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It's an online book club for kids grades 3-8, so they can talk about the books they love---as our talkative, book-loving, enthusiastic Emily did all the time. I remember her at my kitchen table, seriously debating the merits of various book choices with her mom, Debbie. The two of them were in a Mother-Daughter Book Club for two years. Thank you to the wonderful people at Westlake's Porter Public Library for putting this site together!
Also in the good news department, my brother, John, (Emily's dad) reports that the construction of Flying Horse Farms (a Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for kids with serious illnesses) is going well. The camp will open for limited family weekends this fall. At that time, the books that all of you were so generous in donating will be out of boxes and in the hands of campers. When Flying Horse Farms is completely up and operational, we'll be looking for more ways to provide books for the week-long camper visits. You can read more about Emily and the Flying Horse Farms connection here.
One idea I bounced around with John was a sponsored author visit to Flying Horse Farms once or twice a summer. What would you all think of that? Any collective wisdom on where to begin, what to consider, and how to make this idea successful?
0 Comments on Emily's Book Shelf and Children's Book Week as of 1/1/1900
“Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break." ~William Shakespeare
That quote was a tweet from TAPS4America yesterday. I've been struggling with how to resume blogging here, battling the "what does it matter?" blues. But that quote made me think: if I don't speak about Emily's funeral here on the blog, then I won't be able to keep writing here at all. And I want to keep in honest communication with you. So . . .
a few things I have words for:
Emily was buried with treasures she loved, including a purple hot wheels car, both halves of an "I love you/I love you more" necklace, and a tattered copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
My brother ended his eulogy with this laugh-inducing tribute: when the rest of us get to heaven, Emily will greet us with a brilliant smile and sing out: "Hi, peeps! It's Emily! Heaven is so coolio!"
This was my son's first funeral. We sat together and talked about life and death and love. Emily made that conversation possible, her first of many blessings to me after her passing.
Flying Horse Farms, a "magical, transforming and fun" camp for kids with serious illnesses, will open for family campers next fall. Emily and her dad were scheduled to speak at the groundbreaking ceremony, but Emily was too weak to go, and my brother tried to stay home with her. Emily would have none of it. She insisted that he attend, and he shared her words with those gathered: "Dad, there is no best part of camp. It's ALL good."
Then, on their last drive from the hospital in Cinncinnati to her home in Cleveland, my brother pulled over the car at the groundbreaking site. Again, Emily was too weak to leave the car. But she saw where the camp would be, just as she saw how the world could be different, a world without childhood cancer, and worked to make that world come to life, just like the magic in her beloved books.
Above one of the stalls in the Flying Horse Farms stable will be the name of Emily Lewis.
Kids can change the world. Emily did. She still is.
Thank you for listening.
12 Comments on Give sorrow words, last added: 8/22/2009
I was just saying that I heard someone else describe an author he had meant as "a sun" and how much I loved that description and maybe I could use it one day, and now I think I can: Emily was a sun.
Thank you for sharing with us. My heart goes out to all of you.
I suppose if Emily would not tolerate her father not attending the Flying Horse Farms groundbreaking, she probably wouldn't tolerate you not blogging, either. It's hard to know how to face these things, although Emily gives a good example. I aspire to be that full of grace and love.
Thank you for sharing this lovely tribute. I know how hard it must have been to write, but your words show just how much Emily lives on in your heart. I'm so glad you shared her with us.
The Flying Horse Farms family will be forever changed as the rest of the world was my Emily. We all share in your family's sorrow, but are grateful for the courageous openness you all have shared with us. Emily's name may be above a stall, but her spirit will live on inside all of us forever.
Mark Bivenour said, on 8/19/2009 1:39:00 PM
Sara, Emily taught me so much in the short time I knew her. She was an amazing young lady who will live forever in the hearts of all of us here at Flying Horse Farms. May God hold her in the palm of his hand.
It is so hard to say farewell to a loved one, especially one so young and good. I know it is easier when we share stories, for in the telling of these treasured memories, we keep our loved ones alive.
I'm so glad you've shared Emily with us, showing us her generous spirit and love for life. She has made more difference in this world in her short life, than many of us--I know she has inspired me.
My dear niece, Emily, is entering hospice care. She is funny, brave, beautiful, and dedicated; she also possesses the biggest, most generous heart you could ever imagine. Please pray for her and her family while they live off love in the forthcoming days.
Thank you all,
Sara
26 Comments on Emily the Beautiful, last added: 7/2/2009
No matter how many times I see life being unfair, it still comes as a shock. Hospice created an environment that helped us have comfort and peace in my husband's last months of life; I pray it does the same for Emily and the people who surround and love her.
I came here from Not the Rockefellers and was truly heartbroken to find this entry. As a mom of three....well, I cannot imagine, but I can reach to imagine, and it's impossible. I'm so sorry.
My cousin, a young man newly married was recently diagnosed with cancer. It's spreading aggressively. I can't get used to how often I hear of another family going through this.
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Thank you all so much for supporting me and Flying Horse Farms!
Here's a picture of Emily and her dad looking at plans for the groundbreaking ceremony on June 13. You can follow along at the new FHF Camp Journal blog.
4 Comments on Books Bought for Flying Horse Farms Library, last added: 5/5/2009
She is cute, isn't she? I think I'm going to start adding some more fiction now that the core of the non-fiction has been established. Any suggestions?
'Tis the season of giving, and Sara Lewis Holmes (Read*Write*Believe) is starting a library of horse and camp-related books for Flying Horse Farms, a camp in Ohio for kids with serious illnesses. I just picked out a couple of titles to donate from the Wish List, and hope you'll do the same!!
So here's what I'm doing: starting a library of camp and horse related books for Flying Horse Farms. Flying Horse Farms is a magical, transforming and fun camp for children with serious illnesses and their families. It's an Ohio based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and working to become a member of Hole in the Wall Camps, the world’s largest family of camps for children with serious illnesses.
I talked with the director, and he said that rather than one central library, he would love to have books available at several spots around the camp---the stables, the craft room, the main activity hall, the cabins, maybe even the dining hall.
The books would be...
For kids to read while they wait for their turn on a horse.
For kids who suddenly discover they love pottery or archery or fishing and want to know everything about it.
For kids to share and discuss a cool quote or an inspirational person during nightly reflection times.
For kids who need a fast idea for a drama skit, or a nature craft, or a easy recipe.
For kids who need to rest.
For kids who love to read.
For kids who are kids and want to be kids and must be kids even if a serious illness complicates their lives.
If you want to help, here are some suggestions:
I've set up a wish list on Amazon. You can choose a book and donate it directly from there. The list is small now, but it will grow as the campers and counselors and the director add new requests to it.
You can blog about your favorite camp or horse related book. I'll round up those posts here, plus forward them to the director and consult them in expanding the Wish List. (Little Willow already did this. Thanks, LW!) Feel free to copy this entire post or use the button I'm putting in my sidebar.
If you're an author or illustrator or publisher or blogger with a camp or horse related book, you can donate directly to the camp, but please remember that the camp serves kids ages 7-15 and your donation should reflect the needs of the camp. (Please, in all cases, only NEW books.)
Arts & Crafts Painting Woodworking Pottery Boating Fishing Swimming Horses Cooking Ropes Adventure (teambuilding) Nature Sports & Games Music Drama
Fiction is also welcome, but at this time, we're concentrating on stories with horses in them. Once the camp is fully up and running, I'll add other fiction requests from the campers and counselors.
The address for donations:
Flying Horse Farms 225 Green Meadows Drive South, Suite A Lewis Center, Ohio 43035
So here's what I'm doing: starting a library of camp and horse related books for Flying Horse Farms. Flying Horse Farms is a magical, transforming and fun camp for children with serious illnesses and their families. It's an Ohio based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and working to become a member of Hole in the Wall Camps, the world’s largest family of camps for children with serious illnesses.
I talked with the director, and he said that rather than one central library, he would love to have books available at several spots around the camp---the stables, the craft room, the main activity hall, the cabins, maybe even the dining hall.
The books would be...
For kids to read while they wait for their turn on a horse.
For kids who suddenly discover they love pottery or archery or fishing and want to know everything about it.
For kids to share and discuss a cool quote or an inspirational person during nightly reflection times.
For kids who need a fast idea for a drama skit, or a nature craft, or a easy recipe.
For kids who need to rest.
For kids who love to read.
For kids who are kids and want to be kids and must be kids even if a serious illness complicates their lives.
If you want to help, here are some suggestions:
I've set up a wish list on Amazon. You can choose a book and donate it directly from there. The list is small now, but it will grow as the campers and counselors and the director add new requests to it.
You can blog about your favorite camp or horse related book. I'll round up those posts here, plus forward them to the director and consult them in expanding the Wish List. (Little Willow already did this. Thanks, LW!) Feel free to copy this entire post or use the button I'm putting in my sidebar.
If you're an author or illustrator or publisher or blogger with a camp or horse related book, you can donate directly to the camp, but please remember that the camp serves kids ages 7-15 and your donation should reflect the needs of the camp. (Please, in all cases, only NEW books.)
Arts & Crafts Painting Woodworking Pottery Boating Fishing Swimming Horses Cooking Ropes Adventure (teambuilding) Nature Sports & Games Music Drama
Fiction is also welcome, but at this time, we're concentrating on stories with horses in them. Once the camp is fully up and running, I'll add other fiction requests from the campers and counselors.
The address for donations:
Flying Horse Farms 225 Green Meadows Drive South, Suite A Lewis Center, Ohio 43035
Your niece is inspiring, as are you. Thanks for sharing her story -- and for the privilege of participating in your project. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours...
Thank you all so much for supporting Emily and other kids who are battling it out with cancer each day. I'm thankful to you for reading this and considering it. Sometimes, I feel at a loss as to what to do to help her, but you remind me that each little thing counts---even a warm comment here. Thank you so much.
I love this Public Service Announcement, and not just because my niece stars in it. Look for her snatching the hat, jumping into the pool, and dancing. She's a natural actress. You ROCK, Emily!!!
Camp is not only a place for children who are terminally ill, but also a place where children who will survive their illnesses can grow and develop the skills necessary to thrive for the rest of their lives.
At Flying Horse Farms, these same children learn what they can do, not what they cannot do. Camp is a place where we focus on the possible, a place where kids can just be kids. Campers serve as role models for one another and begin to see themselves, often for the first time, not as victims, but as strong and capable leaders.
Amen to that.
7 Comments on Flying Horse Farms, last added: 10/28/2008
Oh, when I grow up, I want to work at this camp. (I worked at a camp for six years, and we had one week for disabled kids that was exhausting and magical -- I imagine this place would be the same, all summer long.) What a beautiful niece.
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Oh, Sara. Rare is the moment when I sit at the computer and cry ... my heart and prayers go out to you and your family.
I was just saying that I heard someone else describe an author he had meant as "a sun" and how much I loved that description and maybe I could use it one day, and now I think I can: Emily was a sun.
Thank you for sharing with us. My heart goes out to all of you.
This was beautiful, Sara, thank you.
That Shakespeare knew what he was talking about.
I suppose if Emily would not tolerate her father not attending the Flying Horse Farms groundbreaking, she probably wouldn't tolerate you not blogging, either. It's hard to know how to face these things, although Emily gives a good example. I aspire to be that full of grace and love.
Sending a hug.
Jules is right. Emily is a sun. Thanks for these beautiful words.
Thank you for sharing this lovely tribute. I know how hard it must have been to write, but your words show just how much Emily lives on in your heart. I'm so glad you shared her with us.
Thank you for channeling some of Emily's braveness and blogging about her. Heartbreaking and wonderful all at the same time...
The Flying Horse Farms family will be forever changed as the rest of the world was my Emily. We all share in your family's sorrow, but are grateful for the courageous openness you all have shared with us. Emily's name may be above a stall, but her spirit will live on inside all of us forever.
Sara,
Emily taught me so much in the short time I knew her. She was an amazing young lady who will live forever in the hearts of all of us here at Flying Horse Farms. May God hold her in the palm of his hand.
Mark Bivenour
CEO
Flying Horse Farms
It is so hard to say farewell to a loved one, especially one so young and good. I know it is easier when we share stories, for in the telling of these treasured memories, we keep our loved ones alive.
I'm so glad you've shared Emily with us, showing us her generous spirit and love for life. She has made more difference in this world in her short life, than many of us--I know she has inspired me.
Hugs.
Thank you for sharing this very difficult time with us. My heart goes out to you.