We have been absolutely flat out so its lovely to finally be able to sit down and write!
Its that time to remind people to give blood...how quickly 3 months flies! Once again, please find the time to donate blood if you can...not too much time taken out of your day to give...and the benefits are many...i guess i will continue to remind people...it would be nice to know how many of you out there have been inspired to give blood since eli passed away...
Our thoughts are continuing to be with families everywhere who are battling childhood cancer. There are a couple of families we know who are being seriously challenged at the moment...all we can say is that we feel your pain and are crying tears with you...always in our thoughts...xxxx
We got a gorgeous email last week from one of our really good mate's sister (Dannica) who is currently travelling in the US. She was talking to a girl she met on a flight (Kelli) who was travelling to San Fransisco to 'run for leukaemia'. Unfortunately Kelli recently lost her dad to the disease and was showing her support by running to raise funds. Dannica mentioned that she knew of Eli and his story with the end result being that Kelli was kind enough to run with not only her dad's name on her t-shirt but also Eli's! How awesome is THAT...Pete said that the little bugger made it to the states before he did! amazing and extremely humbling to think that melon was being thought about so far away...awesome. Will keep you posted, and hopefully add some photos of the run!
Speaking of fundraising...the Angel Flight do that we visited late last month ended up raising a massive $8,880 or so! well done to margaret campbell and her gorgeous sisters and friends for a brilliant job well done! I know all at AngelFlight will be absolutely thrilled with the result!
Well done to all those who also donated money to the Light the Night event...without really undertaking 'active' fundraising other than selling some wonderful pens, we raised about $550 which is just terrific. Thanks to all those once again for your support and buying some pens...
The other charity that is dear to our hearts is Challenge - Supporting Kids with cancer...
I was recently involved with a bereaved 'mum's' retreat in torquay. Not really knowing what to expect but hoping to meet mums also in our position, it was exactly what was in order. The stories of both Samia and Rhonda were truly extraordinary and we had an absolutely fantastic time catching up and sharing our stories of grief and hopes for the future. This weekend just opened my eyes up to so much more and just re-iterated to us that we are not alone. Again, no one wants to be a member of this exclusive club, yet here we are with gold 'memberships' just trying to do the best we can. Thanks also to Margaret and the Challenge gang for putting on such a wonderful indulgent weekend. Absolutely amazing work you do...and to be honest...very timely and good for my soul.
The charity chooks also recently welcomed a new edition 'Cassidy Helena Walker'...gorgeous daughter to Leona (queen of chicken pies) and Andrew, and new sister to Wren and Jonah. Welcome to the little 'chicken'...
Leona and Andrew sent out a beautiful email before Cassidy was born and said that in lieu of presents, could people give $ in Eli's memory. So from the Simpsons to the Walkers...what a beautiful thought and i hope the sun continues to shine on you all...
well, thats about all the goss we have at the moment...i will try and get some photos up over the next couple of days which include a couple of pics from torquay, Team Melonhead trophies which made it to the gang in queenscliff and are currently sitting in Ballarat, and some more general 'snaps' of life with the Simpsons.
Thanks again for all your support as we come up to the first year anniversary of Eli's passing. Its amazing all the highs and lows we have had during this first 12 months and still miss our baby every single day.
Lots of love and hugs
the simpsons
xox
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