tyler!!! :)
oh, wow...sooo touching, being 53 myself. God bless!
What a beautiful picture of Miss Elda and Maverick; so emotional and beyond words, Amber never say sorry about getting emotional!!!!!!!! I will pray for Miss Elda and we love The Smiths so much. Loved learning about the acorns; I never knew that! 🎈❤🎈❤🎈
Oh, Amber. Im crying with you. What a beautiful experience.
How wonderful you got to meet Rivers recipient.
We have lots of acorns, and pine trees, and we are teaching our kids how to plant more trees it doesn't cost anything just a little time and our natural spring water helps. My 6-year-old tells me it's like the book the giving tree. My husband is teaching my little one the 101 of hunting, no electronics in the hunting stand, and no sleeping. lol 😂
Me and my wife just wrote letters to our sons organ recipients. He passed away in a pool accident last year. Yalls video's have helped us so much. And this video gave me hope that we will be able to meet everyone Dixon helped save.
Amber, that was beautiful. You have such a sweet, tender heart. I would love to have a friend like you. I agree that it's SO much fun to give and see people's reactions when we can add a little happiness to their lives.
Granger, I have a plaque in my living room that says "A mighty oak was once a little nut that stood it's ground". Lol. I've always loved that.
Granger, I really enjoyed your story about the acorns. Planting the oak trees at the Yee Yee Farm is a great idea since there's more space. Then you won't have to worry about mowing over them.
I'm glad that he didn't take down that magnificent looking deer! I love watching them run around! I know that you have to thin the herd or there'd be bad consequences, but I don't like to watch it! I like to look at them in nature, in all their magnificent Glory! 💗
Beautiful tribute not just to River but his Mommy and Daddy. Granger. Live oaks grow huge in Fl and I have five in my back yard. But they don’t have deep root systems only shallow. Every hurricane I expect to find a tree in my pool. They can fall up to 2 weeks after ground gets saturated. Suggest you keep that tree topped so u don’t have it in your bedroom sometime.
So glad I finally watched the end of this video!! My mom has an over 100-150 year old oak in her front yard. I just, a few weeks ago, gathered a couple handfuls of the acorns in hopes to sprout enough to give to each of my five siblings and 17 nieces and nephews so each can have a piece of mom/grandmas oak tree. This tree has been in our family for 55 years. Thanks for the info.
You are an amazing family it’s so important to have god in your life for all the good & all the not so good. Honey you never have to say sorry for crying it’s part of the healing process. I am glad you have Maverick & each other god is good ….blessings love , you all have very loving which is so nice to see. You are a real family….love Terri from Canada 🇨🇦🙏☺️❤️🌹😇✌️
Thank you for sharing the story of Elda. God bless your family especially little River. It’s such a pleasure to watch your beautiful family.
Oh Amber, I was in tears...how precious that had to have been. Praying for her. What a blessing that was.
I've been binge watching your videos. I've been watching for a long time but didn't know so much of your story. Each episode from your IVF journey had me in tears. Maverick was meant to be.
You ALL are a wonderful, giving, caring, loving, Christ followers that are just wonderful! Thank you for all you give and do in the name of Christ!!
Thank you for sharing Rivers legacy! and blessing other kiddos along the way. 🥺
Lord, "May River Deliver, Now and Forever," Amen.
I think that is wonderful to be able to connect with the lady who river helped out . May you both share a amazing relationship together.
Outstanding... Absolutely just wonderful.
God bless your family.
My son Kellen loved Land Before Time! This was so special! ❤❤️🩹 thanks for sharing! 🙏 praying for Elda!
That is so awesome you got to meet River’s kidney recipient. Granger, I never knew that about the acorns. Taking the seedlings to the YeeYee farm is a great idea!
Amber u r a amazing strong lady..River lives on in the lives of those he saved..❤🙏❤🙏
YeeYee Nation live is the BEST!!! Also Amber it made my day when I saw you wearing the shirt I sent🥹
Made me teary eyed when you talked about meeting the organ recepient! Thank you for sharing and being so vulnerable ❤️
I work with dialysis patients and you have truly changed that person’s life. It is amazing that something beautiful came from the tragedy your family went through. ❤❤❤ Praying for you all.
I love these beautiful human beings! Live Like Riv! Yee Yee!
What a wonderful gift to come from loss. Y’all are amazing beautiful family. You give me inspiration when I think life is bad. Y’all did a wonderful thing by donating beautiful River’s organs. Shows how giving and unselfish you are. God bless and wishing you a wonderful Christmas. ✨✌️💜🙏😇
#lovethesmiths
This really touched me!!! I am a kidney, pancreas recipient. This December 4th will be 18 years living with my new organs. This was a GOD thing in how it all came about. I’m praising GOD every day for my life and not letting a day go by that is wasted. I worked with mid America transplant services to promote organ donations and continue to do more. Your story touched my heart and I will be praying for the recipients of River’s organs. Thank you for giving life to those in need. You are loved and respected for your generosity. Love to your family during the holidays.
GOD BLESS
That is so wonderful you got to donate organ in River’s memory. We asked if we could do that when we lost our 6 yr old son, Michael, but Drs said no because of cancer all through his body.
I know it had to be emotional for you and family getting to see a recipient of this special gift.
Riv lives on...what a blessing for all
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This has been a great video of different stories about River's organ donation, the Dells hospital toys for the sick children, but you and Lincon enjoyed the time planting those acorn's, What great time to let us on these family daylie, excuse my spelling I am french from Canada, God Bless you all🦖♥♥♥♥♥
Such wonderful acts of kindness and love.
I’m a two time double lung recipient and need a kidney soon. Organ donation is incredible and truly does give life. Thank you for allowing River to be a donor. He’s a hero💚💙
Just watched Mav's birth video again! God's miracle! Amber, I'm a 68 year old Fire Chief from Ardsley, NY., and I'm crying! Your family brings me love ,hope, and happiness! I'm crying because it's a shame Mav will not meet his big brother River. Happy Holidays Bob Reid.
He that plants tress loves others beside himself. Thomas Fuller ♥️
Great video. I always get emotional and tear up where Rivs concerned. Thanks for all you guys do with the RKF and giving back it means so much. Much love!!! 🎈🙏🏻
Incredible video! Thank you SO much for sharing the story of River's kidney recipient you all made me cry when you started the story about River and the recipient and then I was really balling when you got the gifts for the kids I am not so lucky to have many things growing up you all are so awesome keep up the great work
I am so glad you got to meet her. ❤️
Sweet sweet Elda! I can’t imagine how bittersweet that must’ve been to meet her. What a sweet soul and a living part of you. That was absolutely touching! I loved the episode as always! (Also, I caught my “Katie Brown” shoutout during the Yee Yee Nation live! Thank you!!) Yee Yee!!
My Mother was on dialysis for years and it is terrible on the people that go through it. My Mom has passed away now but just know how amazing this chance is for her. Your son lives on and is waiting in Heaven.
I am sorry i just stumbled across everything and i am so sorry for your son and please tell Granger thank you for being so strong to listen to the voices that helped helped him and i do understand about holding back the pain and not talking to the family becuase us men dont want to upset the wife becuase it hurts us men even more
So thank you for letting God guide you
How did you guys get to be such an amazing family? God bless you all!!
Granger, I’m 71 years young but like the idea of finding sprouties and planting them. It is December 6 here in northern Arkansas and it might be to late but I will go outside today and see if I can find some sprouties to plant. God bless. 🙏🌰🌱
Oh amber this melted my heart so much, i am on the donor registry in the uk and have been for yrs. I dont ever want my family to have to make that decision, they will have enough to deal with. Prayers for miss elda that she continues in good health..
You are a special woman. I admire you. 🙏🏻
Amber, how heart warming ❤️🙏🏻
Granger i have faith u will be around in 40 yrs to see those oak tree's grow to be mature Oak tree's. I'll be watching down from Heaven with my family on them n your family 😇💙💙💙🩷🩷 God Bless all The Smith Family ❤
What an amazing episode! Your family is awesome! God bless all of you ❤️
So special you got to meet one of riv's kidney recipients!!!! My aunt when she was little always sang that song about the hippopotamus and when I saw that ornament I went searching! How cute . Love learning about the live oaks too!
Wow just wow!! In February it will be 1 year since my husbands liver transplant. I have prayed every night for the family. I hope we get to meet them some day. Thank you for being so selfless in such a painful time. It’s families like yours that kept my family together and it’s truly appreciated and admired.
I'm so glad I saw this video ❤️ I stepped back from watching your videos shortly after River passed. The pain was to unbearable. He touched my soul deeply. Seeing where he is living on is beautiful and Maverick is a heartsend ❤️❤️ God bless you and Merry Christmas 🤶 🎄 ♥️
God bless you, Amber. I can't imagine your family's journey. God bless you all. Merry Christmas.
Love all y'all's videos, but this one was extra special. May you continue to be blessed with a special Christmas season. Thank you for all the good you do for others.
Always love you heart Amber.
Thank you for sharing the story Amber ✝️ So beautiful!! Come on G. You'll be around in 40 years! God willing. Plant em. "Like a rope swinging from a live oak"..
What a beautiful and awesome video. God bless you Smiths.
Oh Wow...Elda sounds special..and I sincerely hope you can keep in touch...so much fun to be had
.. decorating the tree...
That Buck was very impressive...sorry you missed it..Ty.Ty...
God Bless You!! For All That You Do!!! ❤️
I’m a nurse and lost a patient during dialysis last week. To see this, when I’m grieving for the family that I had comforted during the loss of their mother, is so healing. My 9 yr old granddaughter will require a heart transplant one day. I’m so grateful for people like River that donate organs. May God continue to bless you, Zelda and the man that you haven’t met. 🙏🏼❤️
My daughter was born in 1980, she had a bowel movement in utero and she had ingested Meconium, and had breathed it into her lungs, her birth Apgar was 0, but the team was able to get her breathing and her Apgar rose to 4. But, the damage from oxygen deprivation was going to be fatal. She was with us for 20 hours. I asked about organ donations but I was told that they didn't use babies or young children at that time. It would have soothed my soul to know we had helped other people.
My daughter is a dialysis nurse.
Thank you for sharing.
I love the acorn story,I reckon some of the ones at the fence line will surely make it,sending love from Ireland 🇮🇪
"At Least the Sun is Shining on Somebody." My everyday reason to feel amazing.
I don’t think Tyler’s supposed to take that buck! 😂😂 Blessings to the Smith Family. ❤
Today's video made my heart so happy! Thank you for sharing!
I can’t imagine how hard meeting Elda was for you. Her holding maverick was 😢