I HAVE BEEN MAKING QUILTED TOTES AND BACKPACKS FOR THESE SCHIKLDREN PLUS MANY WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US SINCE 2008. WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT CARING BRIDGE I SIGNED UP TO CONTACT THE FAMILIES TO OFFER THEM THE GIFT OF TOTES AND BACKPACKS FILLED WITH CRAYONS, COLORING BOOKS ETC AND FILLED TO OVERFLOWING WITH LOVE AND PRAYERS AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS. IT HAS BEEN A JOY . I NAMED MY ENDEAVOR "A JOURNEY OF THE HEART" THE FAMILIES DO NOT CHOOSE THIS JOURNEY WITH A VERY UNCERTAI DESTINATION BUT THEY TRAVEL WITH DIGNITY AND COURAGE. WE CHOSE TO JOIN THEM ON THIS JOURNEY IN OUR HEARTS. THERE IS NOTHING SWEETER THAN THE SMILE ON THE FRAIL LITTLE FACES WHEN THEY RECEIVE THEIR GIFTS. WE DELIVER MANY LOCALLY AND GET TO VISIT WITH SOME OF THE CHILDREN HOWEVER WE HAVE SHIPPED HUNDRES TO INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES, TO SLOAN KETTERING, ST JUDES, ETC. I AM NOW 83 YEARS OLD AND I LOVE DOING THIS AND I CANNOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO GUESS HOW MANY WE HAVE MADE IN THE LAST NIN E YEARS. IN JANUARY 2018 WE WILL CWLWBRATE OUR TENTH YEAR. IN 2009 AFTER A STORY WAS WRITTEN ABOUT US IN THE TAMPA TRIBUNE TIMES. SERTOMA PICKED UP ON IT AND WE WERE HONORED ( TWO OF US AT THE TIME) WITH A BANQUET AND THE SERVICE TO MAKNKIND AWARD FOR 2009 / 2010. CARING BRIDGE HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFES FOR MANY YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARING.
Dade City, Fla., FL
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