Thank you

In case all of you that read this don't realize. We had a really hard time putting a donate button on this blog.  We really talked about it, and we almost didn't.  It is so difficult to ask for help.  It takes humility and vulnerability.  Most of our friends are struggling artists that don't even have expendable income, too.  We know that.  We have had help from strangers, acquaintances, family, friends, and friends of friends.  Some people we haven't seen in years that Facebook has enabled us to reconnect.  The money we have raised has done so much more than financially support us.

The truth is:  Matthew and I have felt pretty alone for so long.  Being sick isolates you.  It has this strange way of creeping into your thoughts and making you second guess every friendship you have.  But the donate button and just this blog as well as Facebook has helped Matthew and I realize how NOT alone we really and truly are.  I feel like I haven't seen anyone all year, yet I feel more connected to my community than I ever have been because of the internet.

There are many ways to reach out to someone.  Every time we get a "like" on Facebook, or a "You guys got this!" under a picture we post, we feel loved.  A text from a friend saying they are thinking of us, or a card in the mail reminding us we haven't been forgotten can change the course of our day.

People say the internet and technology is pulling us apart, that we no longer have personal connections because of it.  But I say that if we learn how, technology can connect us in ways we never dreamed.  Because at the end of the day, if life isn't about living and loving as much as possible, than I don't know what it is about.  It isn't about charity, it is about helping support the ones who need it because one day it might be you or someone you love that needs help and needs to feel loved.  And Matthew and I feel very loved.

So thank you.