Twin Cities Walk to Defeat ALS a record-breaking success

photo courtesy of cousin Sarah

Last weekend the Twin Cities Walk to Defeat ALS went down on a beautiful day at Lake Phalen. It was a record-breaking year: 3000 walkers, 185 teams, $500,000 raised. Many families will benefit from this collective movement of generosity.

Almost all of Uncle Joe's siblings and their spouses plus lots of cousins came out -- including our newest, 2 week-old baby Baxter -- to walk together as a team, in red shirts, in gorgeous weather. After the walk our family shared a picnic lunch together, a special time.


Thank you so much for cheering us on and supporting this fundraiser. Your donations brought us over our goal of raising $100 each for each person in our family of four. Thank you for helping us to participate remotely in this event which meant so much to our family! We were truly touched -- think about this -- donations even came from Drew's friends who don't know my extended family at all.
Thank you.


(Meanwhile, on walk-day, our family did a jog-bike to a field where Titus practiced riding without training wheels while across the field a million freshman university students lay prone in camo suits on the grass, practicing shooting rifles without bullets, national mandatory military training, that's a story for another time!)

counting the graces

thank you Father for

Olly at Butterfly Home is well; his return to the main orphanage opened a bed for a premie in great need of BH care

Drew's patience, understanding, forgiveness and hugs

alone, a fun day downtown shopping and reading Job in one sitting

Majors family's kindness in caring for our boys for a morning

exceptional Mrs. Zeng, Titus' teacher, inviting Titus to stay for afternoon art class

learning to redefine what it means to be productive

Drew's long conversation with Wang Zhao, so good for her to talk with a listening and caring man