Sandy Hurricane update

The Hurricane came and delivered quite a whollup to the the NYC area.  Our apartment in Stamford was not affected, which was fortunate, since we were able to host our daughter Pam and grandsons Dylan and Jack for two nights.   Their home had lost power and the area was evacuated.  They live in town that lost 90% of their power.

Dylan is 4 and explained that he was staying with us because his house “ran out of batteries and did not work.”  Jack is 18 months old and is just happy to be anywhere Mom, Dad and his  brother are. Ed stayed behind at the house to take care of the two dogs, Jada and Winnie and set up a generator for the family.  Ed is that kind of guy.  When presented with a problem he works it thru to a solution, even in a Hurricane.

We kept the boys busy playing with dinosaurs, blocks, and coloring.  They were real troppers  and did great.  Halloween snuck up on us and luckily the apartment complex still had trick or treating, so Dylan, dressed as Steve and Jack  dressed as Blue ( both from Blues Clues) hit the fourth floor and the residents were excited to see them. The boys have gone home now and I miss them like crazy.

I am really lucky to have had these two days to have the boys and Pam. My office was out of power as well so I could be home both days!

I know that others have lost so much thru out this event and my heart goes out to them.  I  want to tell you about one such person  that I met a  at the Healthy Living Summit in August  Jen @momsgottarun http://momsgottarun.blogspot.com/.  She lost her home on Staten Island and she has two small children.  She was actively training to run the NYCM .

Anything you can donate would help out greatly (donations, etc- shoot me an email). There is a paypal account setup to send money is [email protected].

Want to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy? These three organizations are accepting donations:
1. http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations
2. https://donate.salvationarmyusa.org/disaster
3. For the animals: https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Donation2?idb&df_id=11020&11020.donation=form1&autologin=yes&s_src=webdn_art10291

Special shout out to [email protected] for the links above.  She is safe and sound in Jersey City.

Thank you so much,

signed,

your galfriday4hire