Donations – Thank you!

We are absolutely overwhelmed by the support of all of you – emotional, physical, logistical & financial – you all have our backs and we can’t thank you enough.

It reminds me of our wedding – almost 6 years ago – when our community joined us and promised to stand up and help us make it, through thick and thin. Now you are and it speaks loads to how wonderful all of you are. We are greatly and eternally appreciative.

One of the many sweet comments we’ve received was from someone who remembers one of Luke’s infamous wedding toasts that resulted in a giant group hug with all of the wedding guests. I think we feel like that right now – the calm center of a ginormous group hug. We are hugging right back and know that this storm shall pass and though weathered, we’ll come out on the other side.

Luke is notorious for taking the long way, no doubt this is just one more detour on the road of life – granted it’s a rough and rocky one that I sincerely wish we could have bypassed or could u-turn out of, but I have to believe we’ll stick it out and get to the highway on the other side. With any luck we’ll be taking that all the way to the end of the line at ripe old ages.

Sincerely,

Claire, Luke & Elsa Bird

xoxo

September 27, 2008

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