Our Gift from God

Photo's are from Angie Grooten (Parchment Bake Sale)

Photo's from Suzie (Uof M Bake Sale)

Well, Miss Lindsay's infection isn't a UTI, unfortunately the infection was found in her blood in the pick line. The good news is that she isn't running a temp anymore and hopefully they were right on top of it before it got out of control.

I will let Suzie go into her educated medical explanation when she updates us.

What I want to do today with my post is tell you all what I think is amazing besides our little princess and I'm not talking about our Maize and Blue.

Amazing: is the fund raising committee, who on their own held one of the most successful bake sales in the history of our community. (Well I think it has to be.) Not only were they giving of their time and creativity, but the community's generosity was overwhelming. Bake goods were donated by people that we will never be able to thank. Tina said that when she came home from work, her breezeway was loaded with goodies from people that just wanted to help out.

Amazing: was the success of this bake sale at a football game with rain drizzling down in our Princess's honor.

Amazing: are the ladies wearing their pink bows in their hair that I can't help but attribute to Angel Annabelle ('cause babies in Michigan are not usually adorned in large bows)

Amazing: was the fact that my former neighbor's, the Grainger's, were featured on the front page of our local paper Friday night creating awareness for children's heart diseases after the loss of their HLHS daughter, Taylor.(remember my practice grandchildren I've talked about)

Amazing: was Don (Papa) setting up his tailgating tent and laying out his tailgating carpet for the bake sale so it was comfortable for the ladies and their customers.

Amazing: was Suzie's brother, Dan, driving through the night from Florida with his two kids so that he could witness the fundraising event and deliver bake goods from Rebecca and Stephanie. (oh yeah, there was a football game in Ann Arbor on Saturday also.)

Amazing: was Dan's competitiveness with Steph Winter when he and Don offered to take the leftover bake goods to "The Big House" on Saturday to continue the bake sale with blow horn in hand. His words to Steph were, "Game on" They actually stopped traffic on State Street for people to cross the street to donate for a brownie or cookie. You see, the blow horn came equipped with a siren. Dan said that his friend, Brett said it was the most fun he had ever had at a tailgate! After the game they delivered the funds to Suzie and JR where they were reduced to tears because they already knew how successful the ladies were on Friday night.

Amazing: is the fact that because of this generosity JR will be able to stay in Ann Arbor with Suzie during this difficult time.

Amazing: is how many people our little Princess is reaching out to. I truly believe that God is using her as a vehicle to touch people's lives and let them know what is really important.

Amazing: is all of you who helped to make this a success. I understand that this was the first of many fund raising events that this group is proceeding with. Please stay tuned to this blog for further event announcements.

Thank you all from our whole hearts and Lindsay's half a heart,

Linda