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DIS Dad #330
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- Nov 23, 2008
Andy- Thank you for reading!Excellent end to your trip report. I appreciate you giving us the opportunity to take a look inside Juliana's WISH trip and see what GKTW is all about. Hopefully it will be a blessing for Rick and his family that he met you and your family that day. I can understand how that would have been a hard conversation to have, because it was choking me up just reading about it.
Anyway, I'm glad you guys had a great trip and I look forward to reading about your most recent adventure!
Hopefully I'll have the next TR started in a few days.
Thank you for following along! TRs are a lot of work but they are so worth it (IMO! )Tim...I am a bit sad to see your TR come to an end. I have loved hearing all about your trip and the great time you all had. I guess I can just get excited for your next one. Having just started ours I realize it can be lots of work so thanks for sharing everything with us.
I'm so glad you found someone who had gone through the same treatments as Chelsea. I think you are right, meeting us gave him hope for his litlte girl and family.I was really touched by your meeting with Rick. I remember back when Chelsea was first diagnosed I wanted so badly to find an infant who had been diagnosed that had made it...it was not easy to find that and my heart just about broke for lack of hope then I found a little boy who was diagnosed at the same age and had the same treatment who was celebrating his 4th birthday and continues to do well to this day. Getting to know his mom on line was the HOPE I so desperately needed. I am sure you were that for Rick's family...I am so glad you all met.
Thanks!Looking forward to hearing about your latest Disney adventure.
I know that MAW and other organizations try to get GKTW if it is available. Maybe it was booked up when they went? I am so glad we did get to stay there and it was perfect!Your last post had me in tears. Each one of these kids is such a miracle. It is so great that there is a place like GKTW where kids can go and be normal for a week and just have the time of their lives leaving all their worries back home. When my cousin did her wish trip they did not put them at GKTW and I think they really got jipped. Not sure if they went through MAW or not, but I know it was a similar organization. It breaks my heart to see all those stars on the ceiling knowing that many sick kids have been there, but heart warming at the same time, knowing that that many kids had their magical moment.
That is not a bad idea... Come to think of it, I should print out all my TRs.This sounds like the trip of a lifetime for you guys, with magic moments happening for the whole family! And what a way to find out you are adding to the family at the happiest place on earth! Thanks for sharing this. Hopefully you have it all saved. You should print it out and give it to Juliana when she graduates high school or college.
Thank you for reading!
LOL no problem!Tim, now that you are done I'm all caught up. (thanks for the table of contents by the way!)
humm... not that much time but she will have a few weeks with him!I'm so glad you guys had a fun trip! I loved all juilianas customs! And she's going to be a great big sister! How lucky to have some time to spend with brother before she has to head off to kindy!
Thanks for reading. If you need any more info on GKTW, let me know. I'd be happy to share it with you or point you in the right direction.I just wanted to say thanks for sharing this story! The company my works leases our land from, Signature Flight Support, has a couple GKTW fundraisers each year. But they aren't very detailed in just all that goes on there, at least at my location. I'm glad to have some knowledge to share next time!