Thank you, friends!

Dear Supporters of Eddie's Fund,

You are AMAZING! We raised our $1,000 in a week and a half.

In fact, all together, you donated over $2,000 to Eddie's Fund this holiday season! In November, I was concerned because we didn't have enough to pay some December bills for the family, and to give them the Thanksgiving meal we usually provide...I put out a simple appeal, no prizes, no frills, nothing at all in it for any of you...and this has been our biggest fundraiser this year.

I'm speechless, especially because we've met our goal tonight, as Eddie settles into Children's Hospital for another overnight stay and MRI of his lungs. The doctors want to be sure his lungs are infection-free so that if lungs become available over the holidays, he could be ready to receive them.

So tonight I'm particularly grateful thatin a world with so much sadness and suffering, you each shine the lights you can--a meal here, a card sent in the mail there, $20, $100, $600, a commitment to give a little each month this year--and the result is a big, big glow.

Thank you, dear friends. Kori told me yesterday that she would not have survived these years without the love and encouragement they have received through Eddie's Fund...and I could never have imagined, back in 2006 when she and I met during our sons' bone marrow transplants, that her friends would become mine, and mine hers, and that the meeting of our two worlds would make the world for one brave kid so much brighter.

Merry, merry Christmas to you all, from Eddie's family and my own.
Melissa