Recap

05/22/2013 By in 2013, Community, Partnerships Leave a comment

photo booth

Fun at the KUT photo booth.

 

Beat the Bridge, 2013 was a whirlwind of awesomeness! There was so much love, heart and spirit at this community event and we felt REALLY honored to be part of it.  It was wonderful to see many familiar faces from last year and we loved feeling the positive, happy energy all around.

Nordstrom once again put on a fabulous event. We heard over the loud-speaker that Beat the Bridge 2013 had the largest number of racers to date; 11,000 people united in Seattle for a cause that’s so near and dear to our hearts.

The afterglow feels so good, especially since this event raised over $1 million for research toward finding a cure.

adorbs

How adorable is she? We loved watching little ones sprint in the Diaper Derby.

ode to mom

05/11/2013 By in 2013, Inspiration 1 Comment
mom

My mom has aged like a fine bottle of wine.
She’s shown me and my sister the many ways to do life as a modern woman.

 

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Mamas out there.

The ripple effects of your efforts are endless…

xo

Support, Love, Community

05/10/2013 By in 2013, Community Leave a comment

IMG_7130The sky could not have been bluer on the day of Westfield High School’s Lacrosse team fundraiser. This year Westfield High was playing Madison High and we were raising money for JDRF.  This hit very close to home since three players on our team have juvenile diabetes.  The day was filled with 50/50′s, raffles, food, games and fun!  We had an awesome showing and to top off the day we had an amazing win!

I interviewed Kim Decker of Westfield, NJ whose son Patrick Decker has Juvenile Diabetes. Patrick happens to be the best friend of my son Jake and I witness what his day-to-day life is like with diabetes.  Here is a bit of Patrick’s story below…

Patrick was diagnosed 6 years ago in the 5th grade on April 30, 2006.  All of our lives changed from that moment.  In the beginning it was very difficult to regulate;  he needed one unit  of insulin for every 15 grams of carbs. There was so much trial and error and Patrick needed to take insulin shots every time that he ate.

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