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In just one week 16 families and 34 staff/volunteers will meet in Orlando for an amazing Inheritance of Hope Legacy Retreat.
We will travel from Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Michigan, Kansas, New York, Georgia, and North Carolina. Read the rest of this entry »
I have a great job.
I get to meet beautiful families that are faced with some difficulties and plan a dream vacation for them.
The absolute BEST part of my job is the phone call when I tell them it is their turn to go on this dream vacation.
Many people cry. They all echo words of gratitude and emotion. Many are overwhelmed and even slightly speechless. Read the rest of this entry »
I spend a lot of my time these days out at a baseball field cheering on my seven year old son and his all-star team, the Stingrays. I enjoy watching them play and cheering them on. One thing I do NOT enjoy is the unbearable heat that comes with June in Atlanta, GA. There is certainly a reason people have nicknamed this great city “HOTlanta.”
I am actually NOT complaining about the heat. It is fine. I have great perspective after living in Minnesota for 7 years. Truly I would rather sweat than freeze any day of the week. However, in the same way it is essential to take cover indoors when the Minnesota temperature plummets below zero in January, it is equally as essential to take cover in shade when you are out in the 100 degree temperatures of June in North Georgia. Read the rest of this entry »
30 days from today Inheritance of Hope will be welcoming 16 families from all over the country to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida for a trip of a lifetime!!! As I get to know these families, I am amazed at some of the similarities. In my mind I already see the friendships developing between the children of similar ages and the parents with the same illnesses.
We even have two families that (when I google mapped their addresses) live just a few miles from each other! (It’s a small world after all….) These families are strangers right now but in a month they will be friends AND neighbors (literally)!
Although we serve a wide variety of families with a wide variety of conditions it always amazes me that the community that develops at our Legacy Retreats is very rich and unified. These families may come from all over the country but they have much in common. Read the rest of this entry »
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