A Day to Walk, Walk

 

This Saturday, October 19th there are two walks in two different parks supporting two causes important in our St. Louis lives.  We plan to attend and participate in both and welcome others to join in whatever way they can.

10th Annual St. Louis Second Wind Lung Walk

Second Wind is an organization that supports lung transplant patients and recipients throughout the transplant process.

Registration begins at 8am at the Forest Park Visitors Center. 
5k Walk and Race begin at 9am.
Register and learn more online at www.secondwindstl.org.

St. Margaret of Scotland School Walk-A-Thon

St. Margaret is the parish and school that have graciously welcomed us and Adah into her Pre-K classroom.

 

The walk-a-thon goes from 9am to 2pm at Tower Grove Park.  Adah will be seeking sponsors per ½ mile laps (or 10,000 steps in her case) or in total.  Please email us if you would like to support the church and school that have supported and welcomed us!

 

In sickness and (very soon in full) health

Last week was a roller coaster week for the extended Mosher family.  (Hence no blog postings).  On Monday of that week my sister Katie was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.  That’s not exactly the news our family needed nor the extended honeymoon that she and her husband Andrew were looking for.

Katie Mosher Wright 

Fortunately we learned on Tuesday that the tumor is a papillary carcinoma  one of the slowest growing and easiest to treat forms of cancer.  None the less, Katie will be undergoing surgery to remove her thyroid on Monday, October 21st to be followed with a week of radioactive iodine treatment in November. 

While Katie’s long-term prognosis is excellent, understandably this is an unexpected source of stress and anxiety for her, Andrew, and the whole family.  I know that the TeamMosher’s Born for More community is strong and generous, so I ask that you add Katie, Andrew, the Mosher and Wright families to your prayer lists these coming weeks.   Due to the overwhelming financial generosity of TeamMosher, Eileen and I are in a position to extend our own personal financial gift to support them and ease their medical bills.  Thank you all for allowing us the privilege of “paying it forward” to my sister and brother-in-law.  

Your expressions of generosity, prayer and concern can be sent to Katie and Andrew at katrina.m.mosher@gmail.com and wright.a.andrew@gmail.com.

Calling TeamMosher - St. Louis!

Hey TeamMosher - St. Louis!

Remember when we launched our Caringbridge Calendar and some you bemoaned the lack of volunteer opportunities in St. Louis?  Your time has come!

Now that we are settling into to something of a “normal” St. Louis routine, we have a better idea of how you can help support us in our home away from home.  We’ve added four different repeating volunteer requests to the TeamMosher Caringbridge Calendar.  (See the link to the right to “Join Team Mosher.”) Here are the sorts of things we are looking for:

What: Family-friendly homes willing to host us for dinner (we’ll even make or bring it, our treat!) and a play date.  (Our apartment can only contain so much by way of children, toys, fun and energy).
When: Once every couple of weeks

What: Childcare (for Eileen & Pete Dates)
When: Once every couple of weeks

What: Morning Childcare (for Eileen to have a morning for herself)
When: Once a week

 

What: Late Afternoon Childcare (for Eileen & Adah to have some special mother-daughter after school time)
When: Once a week
 

(Please note that the dates and times listed on the calendar only serve as placeholders. We can work out a specific date and time between our schedules and your own).

Thanks to all of those who have already lent a hand and welcomed us back to St. Louis in one way or another.  We look forward to spending more quality time with you and yours in our weeks and months of waiting yet to come.