Monthly Archives: July 2014
Anyone that has had a child die would agree that celebrations can be very hard. It’s difficult to enjoy such events when you know that your child will never have another birthday or Christmas morning. We’ve made it through a year of these dates since Allie has died. Each one is a challenge, but we’ve completely changed our traditions and survived. But there is one date that we skipped entirely this year. That date is our wedding anniversary.
It’s awesome to see how much our Head For The Cure Team has grown in the past couple of weeks. We are up to 149 registered participants, so we only need 51 more sign-ups to reach our goal of 200! We are placing our Team Little Owl t-shirt order soon. If you are new to the team, you will need to be registered by August 8th to get a purple Team Little Owl shirt. We are so thankful for everyone coming together to honor Allie’s memory, and your support means so much to us.
It has been just over a year since Allie died from gliomatosis cerebri. We have tried our best to be open about our journey. We are fortunate to have family and friends that take an interest in how we are doing, and they understand that it continues to be a great struggle to function daily without Allie. People are curious, and we get all types of questions about how things are at home. When asked, I have always tried my best to answer these questions honestly and openly. Here are the three questions that seem to come up the most often. Some of you know these answers already, but others may have wondered the same things.