Jun
21
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Happy Fathers Day, Dad. I want to thank you for being you, for being an all around good dad. I believe one of the reasons I feel strongly about reuniting children with their marginalized dads, is because I know how much you’ve added to my life.
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You always made me feel special when you told me, your only one, that I was your favorite daughter. That, and all your silly jokes taught me the value of humor.
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You instilled in me the importance of a hard day’s work and steady employment. I still get warm fuzzies when I remember how we kids would salute power substations we saw while taking family road trips.
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I learned how to ride a bike when you tricked me into thinking you were still holding me up. Thank you for showing me how to find my own balance, in riding and in life.
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You showed me what real peaches taste like, right off the tree, after being cared for by your green thumb. No grocery store can ever come close. The same goes for carrots. Yours were always sweet and tender.
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You taught me the importance of safety, especially when using power tools. I’m still not sure why you decided climbing the tree with the chainsaw and actually chopping your finger was the best way to teach this lesson.
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But it worked. I haven’t ever climbed a tree with a chainsaw, nor chopped any of my fingers.
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Dad, you’re my very favorite dad.
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And Mom, you’re my very favorite mom too.
Jun
18
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“I will let you be…” uh… That’s all they want from you.
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- Amazing
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You paint a picture on the wall
Cause you’ve got a lot to tell me
But you don’t think you could say it better oh baby
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You’re bringing up times I can’t recall
And I’m sure they made your point
But I just can’t seem to remember yeah
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And I know you got the feeling
And I can’t say I’m agreeing
With your topic of conversation
So just listen to the reasons
And the handset I’ve been giving
To the thoughts of my imagination
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[CHORUS]
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So come on let me see
I say baby you are amazing
I want to let you see
That you are everything and more to me
I will let you be I will I will
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Cause I saw you walking down the hall
And I had a lot to tell you
But I didn’t think you could say it better oh baby
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You’re good at makin me feel so small
And I know you made your point
But I just don’t want to remember yeah
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And I know you’ve got the feelin
And I cant say I’m agreein with your topic of conversation
So just listen to the reasons
And the hints that I’ve been given
To the thoughts of my imagination
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[CHORUS]
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Cause I’m dancing around
In your world of play
I’m takin my time to make sure you stay
I would give my life to make it okay yeah
So come on let me see…
Jun
3
You can help Kai by coming to a bone marrow donor drive and registering as a donor:
- The test is simple: just a cotton q-tip swab in your mouth!
- If you are a match, donating bone marrow is a simple outpatient procedure.
- All it takes is one day out of your life to give another person a whole lifetime.
- Please click here for more info.
- Kai’s own father was diagnosed a year ago with incurable lymphoma.
PLEASE COME TO A BONE MARROW DONOR DRIVE IN KAI’S HONOR
Bone Marrow Donor Drive at Whole Foods Market Tribeca
New York, NY 10007
Bone Marrow Donor Drive at JCP Downtown
8:30am-1:30pm
146 Duane Street
New York, New York 10013
Bone Marrow Donor Drive at Prospect Park YMCA
357 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
for specific information contact Sandy Phillips at extension 2377
Kai was recently diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia: Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He is being treated with a cocktail of seven chemotherapy drugs. Only, for this acute, high-risk form of leukemia, chemo is rarely enough. Kai’s best hope lies in a bone marrow transplant.
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That’s where you come in.
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The Anderson family absolutely need your prayers, kind words, home-cooked meals, practical assistance and generous donations for the enormous medical costs ahead (please click above “donate” button). More than you can know. You see, last year, Kai’s dad and special buddy, David, was diagnosed with a type of cancer (also rare and complicated) called Mantle Cell Lymphoma. That’s right. Two cancers in one small family. Kai’s parents are operating day-to-day with unimaginable levels of stress and heartbreak.
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But right now what they need, more than anything, is a way to save Kai’s life.
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Thanks to amazing refinements in medical technology, a miracle may yet be possible. But it will take all of us.
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Bone marrow transplant is probably very different from what it was the last time you heard about it. Getting tested for compatibility takes only seconds. Dab a swab on the inside of your cheek and register with the national bone-marrow registry. If the marrow is a match, donors are asked to undergo one of two minor, non-invasive outpatient procedures that extract some of your healthy stem cells to replace a patient’s unhealthy cells. It is that simple to give someone a second chance at life.
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Astonishingly, despite these advancements, every year thousands of patients in desperate need of bone marrow transplants go without, due to a lack of available compatible matches. Less than 20% ever get the transplant that may be their last chance for survival. The technology is there; it’s the donors who are not. That’s not only shameful, it’s short-sighted. Because this is something that can happen to any of us, to any of our children.
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If you can’t attend the bone marrow drive above, please visit www.dkmsamericas.org for a free kit you can use at home. Then help spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to everyone who may be able to help.
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The only assurance we can offer our children, and the most valuable lesson we can teach them, is that while bad things in life can’t be prevented, their load can be shared. Please do what you can to help us share this one.
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Who knows?
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The thing that could happen to any of us may just be cured by one of us.
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Thank you!
A donation fund has been set up to help with Kai’s medical expenses. If you wish to donate please click on the below “Donate” button. All donations will be greatly appreciated. If you cannot attend a donor drive but would like a self test kit to register as a potential bone marrow donor, please click here to be taken to the DKMS website. If you would like to volunteer at a drive or organize one in Kai’s honor please email Miriam at miriam.wermelt@gmail.com
Thank you for your support!
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