Time To Believe

Sometimes, life can be pretty interesting. Sometimes it takes great leaps forward leaving me a bit bewildered at how fast time can pass by. That happened to me the other day when I awoke from a dream of an incident that happened 32 years ago. In the dream, everyone looked and spoke exactly as they were at that moment in time back in 1977. It is amazing to me that our minds retain past events with such clarity. It was as if minutes separated me from that moment rather than decades.

Whenever I enter our Believe In Tomorrow Hospital or Respite facilities I am struck by how precious time can be for those families who are struggling with a child’s life threatening illness. Within our Believe In Tomorrow Houses time can take on a different perspective. I am sure that for many of our families minutes can often seem like hours through both the joyful and sad events of life. It is a strong lesson that nothing in life should ever be taken for granted. For me, being in a Believe In Tomorrow facility stirs a deep sense of urgency that we need to do so much more. It is hard to see the families that we serve and not feel that we need to expand and continue to improve our services as rapidly as possible, in order to provide for even more families in need. The expansion of our Believe In Tomorrow services is not something that can wait. It is not, in the large view of life, something that we should let a bad economy slow the pace of. When families are reaching for moments of time, we should take the time to move heaven and earth to provide them with assistance. For Believe In Tomorrow, that assistance is most often in the form of providing extraordinary housing services that help keep families together during their child’s medical crisis.

You can join our efforts today as we complete the construction of the Believe In Tomorrow House at Pinnacle Falls just outside of Asheville, North Carolina. When it is completed this summer it will serve as a national symbol of military pediatric respite support. It will also serve as a living symbol of everything that is good about the world we live in. Because we all know in our hearts that time can be a fleeting element, let’s get this Believe in Tomorrow House completed and start working on the next location.
We have all heard stories that at the last moments of life your memories flash through your mind. That could be a very rewarding experience if we use some time each day to make a positive difference in the life of those who most need our help. To find out more about our unique mission and how you can be a part of it, go to www.believeintomorrow.org