Beginning our 2nd year of fundraising with MMP, my mindset is different than last year. Our first year fundraising, we started just a few months after Noah Kate's passing. My main purpose of fundraising, selfishly, was because I had hopes that in doing this good deed for others that it would, by some miracle, take away even a minuscule amount of our pain. To my dismay, our pain is still here; but I've realized and come to terms with the fact that our overwhelming agony is just our overwhelming love for Noah Kate and how much we long to give her that love here on this earth.  

Our back story begins in May of 2021. Finding out we were pregnant, shortly after finding out Noah Kate  was a girl. 18 weeks pregnant being told after anatomy scan that Noah Kate possibly had an issue with her heart. Over a month of our brains thinking worst case scenarios, to thinking everything would be fine, to at 26 weeks after being referred to MFM for more extensive scans and echos, our worst fears becoming reality. Then ultimately our reality becoming a nightmare with Noah Kate's passing just the following week and her suspected genetic disorder confirmed the day after her funeral. 

Fast forward to today, we're still navigating. I don't know that we'll ever get used to Noah Kate being gone when she's supposed to be here with us. But Mamie's Poppy Plates provided us with not only my most prized keepsake of Noah Kate's but they provided us with hope and generosity. In my soul, I feel forever indebted to Mamie's for their giving spirit and the organization that was built on a mother's love, giving back to other families.