Moving Home
When they say there is no place like home, they mean it! Four months in a rental home just was not my real home. Don’t get me wrong, the home we rented was really nice – it was comfortable and everything one would need for healing after going through what we have been through this past winter – but it just was not ours. It reminded me of when I was a child spending months in the hospital. Although the nurses and my parents made it as comfortable as possible for me, it just was not my home, not my...
Read MoreOver Thinking
Over the past few months while we were in a rental home, dealing with a destroyed home, loss of two cars, and a very sick father…. I began to think. Yes, serious thinking about all I was going through – how we were going to get through it all and still try to smile at the end of each day. I often blog about and offer advice to anyone who is suffering with a sick child or going through something so very horrific to “stay strong, keep their chin up, and think positive”. Well, now it was time...
Read MoreReflecting on 2012 – When it Rained…it POURED
We have all heard the saying, “when it rains it pours”, but that felt like much more than the case when Superstorm Sandy came to town. Though I knew that “this too shall pass”, it didn’t feel like it at the time. It was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I had lost the entire first floor of my home and my father was extremely ill at the time. I was worried about him and consumed with trying to get things in order to take care of our home. We were fortunate to plan day...
Read MoreMommy Bags
For the past few years, I include my books in things called “Mommy Bags” pioneered by a lovely women from CHOP. She does this project on her own and has people donate personal items to her so that she can make up individual gift bags for about 30 moms who are (kind of) living at CHOP while their children undergo treatments. When she brought me on board it was uncertain if I could actually manage gifting 30 books without any extra fundraising help. I run my foundation very closely and since I am small,...
Read MoreFundraising Fun
I had been contacted by some very good friends about their son Seth and his Bar Mitzvah. He has been raising money for his Mitzvah project and donating it to my foundation. If you remember, his older brother did the same and it was not only a wonderful experience to be involved with this and with his family, it was also very heartwarming. You will be able to go to his FB page to donate to this cause and for every $20 donation you will recieve a chance to be in our yearly raffle. This year we are giving out $5000...
Read MoreA Holiday Reflection
I have been through such an unusual year that it gives me this opportunity to reflect and share with all of you what I personally think is important. I was hospitalized not long after my big charity event in May, spending 8 miserable days in the hospital, but blessed enough not to need any surgery. We had extensive damage under our home during theHurricane Irene not too long ago, and then lost our entire first floor and two cars to Hurricane Sandy. It seems to me that all of the events mentioned escalated and were...
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