Fundraiser for Nicole Canavan in Syracuse, New York

 

 My daughter Katie's boyfriend's sister, Nicole, has a rare disorder that is taking a serious tole on

her and her family. If you are reading this and can do anything to help and would like to contact me

please call or email and I will be happy to make it happen...315-826-7162 or Forest@ntcnet.com.

 

 

 

There will be a fundraiser held on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Tipp Hill American Legion, Syracuse, NY to raise funds for Nicole Canavan who suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).

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Nicole is our neighbor, friend, daughter, sister, wife and mother. She has spent her life serving others and loving deeply. At 38 years old, she has endured 17 operations, has made countless trips to MD, sometimes weeks long and without her family, and has been disabled for the last five years, now nearly bedridden.

Nicole's two children, Casey and Haley, have also been diagnosed with EDS. Thanks to Nicole's background as a physical therapist, she has been instrumental in working with her wonderful surgeons and specialists making in-roads to new treatments for EDS and her unique variation of this disease, but much remains unanswered.

Nicole's spirit cannot be broken and she has remained a beautiful role model for her children, and for all of us. To know Nicole is to love her. Her husband, Erik, and her mother, Bonnie, have been with her every step of the way, taking turns traveling with her to MD or staying home with the kids, giving selflessly of themselves and their time.

Now it's time for the community to rally in support of Nicole and her family to help defray the ever-increasing medical bills. Nicole's home will also need to become handicapped accessible.

You can help in any number of ways:

1) Donate a raffle prize
2) Post flyers
3) Sell raffle tickets
4) Attend the fundraiser
5) Donate to Go Fund Me
6) Prayers for Nicole and her family

The fundraiser promises to be a great time, with a DJ and lots of prizes along with good food and good friends.

Thank you for your support, in any way you can.

Gifts from Lake Michigan

 A year ago, Bruce and I visited two beautiful friends living in Wisconsin. What a wonderful time we had and so much to do. Among the precious time we spent in galleries and shops and restaurants, we walked and explored the beaches near their home. Wow! Lake Michigan should have a new word to describe it. Lake doesn't do it! I thought I was looking out at the ocean.
  OK, before I go on and on about our fun times and totally out of control, I'll reign myself back in to the subject at hand. Lake Michigan's wonderful gifts...........stones! I got a bit carried away (much like I do in Italian delis and markets!)

 I started working at my bench as soon as we arrived home. Sooo many colors and forms. I'm posting some of the creations I came up with using them.


Any one reading this post or following Bruce and I on this blog can contact us about anything you see here. Our email: forest@ntcnet.com
our blog: foresthollow.blogspot.com
or my Etsy shop: Etsy.com/shop/foresthollow.
Thanks for looking! And of course we always enjoy reading your comments.

Clean Modern lines

 Size 11.5 Men's Ring. This design appeals to me because I enjoy a simple geometric design. You'd never know that by my home decor! I wish I could be less attached to things so that my environment would be less and not more but after 39 years together and two children there are too many memories trapped in "stuff"!

I used 18 gauge sheet to make the band and a heavier gauge triangular wire to solder across the opening.

This ring is very masculine and usually I don't gender my rings, even the large rings, but this ring just wants to be on a man's finger!