Baby Mia

I copied this post from my friends blog. If you would like to participate let me know in a comment or an e-mail. Thanks everyone!

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Mia was born with congenital heart disorder. It seems that she has been in the hospital since birth waiting for a new heart. The family needs nearly half a million dollars to put Mia on a waiting list that would get her a heart sooner.I thought that instead of waging comment wars with people whose political ideas are different than mine and vice versa that now would be the perfect chance to show what the power of one individual can do. I know that this baby can be saved but I also know that it won't happen if we do nothing. Now is the chance for each of us to make a change.I am posting the family's blog address on my blog in hopes that more of you will do the same, to spread the word and to donate to a cause that so desperately needs it.http://helpbabymia.blogspot.com/

Consumed and aching
That's how I have felt these last few days. You know how you get emails sometimes about people you don't know and you're able to dismiss the stories fairly easily? For some reason I haven't been able to shake Baby Mia out of my head. Every day I go and check the two blogs that tell her story to see if there are any updates (even though I have them on google reader). If there is nothing new, I scroll through the old posts. For some reason, this story is sticking with me more than ever. I go to pick up Ella from her crib and am so grateful that I can hold my little baby and feed her and squeeze her until my heart is content. I recognize that Mia can't have her mom do that for her.And so I have decided to do a few things and here is what you can do to help me. Though I have talents, I don't feel like I have an artsy talent that would allow me to sell anything I have made. I thought about making goodies and selling them door-to-door here in Lexington and I'm still considering the possibility. But I can run pretty decently and I have decided to do a run-a-thon!Do you remember back in the day when you did jump-a-thons at school? You might have gone around asking your friends to donate money for every jump you did or else to donate a flat rate. Well I have decided to run for an hour around the track and you can donate for every mile I run. I usually run between 6 or 7 miles per hour. That's not a lot but I felt that it would be sufficient. Here's what I am asking every one of you. :) I understand that many of you are in the same situation as Scott and me: students, on loans, in debt, etc. But I am certain that everyone can afford to sponsor my run. Here's why: you can donate as much or as little as you would like.Let me give you an example of how much you might wind up donating if I were to run 6.5 miles in an hour:Your donation per mile............ Total.25 .....................................1.60
.50 .....................................3.25
.75 ......................................4.87
1.00 ...................................6.50
1.25 ...................................8.10
1.50 ...................................9.75
1.75 ...................................11.37
2.00 ..................................13.00
Even if you can only donate .25 cents per mile, you are still contributing!! Doesn't that just make you feel warm inside? :) I have decided to do the run the Saturday after Thanksgiving and will post photos and the results on the blog so that everyone can feel included. We will either set up a paypal account where you can just take a credit card and deposit the money or else you can send a check or cash. For those of you lucky enough to live in Lexington (lucky you!!) we'll have hot cocoa and cinnamon rolls for those who would like to come and watch/cheer me on/run with me.