A Loving Community

Me, Perry King and Dub Wood

Alexis and Katie


I knew there was going to be a big turn out and I was right. It was great to see our community pull together for such a special little girl.

We opened our hearts and pocketbooks. I felt guilty only spending a couple hundred. Many of my friends had plopped down twice as much for things like Raiders & Kings tickets, ipods, baskets galore and trips to Tahoe. I have never seen so many items for auction. Perry even donated one of his classic old trucks!

I put my name on a few things and I tried to win the acting lessons from Perry King at the live auction. But in the end I went away with 4 1-hour horseback riding tickets at Alpine Meadows and a couple suburban model trucks (you know those heavy little toys for collecting). I plan on giving them to my dad for Christmas (shhh, don't tell him).

I met a lady named Sue. I won't say her last name cause I don't know that she'd want me to. Her daughter (Mary) was the voice of Boo in the Pixar movie Monsters Inc. Her daughter is the same age as Megan and was surprised to see that Megan looks very much like Boo. She had donated a couple books that were signed by the director, artists & voices from the movies Monsters Inc. and The Incredibles.
I bided on the Monsters Inc book. Unfortunately there was another lady that wanted it so much that she kept outbiding me by $1.00. It was really ticking me off! Finally I let her win.

I ran into Sue again and told her about my bidding war. She was so fun to be around. She gave me her card and told me to go to Amazon.com and find the book. She wants me to send it to her so she can personally have it signed by everyone and she'd send it back to me.
Wow! I was so impressed with how nice she is.

When we got home there was a message on our machine. It was Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Oh, and Thea said she'll give Perry a call and we'll all do lunch. We won't even have to talk Hollywood- he just bought another horse. We can talk about that. Okay, that sounds fine. If I would have gotten the acting lessons (and lunch) with Perry- it would have been a Christmas gift for Katie. She loves drama.

Now back to what this night is about. Alexis. I believe the reason the turn out was so great...the reason that everyone gave so much is because this child in one of ours. We all know that this could be our child with Cancer. Many of these people here tonight have known her since she was a baby. I have only known her for 2 years, but that does not matter. We are all connected. We attend church as a family. We play soccer games as a family. Our children ride the bus and play at the pool together. When one hurts, we all hurt.

I'm very excited to see what the finally amount raised will be. I expect a sum around 20grand. Has to be. I heard someone say they made 8grand just on the spaghetti dinner alone.

Insurance covers 90%. But when you're talking about bone cancer...10% is more than most can handle.
Lord, I pray that Alexis will feel the love that this little community of less than 3 thousand people are giving. The best thing that could happen is that Alexis will be healed. Give her the strength to fight.