Last Thursday, April 26, we celebrated Elliott’s first birthday. We were anxious for this day, for we knew how emotional it would be. While we celebrated her short life, we also acknowledged her death and how this year was so different from what we had planned. However, we were able to reflect on all we …
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Book Sale – Donation Update
"No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away." - Terry Pratchett Back in October, we held a book sale fundraiser, which allowed us to raise over $500 for the International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry and donate over $650 of children's books to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, all in Elliott's …
Book Sale Success!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thanks to everyone who participated in our Usborne Book Sale fundraiser! We initially set our fundraising goal at $1,000. Today we received a notification that we more than doubled our goal and sold $2,219 in children's books. Because of everyone's generosity, we will be able to donate $542 to …
Book Sale Link!
Our book sale to benefit the International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry in Elliott's memory is still open until this Saturday the 21st at 11:59PM! So even if you weren't able to join us Monday night for the online interactive party, you can still shop in our "e-store" and help us reach our goal of selling $1,000 …
Book Sale Link – Start Shopping!
Our online book sale is only 6 days away, but you can start shopping now! There will be an interactive "party" on Facebook next Monday (October 16th) at 8PM EST, but if you don't have Facebook, shop here at this link! Just be sure to select "Kaytee Fisher" at checkout, so that your purchase goes …
Flowers for Ellie
We've added a new page to the blog to highlight all of Ellie's flowers! We've recently been getting messages from people who planted her wildflower seeds, sharing with us the growth they've witnessed over the summer. Others have sent us photos of wildflowers they stumble upon out in nature. We wanted to be able to …
100 Days of Elliott
"'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding." Alice Walker Today marks 100 days since Elliott was born. Brian and I are at a loss for how 100 days have passed us by without Ellie here, but we have found …