Of Awesome People and Spaghetti Dinners

So today in Deep Gap, NC, the wonderful folks of the community and the Stewart Simmons VFD are having a fundraiser for Oliver. A spaghetti dinner and a raffle are on tap.

It's things like this...compassionate actions from complete strangers or those whose life Ollie has only peripherally touched that keep us going each day. There are a lot of wonderful people out there. It's easy to be bitter and cynical in today's world...there are lots of perfectly valid reasons (see previous post), but every time we get a check from someone we barely know (or don't!) or someone holds a fantastic fundraiser in honor of our little guy or brings dinner or just drops by to chat with Bekka during the day, it lightens the load a little bit.

Neighbors, friends, family, coworkers, strangers - so many people have stepped up to help. For that we thank you and will continue to thank you. It may take a few months to get that thank you card out (it may not even make it at all, I'm sorry to say), but please know from the bottom of our hearts we thank you.

It's going to continue to be a struggle and it's hard not being able to handle everything ourselves sometimes, but we are so thankful for the help. As much as of a challenge as it is to meet Oliver's daily needs and as tough as the loss of Bekka's job is, it would be so much harder without you.