Dear Loved Ones, I’ve attached below an email from a friend who lives in Nashville, TN. She is one of the most creative people I know. It’s funny because we’ve actually never met in person but have enjoyed an email/letter penpal friendship for over 15 years! She and her husband have a connection to Rolf’s Stanford circle from way back. Anyway, she offered to make a blanket for Rudy and wanted to include sentiments from our friends and family. Please don’t feel obligated to participate but if this is something that strikes your fancy, her information is below:
Dear friends of the Geylings,
I am writing to enlist your help. I am planning on making a special blanket for Rudy. Here’s what you can do to make it special:
Please write a prayer or blessing for him or find a poem, song or quote that you would like to share with the Geylings to welcome their little boy and to surround them in prayer as they await his arrival. Then send it back to me in an e-mail by October 5, 2008.
I will then write your words in permanent marker on a little square cloth that I will sew under some shapes for a blanket for him. In this way, Rudy will be wrapped up in all of our prayers! I will also type up the prayers and include them in a special book so that they will know what you all are praying for them. Please keep a copy of your prayer as a reminder to pray for them as they prepare to become a family of six.
Thank you so much for your help with this! Don’t hesitate to email me or call with any questions.
Joyfully,
Emily Huff
(615) 298-4863
Rudy's Beat 
What a sweet generous gift this will be! I love it and will send my prayer soon!