A new start

Robin's post just reminded me. I've gotten so caught up in forgetting that it's Valentine's Day, so that I don't miss Dave too much, that I forgot what V-Day has meant to me for the past couple of years.

Happy V-Day Everyone! Until The Violence Stops!!!

Okay, maybe not speechless, but pretty darn close. I know some of the most amazing and generous people on the planet.

Thanks to those of you who have donated! I really, truly don't know how to express my appreciation. Literally, I've got tears in my eyes (the good kind of tears) and goosebumps.

Not that it's just Rudds who have donated, but I've been thinking about Ruddock an awful lot lately. It was a fantastic house (but all the houses are great houses...) and I don't know that I could have been anywhere else that would have helped me grow up and figure out who I am as much as Ruddock did.

Wow.

My dad is participating in the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society's "Hike For Discovery" this spring. The Hike for Discovery is a fundraising event where participants hike
through the Grand Canyon in honor/memory of someone afflicted with
leukemia or lymphoma. My dad will be hiking in memory of my mom who
died in August 2004 from complications of her chemo therapy.

I know many of you aren't in a position to financially donate, but I'd
like all of you to keep my dad in your thoughts as he trains for this
adventure and supports this cause that is very important to our
family.

My Dad's Site