Hey everyone. Life is good here at the Ireland household. The girls are well and continuing to have a great summer. We've squeezed a lot in the past week or two, so I have to admit I'm a little tired. So...thank God it's Friday.
As many of you already do, please stop by Shawndra Turner's blog and send her a little love. Even with what our family has been through, it is still unimaginable to me how difficult it must be to battle this disease and hold yourself together as well as Shawndra and Doug Turner do.
On a different note, the organizers of the St. Louis Crawl for Cancer asked if I could post a request on our blog. They need a T-shirt design! I don't know how many of you are graphically gifted, but this would be a great opportunity to share your talents. The event is August 4th, so there isn't a lot of time to brainstorm. Send me your ideas and I can post them for all to see and forward them on to the proper people. To get the creative juices flowing, take a look at the design from this year's KC Crawl.
As usual, I'll leave you with a couple of pictures. These happen to both be of Emma...one on the 4th of July and the other at the lake last weekend. She has gone from being a wienie in the water to a fish!
Have a great weekend.
wow!...I can't believe how much Emma is growing. Thanks for all of the continued updates.
Posted by: Sarah | July 15, 2007 at 06:38 AM
I'm not sure exactly how I found your blog but Jen's story breaks my heart and reminds me so much of my mom's battle with cancer. I am 28, Jen's same age, my mom had cervical cancer and experienced much of what Jen did. The radiation used to treat the cancer gave her many of the same GI symptoms as Jen because of the great damage done to her intestines. My mom died Dec 6 2004. You are doing a great job carrying on her memory through the foundation. Your daughters are lucky to have you! I know the pain of losing her can seem unbearable at times but she is now the healthy person she deserves to be in heaven.
Christie
Posted by: Christie Leveille | July 15, 2007 at 04:26 PM
I am a graphic designer and I would love to donate some time to help with the shirt design. My mom won a fight against cancera few years back and I am always trying to help others in the fight against the diesease. Please contact me with any ideas that you have and I have contact information for some good inexpensive t-shirt vendors if you need them.
Jeremy
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Posted by: jeremy leavitt | July 19, 2007 at 10:41 AM