Update

Well, there you have it! Looks like we turned our Texas A & M friends into Buckeye fans! (hee hee) Vickie said she wasn't certain what kind of hand sign she should use in this picture (I don't think I want to know, smile). Regardless, aren't they cute?! Best wishes and much love to our fellow neuroblastoma friends! May precious Erin live a very long life!


Christi & Penelope treating together at CHOP (May 2006) Shayne received a text from Penelope's amazing dad yesterday morning letting him know that there was an article about his desperate struggles to get more treatment for Penelope in the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to an "angel on earth" alerting me I ran and bought a copy of the newspaper. It turns my stomach knowing how hard parents are advocating for their children and knowing things are just not moving fast enough. Time is working against these children. God bless the Londons!

Thanks to the many who have emailed me about not knowing what to say about my dead daughter. The change in reaction of people from, "My daughter has cancer," where people would inquire to, "My daughter died" receives complete silence and it's just mind-boggling the difference. I'm positive it's because people feel poorly and do not know what to say, but it's such a stark contrast from what I heard for four years that I'm still not used to it. Regardless, I'll always be the mother of two. And it still bothers Shayne and I very, very much that Shayla will be an only child. We were in the midst of our "Should we have three?" discussions when Christi was diagnosed and of course from that point on we knew there was no way we could try to raise THREE children. I know I should feel VERY BLESSED that I am the mother of one healthy child. I know of others who have not been able to have any. We are blessed!
In other matters: Just thirteen tickets remain for Christi's Tea Party to be held on what would have been her tenth birthday. We do believe it will be a lovely event and are so thankful for all who have helped to make it so wonderful! We've yet to announce "the big" project which will utilize the Christi Thomas Memorial Fund monies; however, maybe this will be done at the Tea Party. We'll see.

May 12th is also the scholarship application deadline for the $1,000 college scholarships. We've received applications from students at Fremont St. Joseph's High School and from Dance Unlimited. Strangly enough, there have not been any applications from Christi's school - Seneca East. Perhaps all of those going to college from S.E. already have everything paid for (cough, cough).