JACKS STORY
I sat in complete silence watching this segment as tears streamed down my face. Watching this young boy & what he has achieved is just amazing. For a parent like me who is still early on in the journey, this clip gives me hope, hope for an amazing future for my daughter.
I am thankful that there are organizations like this, that have only the children's needs & best interests first. I'm very thankful for early intervention. These amazing centres help deaf children to listen & speak, they are helping my daughter speak. How could you not be thankful! I'm also thankful that their are amazing mums out there like Jacks mum who are so open about their journey & share how just amazing their child is doing in the hearing world. Jack is such an inspiration.
Thankful i can not say enough, and over the last few weeks i have been busy spreading the word for loud shirt day, fundraising for Savannah's school & trying to get as much public & community awareness as possible. It was the least i could do & I mean what did i honestly think i could do? I didn't think much, but i even surprised myself. Ive even completely enjoyed doing it too!
To date I have raised $1590.00 all directly for Savannah's school! Savannah has been printed in 2 local newspapers & one having been on the front page LOL.
I also made some YUMMY cupcakes for the playgroup on Thursday & Today i brought Loud Shirt cookies i made to the mother goose program.
The cupcakes :)
Can you tell that someone liked them? lol
The cookies :)Here are some pics of the gorgeous kids in their LOUD & proud shirts:)
So tonight i sit here whilst my kids sleep & realize how lucky we are & how lucky my daughter is to be where she is. Lucky she has an amazing family that love her no matter what, Lucky that she has 3 awesome brothers to protect her, love her & make sure she knows shes one of them.Lucky that she has an amazing school & staff that are clearly doing amazing things with her. But also very thankful for those AMAZING new & special friends i have made since we have started at the school. Friends that I never knew would become like our family & that will always be a big part of our lives. I'm lucky & so honoured to have meet these mums & their kids. I'm so glad that Savannah will have some lifelong friends too. And of course those people i have meet because of blogging!
Today has been an amazing day, not only because it marked our first of MANY MANY more loud shirt days to come, but it made me realize that we are at a really happy place with everything right now.
As a family we are surrounded by some AMAZING people. So thank you to everyone that has supported us, donated to this wonderful cause & of course those that have been great friends to us. I may not say it all the time, but you guys are awesome & love you all.
So now onto my next adventure (which will be saved for another time) Some may say Ive found my calling, but i say Ive found my passion.
HAPPY LOUD SHIRT DAY 2011 ;)
Mel,
ReplyDeleteSo happy to hear that everything went great and was a success! You are amazing and Savannah is such a lucky little girl to have you as an advocate. Great job, Momma! ;) This post brought tears to my eyes and I am so happy that you are in such a HAPPY place because you deserve it. xoxo
- Emily
Those cupcakes look delicious! Congratulations on a successful day. It's moments like these that help us reflect that life is pretty good with our beautiful families. :)
ReplyDeleteEmily thankyou so much & thankyou for the sweet comment. I will admit the last few months have been rough with the whole idea of the Implant & whether or not we needed it, i think we where focusing too much on that & forgetting about the rest, so we stopped & have enjoyed everything since. Of course its still in our minds but when the time comes back up we will talk about it again! ;)
ReplyDeleteThankyou erica! the cupcakes where very yummy! And your right, i am very lucky to have such an amazing little family & life is pretty darn good. so thankyou for your kind comment. you must be ready to have your baby girl soon? ive been keeping updated through your blogs but usually from my phone so i can never comment lol hope you & your family are well xx
Thanks, we are doing well. Baby girl is due a couple days after Christmas -- maybe she will be my big present? I always enjoy reading your blog, but don't know where you find the time with 4 kids!!
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