Eat Cookies for CHD Awareness Week

February 7, 2012 By 2 Comments

Hi, Everyone!  I’m not sure what the appropriate salutation is during CHD Awareness Week…Happy CHD Week?…Merry Awareness Week?…Froliche Herz?…L’Chaim?

L’Chaim it is!  Which–if you’ve seen Fiddler on the Roof as many times as I have–you know means “to life!”  And promoting life is really what Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week is all about.

Tricky foreign language salutations aside, I do want to welcome anyone who has stopped by to visit my little piece of Holland, thanks to shout outs from Cassity of Remodelaholic, Casey of Casey Leigh and Courtney of C. Jane, Enjoy It.  You ladies are awesome-and-then-some for taking time out of your busy lives to help spread the word about The Faces of CHD Pinterest Awareness Challenge.

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A Special Visit from Some of the Faces of CHD

January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to everyone who has shown their support and encouragement for The Faces of Congenital Heart Disease Awareness board on Pinterest.  Stefenie, Becca, and I have been absolutely overwhelmed by the response.  We went from just under 100 followers of the board on the day of it’s creation to more than 400 in less than 48 hours!  My own Lily and Superkid have been joined by the faces of 35 other people with special hearts…and that number seems to grow every time I check my email!

I want to give a shout-out to some special people who have donated their blogging star power to our cause: [Read more...]

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