great strides

you know how important this is, right?

i mean, how could you not?

great strides is the best fundraising for cystic fibrosis. and last year team lilly raised over $13,000.

without donations we can't find a cure.

and i won't even tell you what happens without a cure.

just look at this face and tell me you can't help! ;)

let me tell you just how much i love this kid...

it all started in february of 2010. i needed a job and wanted to get back to lexington. i interviewed for a nanny position with holly and jeremy lankster. when i went to meet them, they let me know that the reason they needed a nanny was because their three month old had recently been diagnosed with cf. i had heard of cf but didn't really know much about it. after the interview i googled cf and found so much information about the disease. i wasn't sure if i was going to get the job but i knew if i did that it would be a great responsibility but one i knew i was capable of handling.

well we all know i got the job! i was a little nervous at first but you see, the thing is she was still a normal (tiny) baby. you would've never known she had cf. and to this day you still can't, thank god.

everyone who meets lilly falls in love with her. just look!

and let's be honest, trav really wasn't a baby person. but even he loves this kid!

i've spent the last 14 months getting to know this disease. this family it plagues. this child who didn't ask for this.

and i can honestly say that the love i have for both my buddies is beyond anything i thought possible. as a nanny you always grow to love your kids but this is more than that. i feel like their my little sisters. i'm there to comfort them when they're hurt. they reach out to me and cry for me when no one is around. i hurt when they hurt. i laugh when they laugh. and i struggle with the terms of lilly's disease everyday just as the rest of her family and friends.

one day, i won't work for them anymore and my heart will hurt. they won't cry out to me or want to play with me. they may not even remember me but i can guarantee for the rest of my life i'll fight for a cure. i'll fight for donations and getting the word spread that something needs, no has to be done. no family should have to fight this battle. no child should have to live with this.

if you love me or babies or helping others please take the time to go here.

check out the great strides page and if you feel so inclined, please donate.

if you do, i'll be your best friend!

i promise.

do it for lilly.

do it for every child with cystic fibrosis.