tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18426624692181416712024-02-21T01:47:30.854-08:009D Years for Noah Dowell9D Years for Noah was founded in honor of my son Noah Bailey Dowell, known to everyone as The Mighty. Donations help us provide "Mighty Bears," to sick children in hospitals across the country throughout the year. This is ALL because Mighty was ALL about giving. To honor him, our desire is to give back, to bring hope and encouragement to others on his behalf.The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-66415502981933016342011-10-07T21:41:00.000-07:002011-10-07T21:41:55.415-07:00Your help needed...As the holidays approach, so does the busy season for 9D Years for Noah. We could definitely use some help this season. If you would like to sponsor a Mighty Bear (or several) for a child (or children), that would be tremendous! Speaking for 9D Years for Noah, I know that each and every sponsorships, any amount of help, every donation is greatly appreciated.<br />
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$20 sponsors 1 Mighty Bear for 1 child. Of course, we are pleased to accept any amount you would care to donate...it all goes to help provide hope and encouragement and support for the young children in the hospital fighting for their lives.<br />
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To become a sponsor, simply click on the "Donate" button to the right, enter the amount you would like to donate and indicate in the notes section that you are sponsoring 1, 2, 20 Mighty Bears this season.<br />
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Each bear is delivered with a special tag around its neck within which is written the name of the person(s) who purposely provided that Mighty Bear for that child...your name would be written here. These Mighty Bears make a tremendous difference in the lives of children who are in the fight for their lives, facing mortality in a way, at an age when they should be playing baseball or video games or dress up or tea party. So, here's your chance to make a MIGHTY difference for a child.<br />
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And on behalf of the children and their families, let me just say, "Thank you!"The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-18035626181547342632011-08-12T18:09:00.000-07:002011-08-12T18:09:15.747-07:00Happy Bird-Day in Heaven, Mighty!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5buIXigSNXcnMgHDcJPorZfg9dSfjm0qiJ82NB-M5jLf0j3jsmlfyqc8eN87z90LJzm6Yjuyt4aZkseJGuW_OxihGOaWi2rVijf_8CUPVrRAxR5FN3AZYigga6SzrnVdjZ1nDIcoaRwCL/s1600/IMG_1232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5buIXigSNXcnMgHDcJPorZfg9dSfjm0qiJ82NB-M5jLf0j3jsmlfyqc8eN87z90LJzm6Yjuyt4aZkseJGuW_OxihGOaWi2rVijf_8CUPVrRAxR5FN3AZYigga6SzrnVdjZ1nDIcoaRwCL/s320/IMG_1232.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This Sunday, August 14th would have been, should have been, IS Noah's 10th Birthday, or Bird-Day, as he used to call it. Only he will celebrate it in heaven. We will celebrate it, too, here, from our hearts in a very NOAH fashion...Celebrate Noah's birthday with us all month long from wherever you are. To honor and celebrate The Mighty, all we ask is that you do a random act of kindness for someone in need, someone who is not expecting it, someone who hasn't asked...do it in honor of Noah, to celebrate and make a difference in this world the same way he has. It doesn't take much to brighten someone's day and when you do, please, tell them it is for Noah. Better yet, print this flyer and pass it on with your act of kindness. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Oh, and we would love to hear about your acts of kindness...either post a comment here or go to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">http://www.facebook.com/</a> and post a comment on our 9D Years for Noah facebook page...looking forward to hearing about all of Noah's birthday 'gifts.' </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Much love for always,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Mary</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">J29:11</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">P139, P91</span></div>The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-90794572855834121192011-08-09T11:57:00.000-07:002011-08-10T10:58:25.893-07:00Where we are now...A quick word from our co-founder...9D Years for Noah is growing! The Mighty Bear has travelled as far away as the east coast, England and, more recently, South Africa...pretty amazing, don't you think? In the year and a half since 9D Years for Noah was founded, we have delivered many prayer-soaked Mighty Bears - over 600! - to children who are in the hospital, facing lengthy treatments for cancer or other life-threatening illnesses and circumstances. We have made ourselves available to children, families, medical personnel and doctors - to offer a word of hope, a word of encouragement, support. <br />
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At present, 9D Years for Noah is accepting requests for speaking engagements. So, if your church, group, organization or company has a need or is interested in hearing more about The Mighty, Noah B. Dowell and his story of incredible faith, unstoppable hope, Mighty strength, and the non-profit he co-founded - 9D Years for Naoh - please feel free to contact Mary Dowell at <a href="mailto:the.mighty@live.com">the.mighty@live.com</a> .<br />
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Also, Monday, August 14 marks Noah's second birthday away from us; he will be celebrating in heaven. It should have been his 10th and to celebrate, we'd like to do something very Noah...we'd like to request that friends and fans of 9D Years for Noah do something - generous, unexpected, nice - for a stranger or neighbor and "pay it forward" in his honor. Whether that means paying for the car behind you in the drive thru, helping someone with their groceries, giving a crossing guard a cold drink, bringing cookies to your local fire department, or whatever...just do it in honor of "The Mighty" as a gift on his birthday...and, once you've done it, if you want to let us know about it - great! We want to hear it! Post a message here or go to our facebook page (9D Years for Noah), like us and post a note telling us all about your good deed for Noah's birthday...<br />
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Much love for always,<br />
Mary<br />
J29:11<br />
P139, P91The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-69364467346494719722010-09-30T21:31:00.000-07:002010-09-30T21:31:25.148-07:00One year and still learning to breathe...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwAPU725SzcKFjcKxcSVZQC22ko0VrX-349oqmeNtVT6JHOu2cAnPwyqhGgHEF1ni-jQ4-c5_67AETyRR1SK_xGr6VB1BDo4dKAlCksvUIMfaacI3aDT7XJGJmuvT9OtnL-f509CqcwtS/s1600/image002.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwAPU725SzcKFjcKxcSVZQC22ko0VrX-349oqmeNtVT6JHOu2cAnPwyqhGgHEF1ni-jQ4-c5_67AETyRR1SK_xGr6VB1BDo4dKAlCksvUIMfaacI3aDT7XJGJmuvT9OtnL-f509CqcwtS/s640/image002.gif" width="464" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been intending to write this for a few days, and no excuses, but it is hard. This coming Sunday, October 3 will be Noah's first Angelversary in heaven...his first year away from me and me away from him...I wish I could say that it's gotten easier, but honestly, most days it feels like it's getting harder. It's astounding the size of the hole in my life, my family, my heart that his absence has created...I miss him more than words can say and I know his brothers do, too. We talk about him a lot. Brady still tells me often how much better, how much funner, how much happier, how much more complete life was before - when Noah was still here. I often struggle to find the right words to tell him because I think so, too, EVERYthing was better when Noah was here. Mostly, I'm just honest with my boys, and lay my heart out for them to see, for them to know...we are all struggling because we all feel like this was not supposed to happen. But it did.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Because it did happen, we work so hard to raise awareness, to grow 9D Years for Noah, to reach out and help other children, who like Noah and too many other young children before them, fight every minute of every day for their lives. YOU are a very big part of this.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, I still can't believe it's been a year...a year without his laughter or his voice or his smile or his hugs or his smell or his big brown eyes looking for mine or his giggle or his little hand tucked securely in mine or his head leaning against my arm...and I still haven't learned to breathe...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It's been a year since my own personal definition of the word, the experience of 'permanent' was rewritten...There are days even now when I wake up and simply can't believe he's not here. My head just can't accept it, so of course that means my heart is struggling as well. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">A couple of very important things I am thankful for, though: #1 He's in heaven, healed, whole, healthy and he's waiting for me, for his brothers, for all of us. #2 I had him - for eight years, his smile lit up my world, my days, my heart. We truly were blessed with this child, my child, my sons' brother for 8 years. We were blessed with his courage, his sense of humor, his one-liners, his wisdom, his honesty, <em>him</em>...for this, we are thankful.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">We are planning a celebration and remembrance of Noah's life on Sunday, October 3 at the baseball fields that he loved so much, the same baseball fields where he always played with his brothers, where they play still...Check the flyer above and if you are in the area and would like to stop by and write on a balloon - it can be anything - a prayer, a word, your name, a memory, a note for Noah, please feel free. We'd love to have anyone who wants to to stop by and prepare a balloon for The Mighty...9D Years for Noah will be blowing up balloons from 11am until 4pm; the balloon release is planned for 4:30pm from Noah's field. Yep, the balloons will carry our notes to Noah in heaven...If you are not in the area because you live in another state or because of prior commitments or for whatever reason, you are still welcome to participate in this event. Just send me an email (<a href="mailto:the.mighty@live.com">the.mighty@live.com</a>) , tell me what you'd like your balloon to say and I will write the balloon for you. Or, if you prefer, feel free to send Noah some balloons on your own from wherever you are...I know he'd love it. Send me pictures if you do ~ or post them on the 9D Years for Noah Facebook page...I'm imagining Noah on Sunday, Mario dancing around heaven, giggling as he sees all the balloons drifting up towards him there in heaven, gathering them, sharing them, and most importantly, smiling that humble smile of his...knowing he is greatly missed, very well-loved...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's keep on keeping on and keep Noah's name and his brothers' names on our lips and in God's ears as we pray and praise...</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much love for always,</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mary </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">J29:11</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P139, P91</span></div>The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-51111135107340270112010-08-12T12:48:00.000-07:002010-08-12T12:53:55.690-07:00Happy BirdDay...BirdDay wishes...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Noah's birthday is coming up in a few days. Saturday, August 14 would have - SHOULD have been his 9th birthday, or "BirdDay" as he and Brady would say it. Part of me doesn't even want to go there. Part of me feels like I can't. Too much pain, a world full of sorrow and I feel that it may snap me in half, break me into a million tiny little pieces. It's too much without my little sunshine here. Then another, stronger part of me speaks and says that that day will always belong to Noah and that he deserves to be celebrated. </span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After Noah passed away in October, my Mom, who makes all of the boys' birthday cakes shared something with me. Every year, on their birthdays, my boys are lucky enough to have these great, beautiful custom-made birthday cakes made with lots of love for them by their Gramma. And every year, on their birthday, they will place their cake order for the following year. Noah's has been Mario Bros. for the past several years. Last year - his last birthday here with us - was no different. Gramma made him a beautiful Mario cake. It was an ocean scene, with Noah and Mario on a surfboard and a shark chasing after them. It surely wasn't a rinky dink cake. He loved it. I can still see the way he smiled up at his Gramma when she showed it to him. Well, my Mom said that he never placed his order for this year. He didn't even talk about his next birthday, never asked her what kind of Mario cake he'd get next. I think he knew. He knew he'd be celebrating from Heaven this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here is my plan. While it may be hard on us emotionally because The Mighty is not here with us physically, we will celebrate his BirdDay. And since he's not here, he will not receive gifts. However, you can give a gift in his honor for his BirdDay. Appropriately, because this is Noah's heart, gifts made in his honor will be given to other children. Here's where you come in: You can help <strong><span style="color: blue;">9D Years for Noah</span></strong> continue to bring hope and encouragement to other children, who, like Noah before them, fight for their lives against this faceless, merciless beast that we call pediatric cancer. You can make a BirdDay donation today to <strong><span style="color: blue;">9D Years for Noah</span></strong> that will directly help us bring Mighty Bears into hospitals, into the hands of our littlest warriors. Please, make a BirdDay donation this month to help <span style="color: blue;"><strong>9D Years for Noah</strong></span> make this BirdDay wish come true. And remember, "a little HOPE is a MIGHTY thing!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Donations can be made through <span style="color: red;"><strong><a href="http://www.paypal.com/">PayPal</a></strong></span> or through the mail. To make donations directly to <span style="color: blue;"><strong>9D Years for Noah</strong></span> through <strong><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.paypal.com/">PayPal</a></span></strong>, send to <a href="mailto:the.mighty@live.com"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>the.mighty@live.com</strong></span></a> or, if you prefer to mail a donation, send it to</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for helping us do this Mighty thing and let's keep on keeping on and keep our courageous little warriors and <span style="color: blue;"><strong>9D Years for Noah</strong></span> on our lips and in God's ears as we pray and praise!!!</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much love for always,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mary</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't forget, you can visit us anytime on Facebook - look for us under <span style="color: blue;"><strong>9D Years for Noah</strong></span> or if you'd like to get to know The Mighty - Noah B. Dowell better, you can on Noah's carepage at <a href="http://www.m/"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong></strong></span></a><a href="http://www.carepages.com/carepages/NoahDowell">www.carepages.com/carepages/NoahDowell</a></a> </span><br />
<div></div>The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-21286487084615699652010-03-19T18:25:00.000-07:002010-03-20T09:11:01.896-07:009D Years for Noah Tees, Duck Derby, Noah's Field...<strong><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 130%;">9D Years for Noah</span></strong> has been busy, busy, busy...<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 130%;">9D Years for Noah</span> has tee shirts!</strong><br />
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9D Years for Noah has several newly designed, newly printed, very special tees available now for purchase. <span style="color: #009900;"><strong>The cost of each shirt is only $15 (plus $5 shipping, if I mail it to you)</strong></span> and <strong><span style="color: #3333ff;">proceeds will go into the purchase of more Mighty Bears for more children. 9D Years for Noah is not making a ton of money on these shirts, but it sure will benefit the kids who are facing these life & death battles just like my Noah. </span></strong><br />
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I'm unveiling 3 of several designs below...Of course, they are all special to me & for different reasons. The first is one of Noah's actual paintings - it is a portrait he painted of himself as The Mighty Miltie Moo-Moo, the amazingly tough, larger than life superhero and Noah's alter-ego. The second is The Mighty Angel Wing tee - it speaks for itself. Thirdly is the Mighty Bear tee ... special because it captures what we are doing with those Mighty Bears. All of these designs were created by Dianne Sorenson of CDI Sportswear, Inc.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">The 3rd Annual Duck Derby (Race)...</span></strong><br />
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Can you say, "Rubber Ducky"??? 9D Years for Noah has agreed to be a Duck Adoption Agent for the Going Quackers for Kids 3rd Annual Derby Duck Race. The race will take place at LaMirada Regional Park in LaMirada, California on Saturday, April 3. It's an amazing event & TONS of fun!<br />
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So, as a Duck Adoption Agent, we are looking for Duck Adopters who are willing to donate as little as $5 (for 1 duck) or $25 (for 6 ducks - a Quack Pack). Of course, if you'd like to donate more, that would be wonderful, too. <strong>9D Years for Noah</strong> will receive <span style="color: #33cc00;"><strong>50%</strong></span> of all donations/adoption fees made & collected under our team name.<br />
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Please help us reach our goal of 2,972 ducks...Why 2,972 ducks? Such an odd little number, you might ask...well, that's the number of days we were blessed to have Noah with us. It would be great to see 1 duck adopted for each blessed day.<br />
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Adopting a duck - or ducks - is easy and everyone can participate. Even if you don't live in California or anywhere near us, you, too, can adopt a lovely wonderful duck. <em><strong>And</strong></em>, you can do this quickly and easily online at <a href="http://www.lamiradakiwanis.org/duckrace.htm">www.lamiradakiwanis.org/duckrace.htm</a> . Once you log onto the website, click the "Adopt a Duck" tab to begin the process. <span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Important</strong></span>: Make sure that you don't do the fast adoption so that you can select your team - <strong>9D Years for Noah</strong> - in the next step. After you select your team, simply follow the steps to complete your adoption.<br />
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Now, please realize that no ducks will be harmed in any way during this Duck Adoption or during the Derby Duck Race. Also, please realize that these ducks you are adopting are not actual real living ducks - you are adopting (for the race) a cute little yellow rubber duck that just must be from sunny Southern California as they are all wearing sunglasses. You won't actually receive the duck, but...the prizes in this derby are pretty amazing.<br />
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The Grand Prize is $2,500</div><div>1st Prize is $1,000</div><div>2nd & 3rd Prize is $250</div><div>4th thru 8th Prize is $100</div><div>PLUS, there are many, many other prizes to be won.<br />
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Austyn & Brady are pretty excited about being part of this event & being there to watch the race. Both boys have already been counting out their $$ to adopt their own duck! The whole event looks to be exciting & a lot of fun. I didn't attend last year, but I've heard that as there is no current in the lake at LaMirada Regional Park, local firemen don their waders and jump into the lake with their fire hoses to create a current to enable the ducks move along...the race is completely fair as the ducks are randomly numbered & meticulously tracked to the Duck Adopter, which could be you. Will it be you???<br />
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<strong>Relay for Life...</strong><br />
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9D Years for Noah will have a team this June for the Buena Park Relay for Life event. Personally, I will be walking for my Noah. The plan is to be on the track all night long...I haven't set up a whole lot yet for our team, but I am working on it. I'll post more info as we go along.<br />
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<strong>"The Mighty" Noah B. Dowell Memorial Field...</strong><br />
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Every player on every team in the league takes The Mighty onto the field with them this season: The Mighty is imprinted on the right sleeve of every jersey in the league. It's amazingly powerful & I can feel him there, hear him there in every crack of the bat or snap of the ball hitting a glove. I can smell him in there with the sun glinting down on the newly mown grass, the freshly raked soil. I can see him there, in every corner of the field, peeking at me here & there...and I miss him more than I can say. Still. Eric & I received Angel jerseys of our own from Sargents Sporting Goods imprinted with "The Mighty" on the right sleeve & across the back above Noah's number: 1. That's something special!<br />
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Oh! Guess who started the season opener in his very first time taking the mound as a pitcher? Guess who struck out 3 of the 4 batters he faced in that first outing? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tbgISgeO9p9sv2P-Di6-WFuIWxx9R8ICyDVcoemEEqJeMRLNI8g-MXJ4n1Uh_lcjDtJHJBrTp-IL5RxQDOd9Yn9k1mKjnBziNbcjITKMw-0Enzkikak_wruAdTcMlYXeB_VlqelGh9RH/s1600-h/IMG_2934.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448043097815685970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tbgISgeO9p9sv2P-Di6-WFuIWxx9R8ICyDVcoemEEqJeMRLNI8g-MXJ4n1Uh_lcjDtJHJBrTp-IL5RxQDOd9Yn9k1mKjnBziNbcjITKMw-0Enzkikak_wruAdTcMlYXeB_VlqelGh9RH/s320/IMG_2934.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 214px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvuoMkSjAkitmZDKFxc1IlWwhLwvWKw_o3IIgcqZ_1SAEO2297FpYFKlFVIRZNkbT1hE46HX8au2-2OVQwz0yKBNRUdktDiOWlZ_T8eca-QVxZQ883H6zj27kPJF5OFZ_J6Mja2EfJczv/s1600-h/IMG_2899.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448043112916515778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvuoMkSjAkitmZDKFxc1IlWwhLwvWKw_o3IIgcqZ_1SAEO2297FpYFKlFVIRZNkbT1hE46HX8au2-2OVQwz0yKBNRUdktDiOWlZ_T8eca-QVxZQ883H6zj27kPJF5OFZ_J6Mja2EfJczv/s320/IMG_2899.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 214px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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It was Brady!!! He's a good little ball player. He's been practicing his pitching & it really shows!<br />
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Let's keep on keeping on & keep Noah's & his brothers names on our lips & in God's ears as we pray & praise. We can't help but be thankful for God's faithfulness, for His power & His presence. We can't help but be thankful for the blessing of a little boys life, his love, his Mighty ways. We pray for the growth of 9D Years for Noah - that we will grow & spread across the country, that we will continue to reach & minister to children & their families.<br />
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Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.<br />
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Much love,<br />
Mary<br />
J29:11<br />
P139, P91</div>The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-79873404809419357842010-01-27T12:35:00.000-08:002010-01-27T12:35:21.295-08:00La Mirada mom's tragic loss a gain for sick children - Pasadena Star-News<a href="http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_14274536">La Mirada mom's tragic loss a gain for sick children - Pasadena Star-News</a>The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-84302960257863737492009-12-10T22:24:00.000-08:002009-12-10T23:34:28.085-08:00Originally...when we started <span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>9D Years for Noah</strong></span>, our goal was to provide <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Mighty Bears</strong></span> to children who were either sick in the hospital and/or battling a life-threatening illness or disease during the holidays. However, we've come to realize (and really have always known) that the sad truth is this: children get sick and have to walk these tough journeys, are pushed into a war against a disease or illness that is trying to take their lives - just like <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>The Mighty, my Noah</strong></span> - and it's not JUST during the holidays. It's all year long. Since we started <span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>9D Years for Noah</strong></span>, we've amended our goals. Our new goals are to provide <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Mighty Bears</strong></span> ALL YEAR LONG to these special children in an effort to give back some hope, to let them know that they are not alone and that they are cared for. Deeply. THIS is exactly what <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Mighty</strong></span> would do. THIS is exactly what we will do...The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842662469218141671.post-46262755611691632712009-10-20T22:32:00.000-07:002009-10-20T22:51:46.629-07:00Welcome...Welcome to 9D Years for Noah...The name 9D Years comes from the prayer we began to pray in the very first moments of this most difficult journey. On May 1, 2007, our lives changed permanently. Suddenly, we were no longer smilingly naive. Suddenly, we were keenly aware of the very tenuous nature of this thing we call Life. Suddenly, we felt the fragility of our time, our days here. Suddenly, we were on our knees before God, begging, pleading, praying - the doctors had given Noah 9 months and we began asking, petitioning for 90 years. On May 1, 2007, not only was our 5-year old son Noah Bailey Dowell diagnosed with a brain tumor, but he also underwent a very serious brain surgery to remove the tumor and was then given a mere 9 months to live. We never told him that part. And we never treated Noah like he was sick or like there was a potentially life-threatening <em>thing</em> hovering threateningly over him, over our family and our lives. From the beginning, our Noah has been Mighty. Long before we ever took our first reluctant step on this journey, Noah was Mighty. He was a bubbly, outgoing 5-year old on May 1, 2007 and should have been enjoying childish little boy things, but he was thrust into this battle and while yet a child, he battled in a Mighty fashion...he battled like a man, like a Mighty little warrior man. We couldn't have asked for anything more other than more time. Noah lived his life in a Mighty way, leaving behind a Mighty legacy and an amazing example of how to live in faith, leaning fully upon the Lord for guidance, protection, comfort, love, <em>every</em>thing.<br /><br />The Mighty was all about giving and that is the purpose of this fund. 9D Years for Noah will give back to the community and to other children who are sick and in the hospital. The Mighty Bear is one way in which we will carry on Noah's work and keep his name and legacy alive. You are welcome to participate, to donate, to help...The View From In Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801661322350728868noreply@blogger.com1