When I signed up this year to continue raising money for blood cancer research with LLS/TNT, I wasn’t really sure I was up to it after last year’s MWOY campaign on the heels of four back-to-back events in 2012-2013, but I had committed to doing the Flying Pig in October 2013 on the way home…
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What do flying pigs, blood cancer, and Valentine’s Day have in common?
I bet you thought I’d say “nothing”, but they do have something in common ~ Team In Training! and finding a cure for blood cancer! Oh, the Valentine’s Day part?, well, that’s where I ask you to donate $14 in honor or memory of your favorite Valentine <3 Yep, I am fund-raising again, but a mere…
In her name….
Finally, after months of preparation, 10 INTENSE weeks, the recovery, and more waiting, we had our night at Angels Stadium where the top fund-raisers were honored, and more importantly, the grants we worked so hard for, were awarded. It was a delightful surprise to hear, over the loud speaker, “…a research grant for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in…
The aftermath…
Saturday marked two weeks since the campaign ended and while I know we accomplished something amazing, and am SO grateful to have gotten the research grant (in Liz’s name!), I feel I have taken more than two steps back in my grief journey. I expected what I have begun to call “Christmas letdown” but I…
It’s a wrap…
I have to say it again, WE DID IT!!! We raised $70,537 and GOT THE GRANT!! Thank you to everyone who donated, attended an event, shared our videos or links, made something, or hosted an event ~ you were each one a part of making this a reality and I can’t thank you enough! It…
WIN 2 Disneyland Park Hopper Passes ~ Ends Monday (5/12) at 10:00PM
It’s crunch time! We’ve got just 10 days left to raise $50,000 and get that research grant! If you haven’t had a chance to attend an event or make a donation, now is your opportunity. $50,000 DIRECTLY to research ~ you could be the donation that makes it happen, we’re SO close! No donation is…
Grief is the price we pay for loving so deeply…
I ran across this postcard in a shop while on business in Texas. It pulled me to it like some sort of magnetic force. I picked it up. I put it back. I looked at a few others. Again it called to me. When I looked at it, I felt some sort of connection and…
Gratitude
Some may have read my post on Facebook earlier this week but posts get buried in the feed so fast that I thought I would share here. The opportunity to be part of designating $50,000 (!) to a research grant, in Liz’s name, is mind-boggling! I am grateful to all who have already donated, registered for one…