Sylvie on February 22nd, 2011

A thoughtful friend of mine, Alisha, got together with her Mom’s Group in North Aurora, IL and made tutus and tuques (winter hats) in honor of my daughter Sydney who died from Scimitar Syndrome and a little girl Hannah who battled and beat childhood leukemia. The gifts were given to me to donate to a [...]

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Karen on February 11th, 2011

Guest blog by Jenn Merket Whenever I think of Valentine’s Day, my first mental image isn’t of a romantic candle-lit dinner for two, or of clinking champagne glasses or a bouquet of roses. Instead, I am transported back to the early 1990’s, where I sit in a circle of school desks, bedecked in a red [...]

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