FAST Gala

When everyone else was watching the BSU game Saturday night, I was streaming the 2011 Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics Gala...live from Chicago.  It's not that I don't love me a lop-sided Bronco game, but I simply had to tune in to hear fellow AS parent Colin Farrell.  He was the guest of honor and so inspiring.  It is a blessing to have a celebrity with a voice...and his message was simple and clear.  "Hope reigns supreme." 

FAST and their researchers are doing amazing things.  The Gala has so positive and hopeful, and makes me believe in my heart that someday soon my little man will be talking and walking and its because of this foundation that he will live up to his highest potential.

This article highlights the gala.  I would love to try to make it there next year...too bad I work retail!

FAST produced a video here.  It is 30 minutes long, but it moved me to tears to see other angels.

Why am I boring you with this?  Well, if you, like me, have nothing better to do next Saturday night tune in because the 2011 FAST Gala is being filmed by NBC and aired PRIMETIME on NBC at 8pm.  Bob Costas is featuring 4 charities around the country, and FAST is one of them!  It is so exciting that awareness is being grown.

So thanks for reading.  Thanks for bringing awareness by supporting our little man.  Thanks to the family and friends that surround us on this journey...I am forever grateful...and hopeful!