An emotional article in the Washington Post chronicles a young couple dealing with the death of their young daughter. Emily Mandell died a few weeks after a brain tumor was discovered.
Her parents transformed their grief to raise money to fight brain tumors.
The article ends with the following words.
"If you can, go to the walks or donate money. But Katie and Brian will be thrilled if hearing Emily's story makes you hug your kid a little tighter, call your mom, chill out on the mess the boys made in the back yard or forgive the fact that brunch was a catastrophe.
It's the eternal reminder of how ephemeral being a parent can be, and how amazing those moments, months or years are."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050606339_2.html?hpid=news-col-blog
A coupke of days ago I received a link to a blog established in the memory of Nosson Deitsch, who suffered a tragic accident on Lag Baomer.
The site states, "We have established a fund to perpetuate the memory of Nosson."
http://www.rememberingnosson.com/
Let's take a moment this morning to thank Hashem for our children. My heart goes out to the parents of those who lost young ones. Their courage to live and transform their grief into a worthy cause is incredible.
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