Hors d'oeuvres, great band, dancing (sort of!), silent auction, etc. were all great parts of the awesome night! We even bid on a few things but (thankfully) didn't win. :)
The goal was that nominees for the title of Cincinnati's Finest Young Professional took the past 3 months to raise money for CF, and the one who raised the most won! That happened to be a woman named Lindsey, who actually went to high school with Kevin, although they didn't know each other. She raised 15,000!! And the whole even raised something near 60,000!!! Amazing!!
The nominee we were there to support, though he didn't win, had to be one of the sweetest guys we are privileged to know! Bob Herzog raised money for this event in honor of Calleigh. :) He used her pictures on the news and everything, it was so fun! And that night I finally got to meet him, and his wife, Cali. Kevin always talked about how working with Bob was so neat, and I loved getting to meet him! He and his wife are such sweet people, and it was an honor to sit and get to know them. :)
But what made the evening (and myself cry of course!) was seeing 9 year old Kylee, who has CF, give a speech. She talked about what life is like, how she does get to do things normal kids do, and how excited/thankful she was that the Cincinnati's Finest contestants raised so much money! Kylee was diagnosed at birth with CF and has had to do the breathing treatments and enzymes her whole life. What's awesome is that the CF doctors just told her that she no longer has to take enzymes, her pancreas has started to respond normally!!! That was so exciting to hear! It's kind of my secret hope that the doctors will say that about Calleigh..... lol But at the end of the night I actually went up to Kylee crying and gave her a hug... :) It was so special to meet her.
All in all, AWESOME night! Kevin and I feel we will be doing this for years to come! :) And are already thinking of who we can nominate for next year!
Today's prayer for Calleigh: Lord, while I realize that Calleigh has this disease for a reason, and is doing remarkably well with it, I still pray that like Kylee, you could someday work a miracle in her, if it is your will. In the meantime, please keep her pancreas responding to the enzymes and her lungs clear of sticky mucus. Please hep her to grow, laugh, love, and only hurt a little... :) Please help her to say Mama soon! I pray that she always know You, believe in You, and praise Your name. Please help Kevin and I to live our lives the way you want us to so we may be an example to her as my parents were to me. Amen.
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