Marching For Maddie 2012

April 4, 2012

It’s time for the 2012 March for Babies, the March of Dimes’ biggest fundraiser. There are walks in cities all over the nation. We Spohrs are ready to walk for Maddie for the fifth year in a row. By participating, we are helping The March of Dimes champion the needs of families and babies in [...]

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You Are The One

November 7, 2011

This Friday, on 11/11/11, Maddie should be celebrating her fourth birthday. Instead, it will be the third birthday we’ve spent without her. For the last two years, Mike and I have been comforted by donations made to the charity we started in her name Friends of Maddie. This year, we’ve decided to do something a little [...]

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Dancing With The Heart

September 21, 2011

I don’t want to share my food. I get tired of educational TV. I want control of the remote again. I sometimes let Annie play with my cell phone so I can get more sleep in the mornings. I dream about what I would do if I got an hour free (maybe a pedicure…or a [...]

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Support Friends Of Maddie

June 29, 2011

The following post is part of a two-part series sponsored by Yahoo! Every time someone clicks here to make Yahoo! their homepage, they’re showing their support for Friends of Maddie! As you all know, Mike and I started Friends of Maddie with the money many of you donated to our family after Maddie passed away. [...]

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The Adventures Of Annie And Rigby, For Maddie

November 10, 2010

On Maddie’s first birthday we asked her party guests to donate to the March of Dimes in her name instead of bringing gifts. We wanted to make sure that other babies would get to celebrate their first birthdays too. Last year on Madeline’s birthday a lot of people took it upon themselves to donate to [...]

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Marched

April 26, 2010

On a cool Saturday, we gathered. Some of us marched in decorated rides, and some of us marched the old fashioned way. When we finished, we were proud. We were surrounded by our friends, but most importantly, we were surrounded by her friends: And soon, a new friend: But most importantly, Annie was there, feeling [...]

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