Dear Cora: Saving lives isn't always easy.

Dear Cora,

Mommy is still hanging in there.

Daddy started school. It was the first week of his second year. He said he likes his classes so far.

Mommy's always honest with you and she's in an awful sleep schedule. It's almost five in the morning and she's still up! There's an infomercial droning on in the background. So annoying and distracting, but mommy just doesn't even have the energy to change it.

I haven't written you because I just feel like there's not much to say. I'm just here. Hanging on. Because I have to.

I wake up every day and drag myself out of bed because it's my only choice.

The 30th is approaching and that gives me more to wake up for. Knowing that many people will spread love and wear pink in your name.

I have big plans to get back on track. But, I'm still slowed down.

I'm worn out, still. For the past few weeks, I've just felt exhausted.

Daddy and I are going forward with your nonprofit. I'm sorry I haven't updated to tell you about it lately. We're planning out first board of director's meeting in September where we'll pass the bylaws and talk about how to move forward.

I worry I've run out of steam. I work so hard, and fear what will happen to everything if I step back for too long. So, I try to work on it a bit at a time.

You'd think setting out to save and improve lives would be a simple mission met with little resistance. Mommy has been so surprised to run into any ugliness on such a beautiful journey. But, it's there. It's part of what wears mommy out. The negative side. But, she tries her best to overlook it and move forward. Some day, she's going to even learn to make that ugly stuff not so ugly, shut it out completely.

Apparently, saving lives is hard work.

But, we're doing it.

Thank you Cora, for helping so many babies and mommies.

Love,
Mom



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