2016 Lucy Love Project Delivery

I hope everyone is enjoying a happy and healthy holiday season. I wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for donating to the Lucy Love Project this year. You've helped us deliver 350 blankets to the babies in the NICU!

Each year, we are beyond touched at the support and love you show us and the babies that are cared for at Levine Children's Hospital.

We had a chance to drop off the blankets this weekend and connect with a staff member there that expressed how over the moon excited they are to get our blanket delivery each year. They get many donations, but these sweet pink and blue blankets are a highlight for them. There are many babies that will remain in the hospital over the holidays and these blankets will be given to them. It brings tears to my eyes knowing that so many people can be loved on, even from afar, by you. 

While I was standing in the atrium, a woman walked in to visit someone. She saw us, stopped, and hesitantly asked me what we were doing with the blankets. After a few minutes she was proudly showing me pictures of her sweet grandson who was in the ICU, but there was so much pain in her eyes, as she shared that she's caring for 5 grandchildren for a daughter who is not around for them. I handed her a blanket and gave her a hug. She was so excited to give it to her grandson. What a gift it was to be part of her story - if even for a moment. It reminded me that there are individuals beyond each blanket that was delivered, and I hope they can bring each person a little slice of hope and joy. That is what a "simple" blanket we received at the hospital did for my family just 5 1/2 years ago. It's now a symbol and reminder of a time and a place, and hold sweet memories of our daughter Lucy.

Attached are some pictures from the blanket delivery. Many thanks from our family to yours! 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

Kate, Jeff, Avery and Austin White 

Lucy Love Project 2016

There are just some pictures I look at and can't help thinking about a little girl who's missing "in between" my A + A. 

It's truly hard to believe that sweet Lucy would be 5 and starting kindergarten this year. There are just so many milestones we won't be able to celebrate with her, but this one surely stings. Many little ones I know are the same age as Lucy would be, and they carry this special place in my heart. I watch them celebrate milestones with happy and sad tears in my eyes.

I wonder, What would she look like? How would she act? What would make her laugh? It still feels like a nightmare I'll wake up from at times.

This blog served it's purpose years ago to relay information and updates to our family and friends. Now I rarely take to it, and can't even figure out how to update the blog layout. While it's quite outdated, I wanted to still use it to deliver this note. We've done a fundraiser each year in memory of Lucy, and while saddened our regular blankets are not available this year, my friend Kim with KJB Marketing and Promotions (along with the helpful hearts of MANY others who leapt to assist us!) is helping this project come to fruition again this year.

This post is a call to celebrate my daughter Lucy with us again this year by giving back to other families that are experiences the highs and lows of living with an infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Nurseries at Levine Children's Hospital. We know that not all lose their babies, thank God Almighty, but even just living in that world for a day or a month or a year ... well, it's scary and confusing.

We will be collecting money to support our cause - just $6 will purchase a brand new baby blanket with a simple and sweet heart embroidered on it. The heart is a symbol of the love that continues to live on far past death. You can help us in donations of ANY amount, or you can donate a bundles of blankets. Please feel free to donate in honor or memory of others you've lost and loved. This is about coming together to reflect, remember and share hope with others.

Please visit the LUCY LOVE PROJECT Donation Page to help us reach our goal.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!