Ava is an adorable long-haired sassy sweetheart. She has a big personality and she loves her Aunt Anna. And who can blame her -- Ava's Aunt Anna is awesome! Anna contacted us back in June wanting to participate in the "$200K for SMA" campaign. Anna ...
Nerds For Nora
You may remember this post about some of the creative fundraisers the Gooden family have organized over the last few months. And in that post I mentioned sweet Nora's awesome Aunt Tiffany was organizing "Nerds For Nora" -- a night of board gaming fo ...
Good Things For Gwendolyn
Two weeks ago I posted "Good Things For Gwendolyn" about some of the fun, positive things in Gwendolyn's life. I have seen other bloggers make lists of positives -- especially during a difficult time -- and I love it. I have even seen some make their ...
Snow At The Santa Barbara Zoo
We had an AWESOME day yesterday! Awesome! And we needed it. The Santa Barbara Zoo hosted their annual "Snow Leopard Festival" (you may remember we went last year). The Santa Barbara Zoo actually trucks in piles and piles of ice to create snow for a one d ...
Thanksgiving Weekend
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton WilderWe have had a lovely long Thanksgiving -- a quiet, simple, fun family weekend. And it feels so good! And throughout it all, we were especially ...
Good Things For Gwendolyn
GwendolynStrong.com has been a bit heavy of late. And while all of this is going on for Bill and me, we try really hard to not let it be part of Gwendolyn's life. No, Gwendolyn is 3 and should get to be just 3! And like most 3 year olds, the world i ...
Thinking of Jonas
On Thursday night we learned that our dear sweet special friend Jonas Coleman had passed away -- a gorgeous blue-eyed almost 3-year-old darling little boy. Tomorrow is his funeral. And we are heartbroken.And while I try to sit with the thoughts of him no ...
Calling All GSF Supporters—We Need Volunteers!
Okay Team GSF, we need your help! You remember that GSF was selected as the sole recipient of this year's beautiful Hope Calendar? And I know many of you have already purchased one for yourselves (thank you!). Well, Hope Calendar photographer Debi G ...
2nd Annual “Golf For A Cure” A Huge Success!
Last Friday, we hosted GSF's 2nd Annual "Golf For A Cure" tournament at Sterling Hills Golf Club in Camarillo, California and it was a whopping good time and a huge success -- raising over $15,000 for our "$200K For SMA"fundraising program in suppor ...
Fun With SMA Friends
Ahh what a weekend! It was awesome!!! GSF's Golf For A Cure was held on Friday (more on that soon) and we were so, so excited that several of our SMA friends came into town to support it and spend time with us. The Calafiore's, Chris and Jennife ...