Noah's House

Usually anniversaries are a positive thing. Today on the second anniversary of Noah's death I want to tell you about something positive my mom and Jonathan's dad are doing in Noah's honour. On September 11th, 2010 they will be racing 6 km by kayak... 32km by bike and a 10 km run... all part of the Adventure Challenge to raise money for Canuck Place.

Canuck Place has been a very special place for our family since Noah was diagnosed in November 2007. They were the only organization offering us support in the decisions we would have to face when Noah was born and through out his life. In the end Noah breathed his last at Canuck Place... a nightmare most of you can only imagine but Canuck Place took care of everything for us, made sure Noah and we were as comfortable as could be and then provided us with some memories to cherish as we began our journey of grief.

6 months after Noah died we attended a grief support group at Canuck Place, every second Tuesday for 1 year. That support group helped us be able to live again after Noah's death. David attended play therapy while we went to our meetings with other parents who had lost a child. David loved going to Canuck Place and always had hugs for the women who would watch him. On the day of our last meeting (a happy day because we were moving on, a sad day because we would miss our friends and the special time set aside to talk of Noah) I asked David as we were walking towards the gate to go in. "Do you know where we are?" I thought he would say "Canuck Place" but what he said was "Noah's House."

I am high-lighting this event as a way of sharing on the anniversary of my son's death that his life goes on. It goes on in my heart and in the hearts of many. His life goes on in the memories that many of us share. So if you would check out the Adventure Challenge sight and consider sponsoring dad (Rob Neufeld) or mom (Carol Hanson) you would be putting your money towards a very worthy cause, towards Canuck Place.... or as we like to call it "Noah's House."

to make a donation to Canuck Place by sponsoring Dad or Mom just go to the Adventure Challenge Website. There is a link on my blog under "sites to check out" or you can click on the link below...

Adventure Challenge