Remembering Tuesday Fiona

One of my favorite pictures of sweet Tuesday. Thinking of her and her family today.

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Whatchagonnado?

There are some good auctions going on for the 2nd annual Tuesday Blog Party. The money is being donated to whatchagonnado.org, a group led by Jessica and Charley. If you like an item being auctioned, you just leave a comment and donate a dollar. Click the box above to see the list of blogs auctioning off goodies. Have fun!

Remembering sweet Tuesday

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Pablove

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au revoir 2009!

2009 has been year of ups and downs for me. The beginning of the year began with the agonizing fight and loss of Tuesday Whitt. I met Tuesday in 2007 with her sister and Mom. We knew each other through our twin group, and they are a great family. Very funny, real, and alcoholics like me. We got along great.

Another big loss for my family and me this year was the loss of my grandmother June Bills in February and her husband of 50+ years and my grandfather, Howard Bills, in June. Charlotte and I went on our third flight together (in utero) for June's funeral, and she accompanied me to Howard's funeral when she was only 3 weeks old. She would have loved to meet them both; and likewise.

The highlight of our year was the addition of our beautiful Charbaby! She is a light in my life when I am frustrated, spent, or sad.

The other lights in my life are the boys, of course! They make me laugh at least once a day and say the craziest things. I can't imagine my life without them. We had a lot of adventures this year - a fun summer at the pool and the beach, endless playdates with friends, birthday parties, temper tantrums, hospital visits, countless works of art, and millions of hugs, kisses, high fives, and peaces.

Favorite quotes of this year? Oh, so many choices....this one, from the Inauguration. Anything that made me laugh said by Sarah Palin, Tiger Wood's "coming out," and mostly everything said by Obama. Oh, and everything on "Family Guy" and "30 Rock."

There are those that make resolutions each year, and inevitably break them. I know I am guilty of it. Every year I plan to exercise more, eat healthier, be nicer, work harder....and January 3rd or 4th rolls around and I have given up already.

This year my goal is to be happier by making others happy.
Let's see if I can do it.

For my friend

Go to Jessica's site to find out about a fun way you can help raise money for pediatric cancer!

A beautiful day in Colorado

The Celebration of Tuesday Whitt's life was overwhelming, beautiful, heartbreaking, joyous, uplifting, crushing, and hopeful. I saw some great friends, met some new great friends, and basked in the glow of this wonderful family. Strength and Hope.

When I arrived home, my Tuesday pendants were waiting for me! Make sure to order yours before Feb. 14 to help the Whitt family.

All of the pictures below were taken by Tonya.

Well, this one wasn't, since it is OF Tonya! TuTu for Tuesday:

The wall of hands and memories - most of these hands were made by my students:

Twin Mom powers activate!:

Balloon release:

Beautiful tribute

www.autumnburke.com/tuesday

Tuesday Fiona Whitt

October 11, 2006 - January 30, 2009

Two ends of the spectrum

We found out today that Baby #3 is a girl. We are thrilled. The boys will be great big brothers, and we are so excited to meet her in June.

Tuesday is dying. I can't imagine the pain the Whitt family is going through. How you hold your daughter while she slips away is the worst thing I can imagine. How do you get through this? I imagine they find so much strength in their other children, who are so wonderful and beautiful. I wonder if I would ever have the strength they have, or the will that Tuesday has. JK's blog said Tuesday giggled this morning and that gave me a smile. The picture here is when I first met the girls in Roanoke.

Wherever Tuesday is going, I know she will be in peace.

Tuesday

Time to gather your thoughts of love for this beautiful family and send them to Colorado. They need them all right now more than they ever have.

Remember, the pendant sale continues until Valentine's Day if you'd like to help support them financially.

For Tuesday

These beautiful pendants have been made specially for Tuesday by Mark, a wonderful designer at HomeStudios. My good friend Sharlene went to him and asked him if he would be willing to design a piece for her to be sold for a fundraiser and instead he has designed two beautiful pieces and is offering 10% of his profits for ALL sales from now until Valentine's Day to go towards Tuesday's fight against neuroblastoma. This includes purchases of any of the items in his store! This is a HUGE gift! These pieces are incredible, affordable & handcrafted on Scrabble tiles! There are so many beautiful designs to choose from and even gift sets that include the necklaces as well. Please take the time to look at his pieces and remember that you are helping a very sick little girl in the process.
Please go HERE to see these beautiful pieces. Thank you!

* If you do make a purchase, please put "FOR TUESDAY" in the comment section on your ETSY form so that Mark knows this is for the fundraiser.

Note: Due to the already high demand (thank you!), many people have told me they go to purchase something and it says sold out. If this is the case, scroll to the very bottom of the page and select contact seller and let him know what you want. He will email you back and make sure you get it!

Best Present EVER.

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Miss Tuesday

Make sure you head over to JK's blog to check on little Tuesday's progress. It's amazing!

fun in Colorado

Went out to Colorado this weekend for a visit with Shannon, Dawn, JK, and Angie. We had a great time, attended a great benefit for Tuesday that raised over $15,000.00! Shopped, talked, reminisced, and met some lovely people. It was great to see the girls (and meet Shannon and Angie!) and I can't wait until I see them again.

Thank you, Angie, for being a great hostess!

*click picture to enlarge

woo hoo!!!

TuTu

You all need to book it over to JK's blog and click the link to see some professional pictures of Tuesday. They are A.MA.ZING.

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TuTu.

Beautiful Tuesday

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