Friday, August 29, 2008

Perspective


Hi Everyone,
I've been wanting to blog about my Wednesday appointment and give all kinds of details on the new boobs but every time I start, I remember what another blogger is going through and all my woes about breast creases and absent nipples seem really really stupid.
My friend's Amber and Susannah posted about it and instead of reiterating what they said, you can go here or here.

But the gist of it is:
Last week Christian and Stephanie Nielson were in a very serious plane crash. They are a young couple with four children under the age of six. They are in critical condition. Stephanie has third degree burns covering 80% of her body and Christian has third degree burns over 30% of his body. The recovery will be very long and very expensive.

If you are able, please consider contributing to this fund that will go directly to the family. Click here: http://www.nierecovery.com/

Today, several websites are auctioning off items for their benefit. Go here to see the comprehensive list: http://www.designmom.com/ .

Updates about Stephanie and Christian here: http://blog.cjanerun.com/

Even though the auction was yesterday, a ton of stuff is still available for bidding. I already bid on the cutest little bird dress for Sadie (for when she is around 2) and some great earrings, a quilt and a blog makeover . There is so much good stuff out there from all the creative blogger world. It's unbelievable. You must check it out. Design Mom is the best site to find out most, but you can also go to Jordan's.
Anyway, things like this put so much in perspective.

Love,
Rosalie

1 comment:

cotedetexas said...

this is so terrible. I just can't believe that happened. Even stranger is something sort of similar just happened in Houston - last week - we had a very popular family, well known, father and mother and two children 8 and 6 die in a plane crash in Colorado on the way back to Houston. The entire town suffered it seemed like. Their four lives touched almost everyone in some sort of way. In case anyone reads this - a weird and horribly sad coincidence - their home is featured in the new Southern Accents magazine that went out on the stands the day after their plane went down. There is a picture of their darling little baby girl, showing off her bedroom. That picture really hits you hard. You are so right, puts it all in perspective. I hope your friends recover as fast as possible and as painlessly as possible - but I know that will be very very hard to achieve. So sad. what a beautiful family.