Why don't you stop???

Blogging, emailing, facebooking and talking about Maddie and CDH as much as I have, I've had to ask myself why? I'm sure that I'm already annoying some people with the constant barrage of messages and we still have years to go in this fight. Didn't I just talk about pacing myself?

So there are a couple of reasons I won't stop, at least not as long as I have something to say and the energy to say it.

1. It feels healthy.  Just like getting dressed every morning and continuing to work and playing at the beach with Luke and Dillan, it just feels right. 
2. It may help another CDH family.  Lets face it, anyone blogging about an illness is not only looking for answers, but also understanding and acceptance. 
3. Selfish reasons.  I spend my time writing about it online because it is almost impossible for me to talk about face to face.  I really love talking to people who are keeping up with this blog because I do not have to backtrack and explain things.  Nor do I have to try to gracefully end the conversation if I can't handle it at that moment.
4. The most important reason, because my family needs pray and support right now and for an indefinite amount of time.  And this is the best I know how to ask for it.

Please keep reading, whenever you can.  Please leave me comments or send me emails - it really does help.  Please keep praying.  Please send your letter to congress asking them to support CDH research.

1000 Letters for Maddie