The Trip!

Sorry for not updating again. There hasn’t been much to report up until now. This summer has been very boring so far and if you only knew how boring you would be thanking me for not updating. Anyways, enough of that. I am very excited to say that we are leaving for our trip on August 10th. First stop on the trip is a visit with the Herrin Twins in Salt Lake City, Utah. I get to meet them on August 12th (my birthday). Nice birthday present eh? I sure think so. After that we are taking the train to Denver, Colorado and from there we are flying to Nashville for 2 days. (I need a cowboy hat!) Then we will be meeting the Buckles family in Washington D.C. We will be in Washington for 6 days and from there we are going to New York City for 5 days. Thanks Mom! I am going to meet with the Buckles and give them the money we have fundraised for. Melissa Buckles, Erin and Jade’s mom is trying to arrange for me to meet Solomon, the dog that is being specially trained for Erin. I can’t wait! My Dad’s friend had very generously given me a cheque for $500 for Toonies for Twins. That is the most awesomist thing ever! Thank you so so so much Tony! That brings the grand total up to $3750 Canadian Dollars. I am not sure how much that will be when I transfer it to U.S. dollars but I’m sure it’s still a lot. Maybe Ill get lucky and the currency will change in my favor... Actually, I won’t count on that because I have horrid luck. I am very excited to be meeting the Herrin Twins on this trip. I have been waiting for this for a whole year! Kendra and Maliyah are also formerly conjoined twins. They have the same birthday as Erin and Jade, just 2 years apart. Kendra and Maliyah have recently been on TLC telling their story. They are former Omphalopagus\Ischiopagus twins. That basically means they were born joined at the abdomen and pelvis. They shared two legs and one kidney and I’m almost positive they are the first set of conjoined twins on record to be successfully separated with only one kidney. Kendra got the kidney and Maliyah received a transplant from her mother. You can see their full story on their website www.herrintwins.com I highly recommend it! Well, I must go, Bye!

Dreams

The trip is planned! It’s all set in stone, we are going to Utah to visit Kendra and Maliyah Herrin, and then we are going to Washington to visit the Buckles family and give them the money. Of course, we are stopping in a million places along the way but I won’t get into to much detail about all that. Meeting these families is about as important to me as it would be for another kid meeting the Jonas brothers or Hannah Montana. I can’t really explain why, but for some reason I feel that I’ve learned more about life from them that I have from sitting at a desk for eight years. And to me, that means every thing. Strength, hope, and determination are only some of the things I’ve learned. Another one is that it’s not all about me all the time and doing some thing for someone else is the most…fulfilling feeling that I have ever felt. I would like to thank every single person that has ever helped me or donated to Toonies For Twins. Truthfully it’s not me who raised this money. Its you. I only told you about it, you all made the decision to be apart of this. So from the bottom of my heart I thank you. You’re not only helping me with my dream, but you’re helping Erin with hers. I know you all feel the same as I do about what you did. And I know I’ve said it twice already but ill say it again anyways. Thank you

...Me Again!

Ok I know that it’s been a reeeaaly long time since I updated but I had a legitimate reason which ill get to later. Fist on the very long agenda is that the raffle at school went very well, making a good amount of about $100 dollars the first day of ticket sales went not so well but the rest of the week picked up after that. The awesome reason for not updating I had five minutes ago now seems really dumb but I’ll say it anyways. The week after I sold tickets, fifty of the grade eights (myself included) went to Montreal and Ottawa for five days. And before I forget, a big thank you to my friend Kynyn for selling raffle tickets the week I was away. The trip was great, the food…not so much. I think I lost five pounds that week from not eating…oh well. As I said I thought that was a good reason for not updating but the truth is, I got back two weeks ago…sorry! Anyways schools out and ill have much more time on my hand now. A big thank you to Mrs. Pickess who donated three hundred dollars from the Treblemakers (children’s choir I was in this year) concert. It was a shock to me and it was greatly appreciated. All this puts the grand total to over three thousand dollars! And in the exchange from Canadian to American will sit us at about exactly three thousand! Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yaaaaaaaaay!...yay…hmmm… how do you top that! Anyways that’s all for tonight but here is your fact of the day: the first number chronologically with an A in it is one thousand! Just thought I’d share that. Bye!

PS: I feel I should mention the fact that I got a henna tattoo and had to write this whole update with one hand due to the fact that the other one is taped up. Grrr…