Positive things....

Positive things....

Posted by Annie on October 31, 2010 at 3:34 PM

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As most of you know I'm not one to be negative... and I was thinking... be positive.....
Lots has happened over this last week regarding others aswell as our normal pretty crappy (at times) life.
My dear Friend, Lost her son.. he was diabetic, young ( early twenty's) and cleary a well loved young man by all those who new him.. ( his facebook wall is full of great words ), a few other people mailed me to say they were fed up about their problems too..... then I thought......

Team James~  we need to raise some money to get a few things to make our playroom safe... different flooring etc so James doesnt hurt himself so much when head banging in a meltdown moment.. and to save poor little harry's head to when he's pushed to the ground... some certain toys to build on james' imagination... learning makaton ( expensive gig that is! ) amongst other things... some will say ' well pay for it' then and i can see where they are coming from... BUT having a child that needs extra support in anyway.. is lets say HARD..... bloody hard in fact.... we run our own business from home, so both of us can be here... I could certainly not cope alone everyday with the two of them, James needs constant supervision.. he gets him self into danger too quickly to be left for a second.
A friend of mine suggested we try to fundraise and all though at first i was a little embarassed about it.. I then thought.... we could do this for James and potherc hildren in the same boat.. they wouldnt have to have ASD.. they might be ADHD, be poorly with cancer , diabetic... anything really.......
We want to help those children too....... we can all apply for grants at some stage and all truely thank ful for them.... but if you have had no Diagnosis this is hard.... Now I'm not saying we can provide every body with something and of course depending on how much we can raise on a on going basis, we would certainly be hoping to offer that support.. It maybe a certain toy that my be benefical.........
As some of you might remeber some of our lovely friends donated £100 to us... and i was overwhelmed..... that was before Team James had even started!! so as more people say they would like to do a fundraiser we though we had better do one too...... So.. ALL of us will be entering the Santa Fun run... Dressed as Santa!! LMAO!! I am the unfittest person about, but will succeed........ People will be able to sponsor us via our website, and I am really hoping some friends come and support us & join in to.... and hopefully get sponsored for doing it.
Talking of support... we both want to be able to reach out to those that have been going through the same emtional stuff as us.. the questions ( of which there are no answers)  So would like to again, reach out to those with specail needs... parents carers etc... smeone to share their problems with... and problem shared is a problem halved is SO TRUE.

Now at this point I MUST POINT out........ WE ARE NOT A CHARITY but RAISING FUNDS FOR A GOOD CAUSE'
we would like to eventually become a  little charity though. ( that was my legal bit)

I have met some wonderful people during our process of our life changing . I wonder how many people are out there are waiting for someone to come along and say' hey you ok?' remember not everyone is as forward as me!

So if you read this... why not share it with a friend, it doesnt matter where in the world you are .... support can be just as effective via email, telephone, The Web......
This isnt just about me .. my emotions anymore.. this is about making some magic in lives that need it..... even if just a sprinkle..........