Last night marked the beginning of the Joedance Film Festival 2010 to raise money for Rare and Complex Cancer Research at Levine Children's Hospital, where Joe received all of his care. It was night of family and friends gathered in our courtyard to watch "An Education". The weather held up until show time and then it came down in buckets. We rescued the tables, food and chairs and ran for cover. Our neighbors Dave and Deb graciously opened their home and we gathered there to watch the first of what we hope to be many years of films at Joedance.
Later that night I opened the unassuming brown paper covered box set out for donations that Whitney made and sent with her husband Cam; who by the way helped Mike cook the hot dogs; and found the first checks written for Joedance. Each one given with love and hopefully will help another child be one step closer to a cure. We cannot bring Joe back but we can honor his devotion to raising money for bone cancer research which is horribly under funded. Thank you to everyone who has supported our efforts to carry on his mission.
Tonight the skies are Carolina blue and no rain within miles. We will cook hot dogs, eat popcorn and watch "Big Night".
It was fabuloso: the movie, the evening, the friends, the purpose. Thank you, thank you. xox
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