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November 18th, 2009 | 
Author: **Due to popular demand, I have created a badge to tell 2009 to Suck a Big Fat One. Feel free to grab the code and add it to your blog/site**
I have to say that since 2009 arrived 11 months and 18 days ago it has not done much to impress me.
Actually, 2009 has done nothing but upset me, make me angry and make me cry many, many times.
Let’s begin with how 2009 arrived and the economy continued to go downhill.
Things really sucked when my little Tatertot became rabbit food in January and a bunny nibbled on his finger warranting a very long and costly trip to the emergency room.
It stole away the life of a bloggy friends husband and soul mate leaving her behind, alone to pick up the pieces of her life and put them back together.
It continued to suck when the life of a beautiful young girl named Maddie was taken from all of us leaving her family and the rest of the interwebz to grieve and wipe away tears every time we set our eyes on the color purple.
Socks the cat bid us ado and moved on to kitty heaven.
Dorthy Zbornak downed her last piece of cheesecake with the girls as we said farewell to Bea Arthur.
I was robbed of the chance that Ed McMahon would ever show up at my door with a check from Publisher’s Clearing House.
The days of feathering my hair are now in the past as Farrah Fawcett moved on to a better place.
Infomercials are no longer enjoyable since the loss of Billy Mays…..I can no longer use OxiClean…it’s just not the same.
My cousin’s half brother has continued to fight for his life since he came into this world on Father’s Day earlier than anticipated.
My best friend of 25 years and her family had to watch as her father underwent brain surgery and a few weeks later see her brother in a coma battling for his life.
Those of us in the blogosphere and twitterverse have watched and prayed as little Stellan battled SVT, flatlined and than defied all odds and pulled through everything and is now living without SVT (okay, so not all of that sucks but the whole being hospitalized and flatlining—-yeah, that sucked!)
So, let’s just skip to today when I receive word that another dear friend in the blogosphere and twitterverse that makes me laugh and almost pee my pants, teaches me new things, who has already suffered so much in her young life has a stroke and ends up in the ICU.
Seriously 2009….SERIOUSLY!!!
WTF??
This is just a short list of all that has happened this year and well…..
As far as I’m concerned 2009, you can suck a big fat one!
(The Tribute to Our Madeline from Mike and Heather on Vimeo.)
In honor of this beautiful little girl on her 2nd birthday, I kindly ask you to become a Friend of Maddie and make a donation to this wonderful cause. To make a donation click on the picture below to be taken to the Friends of Maddie site.
Happy 2nd Birthday Maddie ~ We all miss you and keep you close in our hearts.
If you have written a blog post about Maddie on her 2nd Birthday, please add your URL to the Linky below and share your post.
For those of you who have been reading my blog from the beginning, friended me on Facebook, Twitter or traveled over with me from my site The Play Date Maker, you are already aware of the loss of Madeline Spohr. If you are not aware, just Google her name and you will get one hell of a response or just pop on over the The Play Date Maker and check out the For Maddie page.
Ok, now that you are up to speed let me tell you about the good that has come from the loss of Maddie. Maddie’s parents, Mike & Heather Spohr, recently started a non-profit organization called Friends of Maddie that supports families of critically ill babies by easing the transition into NICU life and providing an ally until the end of their child’s hospital stay. (Yes, I copied that line directly from Heather Spohr’s site The Spohr’s are Multiplying but am giving credit to her!)
To me, this is a great service that so many families need to help them through this hard time. Now, I was lucky enough to have had 3 healthy children born without and issues and avoided the NICU. However, there have been children throughout my family over the years who have been in the NICU and some that were never lucky enough to leave the NICU. As many of you have read in my past posts, my cousin Anna’s little brother Ben was recently born with Hypo-plastic Left Heart Syndrome or HLHS. He is still in the NICU at the Children’s Hospital and at this time they are not sure when he will be released.
I have always been a supporter of the March of Dimes and have always donated when I was able. I am now supporting the Friends of Maddie NPO too and am glad to say that I have already made a donation and I hope that you will to.
Please take a moment to look over the Friends of Maddie website and learn more about this great organization. If you are able to, please make a donation and know that it is going to a help a family who is currently facing one of the hardest things they will ever face.
Thank you!
