2012 Project Self-Sufficiency Toy Drive Thank You

I know it’s been a while since you have seen anything here. I’ve wanted to keep it positive and that doesn’t exactly describe my frame of mind these days. Since Christmas the website has been under attack, stupid kids just trying to gain access to it. For me it was daily notices from the monitoring service I use to make sure it’s up and emails from the hosting company to let me know that the site was using excessive resources. I have taken action to prevent any further attempts.

Way way back in November, some of you were able to attend Faith’s 9^th birthday party in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. We were so happy to have you all here and thankful to have her memory kept alive. We asked at the time if you could to please bring a small unwrapped gift that would be appropriate for a child Faith’s age. We collected four medium moving boxes full of gifts. We brought them all to Project Self-Sufficiency’s Season of Hope. We hope to be able to do this each year, we have a jar of “found money” accumulating all year that we want to spend on the best sales we can find to get the most gifts we can afford. I’ve posted the thank you letter we received from them here as it is a thank you to you all too.

More soon.

We would like to wish all our friends, families & community a very Merry Christmas. I hope you enjoy the compilation of pictures from Christmas past and the antics Faith would pull when trying to get a good Christmas picture.

Sorry for the short notice, this was supposed to go up earlier this week.  If you have the chance tonight please light a candle to remember Faith.

While there is so much we can be ungrateful for this year, there is so much that we are thankful for.  Our Friends, Family & Community that has been there for us throughout our trials this year.  Thank You All.

Dear Faith,

Mom tried making me go to bed tonight before I was ready, she should know better, you get into my mind and I end up writing again.

I can’t believe today is the 6 month anniversary since you left us. It seems so much longer.

Not too much has changed at home. Your room is the same as you remember, but a bit cleaner and neater. Grace took care of your dolls and made sure they were all tucked in with a teddy bear or other animal. Mom gave some of your pretty dresses to your best friend Casey so she could enjoy them as much as you did. Your bike and trike are also in the hands of a good friend of yours who has two little girls that will love them too. Silly brought us all of your school stuff in a big package that Mom and I have not been able to open yet. We are stacking up lots of your stuff in your room to keep for one day when we are ready to look at everything again.

Everything out in your yard is cold & frozen again. All the flowers are gone and the leaves are off of the trees. We didn’t get much of a chance to see the grass, trees & flowers this year and when we did they didn’t look as good as they used too. Everything is a little bit less fun and wonderful without you to share them with.

Abbey and I went to a new doctor for her today. They had a floor in the building we were in for special children born just like you. We wanted to go and look to see if we could find someone as special and wonderful as you and steal her. We didn’t because we know you were unique and we could never find someone as special to replace you.

I hope you and Tommy found Peter. Mom and I just found out yesterday that he came home to you. Please be nice and friendly, his Mom and Dad are very nice and will be happy to know he has new friends. When Mom found out about Peter last night she cried a lot thinking about you. Tonight when I was writing this to you I cried a lot.

We think about you every day, today we will think about you even more. Happy half angelversity today baby doll. We love you bunches and bunches.

Love,

Dad