We had a very sad event happen in our community this past week. There was an 11 year old boy named Jason who died suddenly of a brain aneurysm. As you can imagine there were a lot of tears and talking to our kids about the event. My daughter was in his grade and new him. I was really proud of how our school handled the situation. The students were told in a loving and supportive manner and allowed to call their parents and spent the day writing notes and pictures for Jason and his family. I went to the school to pick up Lily because she was so sad.

Later that day received a call from our principal asking me if I could put together a “Mexican” dinner for the family, students and friends for a memorial on Thursday. I said of course and then I went to work. I had no idea how many people we would be feeding but I immediately emailed and called parents from our school and the response was wonderful. It was a special experience and we ended up with over 600 people there. The cool part was the love, friendship and food that just kept showing up. It really restores your faith in society to see people from all walks of life come together and rally around a family. The family was so thankful. Our hearts and prayers go out to them.