Sunday, October 3, 2010

The Biggest THANK YOU ever

What a weekend this has been. The weather is cooler, the sun is out and we have alot to be thankful for. It amazes Peter and I on the generosity of our friends and family who are in this fight with us. We knew that we had support but we didn't know just how much until we needed it.

As we went down to Houston for our 3 month check up, Peter's sister, Jane, came down from Fort Worth to take care of the house and care for our dog, Winnie. It was such a relief in knowing that everything on the home front was taken care of. Thank you, Jane for taking time out to come and take care of us. We so appreciate it.

Over the weekend on many College Campuses there were ALS walks, the picture above is of Stephanie and her friends (Kathleen, Ryan, Stephanie, Erin and Cassandra) at A&M joining in to make a difference on a walk for ALs. We so appreciate their support and for taking time out on a Saturday to get up early and fight for this disease. Another one of our family friends, Mallory Thomas also recruited her sorority sisters in an ALS walk at the University of Arkansas. When we get the pics, we will share them with you. We so appreciate you walking in honor of "Mr. Peter".....it means so much to us.

We also received an email tonight from Stephanie's precious and previous high school swimming coach, Vanessa Gnatzig who informed us that she was honoring Peter in her Ironman Triathlon in Florida this November. We were blown away by her love, dedication and determination. We always knew she was a special person, this just clinches it for us. We wish her all the success in her endeavors.

And when we thought it couldn't get much better, our neighbors, Jeannie Drake and Karen Eckhart are establishing a "Team Anderson" team for the ALS walk in The Woodlands on November 6th at the StoneBridge Church at 10:00am. They have set up a website for donations to this cause and are notifying friends and family on walking and supporting the ALS cause on this special day. Thank you so much.

We couldn't have had a greater weekend with the great news from the Friday appointments with all the Doctors at Methodist Hospital and then to have the overwelming support and love from our friends and family. We are speechless. It does take a village to get the message across and we have the support it takes to yell it from the mountain tops.....thank you to everyone for your continued dedication and hope......we are living on it.

Big hugs, DeeAnn and Peter

3 comments:

  1. Hooray for the extraordinary extended Team Anderson!!
    Can you post Jeannie and Karen's website?

    Love, Mom and Dad

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  2. The Woodlands Area Walk to Defeat ALS
    Saturday, November 6, 2010
    9am Registration, 10am Walk
    StoneBridge Church, One StoneBridge Church Drive, The Woodlands, TX

    Register and/or donate: https://www.active.com/donate/twl2010/KEckhar3

    We hope to see you there!

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  3. You two are so very inspiring! We love the enthusiasm shown in all of your comments. It seems to me that it helps you as well as those around you. Keep up the GREAT work and we're continuing to pray for you!

    Love, Lee and Joanie

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