Cash's Healing Garden: Final numbers

I recently received word from Tess and Page Phillips about the final numbers for their fundraising efforts for the Cash Scanlon-Phillips Healing Garden at Denver Children's Hospital.

Here's an excerpt of their letter:

Well it's been one month since The Railbenders and Long Road Home played their hearts out for our garden fund. And it's been one month since all of you poured yourselves into helping us raise $ for Cash's Healing Garden. Well, most of the numbers are in and the total amount raised thus far is: over $36, 000.00 which brings the total Cash's Healing Garden fund to over $58,000.00. Page and I are overwhelmed by gratitude to all of you and your friends, neighbors, co-workers, and families who helped us to raise this huge amount of money.

I am totally overwhelmed by this amazing news. It was an incredible thing to be a part of and the experience of it kept me on a high for a week. The bands were so good and good-hearted. The audience was so supportive. I wear my sky blue t-shirt with pride and love for Tess and Page and a tiny soul I never met--and their community. They have managed to turn self-soothing and self-assuring activities into comfort and care for strangers who do not yet know they will need this garden.

It's a gesture that makes me misty-eyed everytime I think about it.

To see pictures and a write-up of the event by the Denver Post, click here.

Quoting Other People: Cherry Sours

Upon gobbling up the newly purchased cherry sours of a fellow cube-mate, we all reveled in the old-school flavor, mmmm-ing and yumming aloud in the middle of our cubicle row.

Then my friend Julie made me nearly snort masticated cherry goo through my nose when she said with a pensive look on her face, after being quite silent for a moment, "These employ new sour technology."

She remembers them being not nearly as sour. I didn't stay for further discussion. I had to sit down immediately to document her remark.

But upon further reflection, I think she may be right.