Local Press

February 14, 2010

Local Press

A local reporter wrote a wonderful article about the kids, Sanfilippo and "A Hundred for a Home". It was published in some of our local neighborhood papers. We were in 2 papers this week and will be in one more next week. There is also a wonderful photo of Waverly & Oliver. If you are interested in reading it click HERE. Choose the "Centre View North" option and download via Adobe PDF. The story is on pages 4 & 5.

Comments

Hummel Family said…

That is so awesome!!!

I know it has been awhile since I've commented, but I do check in on you often, probably once a week.

I pray you have a blessed week!

February 14, 2010 at 11:14 PM

The Leivas said…

That's a great article! Thank you sharing it and your story.

February 15, 2010 at 7:04 AM

Jenkins said…

That is great!

February 16, 2010 at 9:34 AM

Valerie Nelson said…

Fantastic coverage to raise awareness and celebrate Waverly and Oliver!!

February 16, 2010 at 12:20 PM

ATLKrafts said…

Great article-- thanks for sharing. I enjoy keeping up with the blog. Colleen (Kendrick) Kraft

February 16, 2010 at 12:43 PM

Joanne said…

What a great article, Shannon. I was very emotional reading it. It is sure to raise awareness!

Joanne, Sasha's Mom

February 16, 2010 at 5:19 PM

Welcome to Holland

By Emily Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland.""Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.