It's all about LOVE....

When my dad died a few years back I remember
thinking that REALLY what this life is all 
about is love.

In the end?  Not much else matters.

Nothing else comes with us.
Nothing else remains imprinted on our hearts
by those who pass on.
Nothing else matters.

The relationships we have in this life, the love
we share, and the memories we make...those are the
things that expand our hearts, make us grow,
and sustain us through the hard times.

Love.

Someone asked me how we make it through recently
and I responded it wasn't the "typical" religious
answers that most people would probably expect
from someone going through this.

(I can only tell you our experience and this
does not lessen anyone else who makes it 
through in another way.)

I will tell you the secret of what is helping us
make it through and it's the same answer.

Love.

People.

Human beings, friends, family, strangers, people
that LOVE us and care enough to demonstrate that
love through action.

Today, for us, was once again all about, 

LOVE.

People planned and gathered and collected and
set up and invited and came to surround us with,

LOVE.

People donated and gave and supported in an act of,

LOVE.

For us.  For Kyle.  For our family.

I think that if God has hands on this earth, it
is through other people.

People who reach and give and support with,

LOVE.

Today was an AMAZING day for our family.

Singing and joking and laughter and love.
Food and friends and family and love.

It was goodness and greatness in its most pure form.

We were loved.

It filled our souls.  It lifted our hearts.
It gave us courage.  It touched the deepest parts
of our spiritual selves that resonate with the 
simplest thing called,

LOVE.

Thank you family and friends.
Thank you Sarah Sample.
Thank you organizers.
Thank you to those who donated.
Thank you to those who planned.
Thank you to those who came and supported.
Thank you Dov for telling stories and making us
laugh in the face of cancer.
Thank you to those who held us and hugged us and loved us.
Thank you for showing Kyle that he matters.
Thank you for giving us courage to face another day.
Thank for you letting us know we matter.
Thank you for loving us.

Pictures to follow.

But for now THANK YOU all.

It really really really is all about love.

The Team Kyle Fundraiser was a smashing success.

And that what I've got for today.