Please Show Up as You Are Able
I received a call last night from our friend, Jeff Brown. who relayed the tragic story of Aaron Anglin — a 24-year-old young husband and father killed in his car on his way to see his sister.
Lani, Aaron’s sister is a blogger. She’s a best buddy of our friend, April Groves. April tells the story of the accident on Lani’s blog and also points to the television reports. Her commentary explains how alive and joyful this young man was.
April also says.
Lani is my “BBF†– Best Bloggy Friend. Over the past months, we have become really close and her feelings are very important to me. Today, I ask them to be important to you.
Over at the Bloodhound Blog, where Jeff writes, the owner, Greg Swann has moved to action with April.
Aaron Anglin is survived by a wife and two very young daughters. The way I’m reading things, he died without life insurance, which puts those three ladies on a very hard road.
If you can spare something for them, put it in the form of negotiable funds — cash, cashier’s check or money order — and overnight it to:Aleisha Anglin
c/o Lani Anglin
2719 Costa Azul Cove
Leander, TX
78641April is working on setting up a donation account with Bank of America, and I’ll amend this post when that account becomes available. In the meantime, Jay Thompson has set up a donation system using PayPal.
But: I will promise you that there are people who will want to be paid now, and this young family will have immediate and ongoing needs. There was a time in your life when fate could have hit you this hard. Now is your chance to redeem that good fortune.
This morning Jeff emailed me this, the link at which you can get the button to support the family who survives young Aaron Anglin you see in my sidebar. Please, if you can, pick it up and place it on your blog and plass on the story. That small act matters a lot to one young family.
When the world seems so huge and all on my shoulders, I am humbled and heartened by the humanity of how we help each other when we are hurting.
Thank you April, Greg, and Jeff for being human.
I was asked to pass the word on, to ask the many people I know if you might help. So, now I do.
Will you help? Please. Someone hurts.
We can change the world — just like that.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Liz,
Thank you so very much…your heart is so big. It is a treasure to know you.
Oh April,
My heart feels the same way about you. 🙂
Thank you so much Liz. The reaction to this tragedy within the real estate blogging community has been wonderful. To see it spread outside that specific community is nothing short of amazing.
Hi Jay,
It’s not surprising really. April and Jeff are part of our community too. 🙂
Thank you for noticing. 🙂
My deepest condolences to all in this difficult time.
Bless you for this. Thank you for being human.
Liz: It is touching to see this response outside the real estate blogging community–but not surprising. You were mentioned in Jay’s blog.
Just had to come by and touch your site–and have decided to subscribe.
Liz: Thanks for helping spread the world. Lani and I fought quiet a bit over our differences on her blog and on other blogs, but when one of us goes down, it’s amazing how we can put our differences aside and try to make a difference.
As a college student, I can’t afford to really make much of a difference but spreading the word and the love the only way I know how via blogs and email, I feel like I am making a world of difference.
As I am about to leave the blogging world to go into writing full-time, I have to say that in almost two years of blogging, coming up with the lime green ribbon idea and seeing it grow around the blogoshphere and seeing people open their hearts and wallets to help a family in need has been without a doubt, the highlight of my blogging career.
Again, thanks for the help in getting the word out for this worthy cause.
Thanks so much Liz – I’m still trying to get within shouting distance of beginning to understand how this new widow must be feeling.
God bless you and all who feel the pain of this young woman, and her grieving family.
Hi Easy!
Yeah, I hurt too.
Greg,
It’s not hard to be human when someone is hurting. Thank you for the blessing and bless you.
Hi Roberta,
It’s a sad day and everyone here feels it with all of you. April and Jeff are our friends too.
Hi Derek,
As a working writer, I know what you’re saying about how meaningful this to you.
Hi Jeff,
Anything we can do to help . . .
Count me in, Liz. I was talking just the other day about how my students were struggling with the concept of changing the world. And you provide us with a great opportunity to make it happen.
It’s not such a big planet after all.
Hi Tim!
Thank you, Tim, for thinking that this is a cause your sudents might want to be involved with. Yeah!
Liz- thank you. I am SO humbled and grateful. I spoke with April today and the best word I could come up with is “blessed.” So I thank you.
H Lani!
Blessed is a word filled with goodness. I think we’re all blessed in some way because of each other. 🙂