ok, i have totally fallen in love with gwendolyn strong...i'm not gonna lie! i found them on the comment-a-thon tuesday tribute and have not stopped thinking about them. 
the momma, victoria and daddy, bill, will melt your heart with their love and passion for not only their gorgeous daughter, but for their relentless efforts to get a bill passed to cure SMA...and it's not that far away from happening...and you can help.
here's what victoria {momma} had to say,
"I think, perhaps, I am obsessed. No, I know I am. Each day I check the petition, multiple times a day actually. I read the comments people write and the places they are from. I look for patterns to see what outreach efforts have worked. I think about how to reach more people, how to gain more support, what to try next...every single day.Perhaps it seems futile, perhaps pathetic. But to be told, "There is nothing you can do. Go home and love your baby" -- well, that is impossible. We have no course of action, no next step, no treatment to put all of our efforts and energy into. The petition is our rounds one, two, and three. In a sense, the petition has become a 'treatment' because seeing it grow gives me hope, encouragement, and renewed vigor to keep pushing and fighting for our daughter, for others fighting with SMA, and for all of those taken much too early by this horrible disease. I know that to most people it is just a petition, a piece of paper. But not to me. It is all I have. It is my hope. My way of fighting this cruel disease. My way of doing something... anything... instead of just sitting there and waiting. I'm on the lookout for miracles, but none seem headed in our direction, so this is all I've got.And so, when you pass out fliers... when you post on your blog... when you tell a friend... You are helping. When you offer to lend a hand and mean it... when you take action and really do instead of just talking about doing... You are helping. More than you know. You are helping one mother feel as if I am not alone, as if I have not given up. And I thank you for that, for giving me a little bit of hope...I need it to be a better mother to Gwendolyn. "
i'm not gonna lie to you, you will fall in love with this family. samantha warned me...consider yourself warned!!
your work this week...for that sweet gwendolyn, is to go and sign the petition to cure SMA...no money, just your time {30 seconds} and love for others is required. please, please, please, click on over using the button and read...sign and pass along.
here's what victoria {momma} had to say,
"I think, perhaps, I am obsessed. No, I know I am. Each day I check the petition, multiple times a day actually. I read the comments people write and the places they are from. I look for patterns to see what outreach efforts have worked. I think about how to reach more people, how to gain more support, what to try next...every single day.Perhaps it seems futile, perhaps pathetic. But to be told, "There is nothing you can do. Go home and love your baby" -- well, that is impossible. We have no course of action, no next step, no treatment to put all of our efforts and energy into. The petition is our rounds one, two, and three. In a sense, the petition has become a 'treatment' because seeing it grow gives me hope, encouragement, and renewed vigor to keep pushing and fighting for our daughter, for others fighting with SMA, and for all of those taken much too early by this horrible disease. I know that to most people it is just a petition, a piece of paper. But not to me. It is all I have. It is my hope. My way of fighting this cruel disease. My way of doing something... anything... instead of just sitting there and waiting. I'm on the lookout for miracles, but none seem headed in our direction, so this is all I've got.And so, when you pass out fliers... when you post on your blog... when you tell a friend... You are helping. When you offer to lend a hand and mean it... when you take action and really do instead of just talking about doing... You are helping. More than you know. You are helping one mother feel as if I am not alone, as if I have not given up. And I thank you for that, for giving me a little bit of hope...I need it to be a better mother to Gwendolyn. "
i'm not gonna lie to you, you will fall in love with this family. samantha warned me...consider yourself warned!!
your work this week...for that sweet gwendolyn, is to go and sign the petition to cure SMA...no money, just your time {30 seconds} and love for others is required. please, please, please, click on over using the button and read...sign and pass along.
let's get the bill passed and give a voice to the kiddos that can't do it themselves! and thanks to jay and pam at halftime lessons for bringing out their big guns too!
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