TEAMHOPE

For my 10th wedding anniversary I took the girls to see the Lorax. I took all three by myself. Hannah really loves movies and she sat through the whole thing (minus the last 5 minutes). The guy sitting next to me asked if they were all mine (ha-yes of course). He said something like "I would be afraid to take them all out of the house." I kindly told him, we wouldn't ever leave the house if I didn't take all of them. He just responded with a smile and said they were really good, he had no idea there were three kids sitting next to him. I took it as a big compliment and it boosted my confidence a bit. They were really good.
Anyway. The movie was cute and the end quote by Dr. Seuss hit me in a way that I needed to do more to help PanCan. I think the point of the movie was to plant more trees but none-the-less I took away that I needed to support PanCan more..

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
-Dr. Seuss

To be a huge advocate for Pancreatic cancer is not the purpose that I have draw from our journey. Clinging to Christ in all circumstances and showing others the Way has definitely been something that I have been more drawn to. He is the only Cure for this world and anything that comes your way. With that being said I feel the need to support in whatever way that I can to help fund better research for this horrible disease.

This Friday I am go to the "They're Off" luncheon to kick-off the Kentucky Derby Season. I am not going into how much I will miss Craig during derby... just not going there right now. I am taking one event at a time. SOOOOO (wow I am loooong winded tonight) with the luncheon coming up and derby season is upon us we have an awesome opportunity to support a team that is running in memory of Craig in the mini-marathon on Saturday, April 28th. If you want to be a team member you can sign up to join the team or you can contribute to the team on the link below. Scott Deitz is the team captain this year and the Deitz family has really taken us under their wing. We do family dinner nights 2 to 3 times a week b/c it is too hard to sit at our dinner table with a chair empty. With the mass chaos of 6 kids for dinner the heartache is forgotten for at least dinner time. Scott and Gwen took their kids to SECC Easter weekend to hear the sermon that Kyle included Craig in. In the car on the way over to church the kids were told there was going to be a quiz on the way home so everyone better behave in church and listen to the sermon or for every wrong answer they had to contribute $1.00 to the Team Hope fund. (Parenting at its best, Deitz!). On the way home the Deitz kids got every quiz question right and I think they may have stumped their parents with a couple. Kailyn is the oldest Deitz kid at age 13. After they arrived home she went up to her room and got $20 out of her own stash and gave it to her dad. I think that is the $20 that could crack the case on this thing. Thanks Kailyn for your contribution to TEAMHOPE, you are a great kid. ;)

http://pancan.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1011589&team=5000797

We are also talking about getting a crew together to do the Purplestride in Columbus, OH the weekend of August 4th. As you can recall we went to Indy last year and Craig was awarded the top fund raiser for both the team and the individual. We looked at the dates for Indy but already made plans for that weekend so Columbus worked best and I am looking forward to hanging out with some good friends that weekend as well.

Craig was passionate about raising awareness of Pancreatic Cancer. He met with Terry Carmack from Mitch McConnell's office after he had decided not to do any more chemo treatments. I received a condolence note from Mitch Connell today. It was a very nice letter that I will keep for the girls to show the how he did what he could even in one of the weakest moments in his life he was still fighting.

Prayfully consider contributing to TEAMHOPE this Derby season.