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Today is a better day than the last two. I haven't been on the verge of tears but once. I went to lunch with my husband and then again with a friend. I didn't eat two lunches, but I did enjoy a piece of pecan pie, which could have been considered a lunch.

Christmas tree is up and lit. Grocery shopping is done.

Still have to finish the bylaws for the PENNriver Non-Profit. Our first board meeting will be on January 12. We will be going over Articles of Incorporation, Board officer elections, and bylaws, and strategic plan. I have the strategic plan complete, but will be postponing contacting a CPA until we elect the treasurer. I hope someone will want that position, because I sure do not want to be responsible for the financial aspects. We will have a yearly fundraiser, which is exciting. It's great that including me there will be 8 other women on the board! Yeehaw! It's great knowing others are behind your cause.

It's an advocacy organization, which in the beginning will provide education to clinicians (clinician to clinician) and then to parents, and finally through the form of an actual advocate in special situations. I am anxious to get input from the rest of the board.

Pedicures for P.E.N.N.

I just had an idea: Pedicures for P.E.N.N. - Parents who've Experienced Negligence with a Newborn. It would be the name for a group to advocate on behalf of families like ours. Also, the Pedicure bit could be a fundraiser to maybe fund the professional printing of pamphlets or brochures, or whatever that would help spread the word. Local shops that offer pedicures would increase their price by one dollar for one month to donate on behalf of the cause, and then when women are sitting there getting the pedicure they can read about the cause and Penn's story. You know how women are, they talk...perfect beauty parlor gossip!