Octoberwaitwhatdayisit?

I have totally lost track of what day it is. It's been kind of a long week, and I am still not feeling totally 100% yet. Bleh. 

On a positive note, we have a Buddy Walk team set up!  Our Buddy Walk is next Sunday, the 21st, and I am just now getting on top of this.  Better late than never I guess.  This year we are called The Annabelle Team.  WE would love love love it if you could come out and hang out with us during this wonderful event!  We have enjoyed this event so much the last two years, and always leave encouraged.  If you read about last year's walk, you know how blown away I was with the support we had from friends and family. We had a team of about 45 if I can remember right.   

I said a lot of this last year in my post about the Buddy Walk, but I'll just repeat myself a little.  It's always hard for me to ask people to for donations for things or to fundraisers, even if I know it is for a good cause.  I never want to make people feel obligated or anything.  But because I love my daughter to pieces, and I see how far our society has come when it comes to special needs and things like that, I feel the urge to break through that uncomfortable wall and ask.  If people are unable to make it to the walk this year and be a part of The Annabelle Team, then I want to ask for a small donation.  Even $5 would let us know you are thinking about not only us, but all of the individuals with Down Syndrome.  October is Down Syndrome Awareness month, and I appreciate anyone who participates in any way!   I also LOVE that there are people doing research and studies about Down Syndrome, so that we can help them to be a bigger part of our communities. After doing my own researches every now and then, I have found that we as a society have come SO SO SO far when it comes to special needs and disabilities. I am SO thankful for the parents that fought for our DS and special needs children to do something as simple as go to public school. Before having Annabelle, I knew nothing about DS, and I see that is the case for most people who don't know someone personally with DS. So, I will do my best, along with many others this month, to help others learn something NEW! :) 

If you would like to donate to The Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas in Annabelle's name, OR join us on her team, you can do so HERE.  You will never know how much it means to us, and to MANY others. 

DSACT BUDDY WALK