March for Babies 2009 was a success!!! Walk day turned out to be a beautiful day – we were a little worried since there was a flash flood warning just days before.
Kim and I would like to thank everyone for all your support. Together, Team Logan pushed past our goal and raised $6,294 for the March of Dimes!!! Hopefully, our contributions will get them closer to their goal… “one day… all babies will be born healthy.”
If you still have donations to turn in, you can mail them to the March of Dimes Hawaii Chapter:
Today is April 27th . . . it’s been 9 months since Logan left us. It was a rough day for me at school today. At first, I blamed it on my students . . . some of them were acting like little monsters today. But then I realized that I was just in a crappy mood.Â
This past weekend was a difficult one for us. As most of you know, we participated in the March for Babies walk on Saturday. Team Logan had just under 50 walkers & raised a staggering $6300 for the March of Dimes!! GO TEAM LOGAN!! It was a beautiful day for a walk . . . nice weather, great company. Of course, Logan was on our minds the entire day, both in happy & sad ways. We could feel his strength & his love, but we could also feel the huge hole in our hearts . . . the hole that’s been there since Logan left us.
On Sunday, we went to a baby shower for our good friends. They’re expecting a boy in May & we couldn’t be happier for them! The shower was nice, but again, a little difficult. Seeing their beautiful nursery was hard . . . couldn’t help but think about the nursery that we never got to decorate for Logan. Watching them open their gifts was hard too . . . couldn’t help but think how we wouldn’t be needing any of those things for Logan.
But, as always, we put on a brave face & made it through the weekend. I think I might have been okay, if 9 months hadn’t hit us today. Just before typing this, I sat in our living room, crying my eyes out as I watched the beautiful slide show that Cheri created for us. I’m overwhelmed with waaay too many memories of Logan . . . I miss him.
We just wanted to give everyone an update on how things are going and remind you that it’s not too late to sign up or make a pledge.
Team Logan is doing well… we have just under 50 people walking and as a team have raised $3,868 for the March of Dimes!!! Thank you to everyone who made a pledge. We still have a few more days… keep those pledges coming.
If you haven’t had a chance to sign up for the walk (http://tinyurl.com/dyjwm3) or enter a pledge ( http://marchforbabies.org/shinsato), please do. The March of Dimes is an amazing organization with such an extremely important goal… “one day… all babies will be born healthy”
For all those that are thinking of pledging, but haven’t made up their minds yet, here’s some additional incentive… Farmers is providing matching donations!!! For all those that enter a pledge between now and walk day, please be sure to fill in the match amount and put “Farmers” as the matching company.
Thank you for all your love and support. We’re truly amazed at the impact Logan has made – and continues to make!
A friend of mine created a beautiful slideshow for Logan’s Celebration of Life. I only just got around to putting it online for those who couldn’t make it to the Celebration of Life.
