We got a wonderful shipment of great books from our friends, the Sealy’s. They currently reside in Washington, D.C. but will be moving to Alabama soon!! They were our next door neighbors in McAlester. They have 3 girls and the older 2 were some of Cameron’s first friends! She loved playing with you two!
I want to thank Emma Cate Adams from Franklin, TN. So good to see you guys and thanks for the load of books. Looking forward to seeing you guys next week when I visit Carrie.
My best friend had a little baby girl last month and I get to go meet Ms. Chloe Grace in about 10 days. Can’t wait to see the little angel!
We recently made some new friends, the Hapgoods and the Wagstaffs, here in Fayetteville. They dropped a parcel of books on the doorstep a couple of weeks back. They knocked and ran! It was so funny. Thanks, guys.
Also, some relatives have contributed great books in the past month. I received a nice batch from my cousin Jill. I am so happy for Jill in her new upcoming role in life. Also, my Aunt Dottie, who teaches 2nd grade. Thanks for the Scholastic order! That is a great way to donate books.
Another 2nd grade teacher that I haven’t met but who heard about us from her relative (and our friend) also did a Scholastic order to donate books. Her name is Bette Winegar. We really appreciate you doing that for us in honor of your daughter’s birthday.
I am looking forward to a trip to McAlester next month and gathering the books from their annual book drive. That is spearheaded by our friend Heather Horton. She teaches preschool at Jefferson Elementary.
We received 2, $100 dontations to the Cameron Averitt Bobbitt Memorial Fund. These were from our dear friends Lee and Jennifer Johnson, and Mike and Rebecca Swan. These parents all know about challenges and pain, and we truly appreciate you remembering us and Cameron.

I sit here tonight with a feeling of appreciation toward all the people who remember Cameron and make an effort to let us know that.  It is so easy to get busy and forget to make those jestures that help others know we care.  So many of our friends and loved ones always make that effort.  I often get so absorbed in my own little world filled with family, work, and that huge elephant– grief.  It still stifles me and prevents me from being able to step outside myself and just love and care for others the way I used to.

I am appreciative of all of you, my loved ones.  Know that.  And know that every effort you make to support Cameron’s book club or memorial fund makes a world of difference.  You help children and that is phenomenal.  But also just as important, you help us.  You encourage us to go on and live another day.  We know that we are loved, and we are lifted up just a little higher.

I hope you all have a wonderful day and feel some of that love reciprocrated upon you and you continue on your journey.  With God’s love and peace,

Susan

We have been so blessed lately with the reciept of several loads of books. Our friend, Scott Harris, at Game On Promotions in Fayetteville got his co-workers to collect books in February. Yesterday Derrick and I went over and picked them up. There were so many nice children’ books that we can now pass on to others!
Little Jack Baldwin of Springdale collected quite a few books at his 3rd birthday party. What a wonderful little boy to forfeit gifts for himself to donate books for children who need them more. Thank you so much!
Also, thanks to my patients Rylee Youngblood and Kaitlyn Clifton who drive in from Oklahoma just to see me. You guys make my day. Thank you for bringing me books today. I appreciate you always remembering Cameron!
Derrick packaged up 5 parcels of books today with all these generous donations. These went to St. Francis House in Springdale, Benton Co. Women’s Shelter, Family Network in Springdale, Kids First in Fort Smith and Peace at Home Family Shelter in Fayetteville. These lucky children appreciate your donations. We feel so blessed to be able to make these book donations in memory of our precious daughter. Your generosity makes our mission possible. With love, The Bobbitts

Thanks To Jennifer Dean Boudreaux and her Louisiana book club ladies for a bundle of great children’s books. It is great that you guys celebrate books together and that you joined in on this great cause. We will put these books in the hands of some needy young readers!

Also, thanks to Denise Roark from my book club here in Fayetteville. She donated some great books as well. We are all part of the legacy of reading. Bookclubs are amazing!!

I am so thankful for the loving friends and family God has given me. I am surrounded with support and people keep reminding me that I am loved. It helps, it really does.

I want to say a special thanks to JAB. You are always there for me and I can talk to you so easily. You have become like a real sister to me, and I have come to count on you. Know that I love you and appreciate you.
Also, Mom– you are awesome. I have the best mother ever and I love you so much. Thanks for all you have ever done and continue to do for me, for us. Cameron knew she had the best gr-Ann ma!!!!

Tim and Natalie Carr of Nashville, TN supported the CAB Memorial Fund with a generous donation. We are so grateful for the love and continued support of our wonderful friends. Thanks again, guys!
We love ya!

Thanks to Lisa Garvin, Lee Anne Bryan, and Leigh Ann Travis who made holiday donations to the Cameron Bobbitt Memorial Fund. As a reminder, this endowment supports charities that benefit children and families. Our mission is to help other kids in Cameron’s name. These women are filled with (Delta) love!! Thanks, ladies! I miss you.

I am so grateful to Donna Kirkwood who sent us several classic children’s books in Espanol. Every day I walk into multiple exam rooms in which none of the adults speak English. It will be great for the parents to have reading materials to share with their babies while they are waiting for me. Yeah, yeah, I know. Nobody likes to wait. But it is cold and flu season! I do the best I can.
Anyway, thanks Donna. It has been great to reconnect with you!

I met some new friends on my 3 day, 60 mile walk in Dallas.  Pam Dewey actually works for Hit Home Entertainment.  They own Barney!!  She sent me a box of about 70 Barney books as well as some beautiful Angelina Ballerina book marks.  I am already putting them to good use at the clinic and Derrick has mailed some shipments to some shelters.

I also received a box of books from some old friends– Greg and Amy Whorton from Hot Springs.  Their book club collected books for us.  We got some really great ones– chapter books that can be for older kids.

Our latest donations have gone out to Cherished Heart Beat in Heber Springs, River Valley Shelter for Battered Women and Children,  and Children’s Emergency Shelter– Fort Smith.  I have also taken a replenishment to the Children’s Clinic at Willow Creek.  I have moved to a new building and needed some new books for my patients.  If anyone ever runs across books in Spanish, I would love to have some.  Gracias!!

I just went back and reviewed the list of all the donors to Cameron’s Memorial Fund over the past year.  What a blessing!  I am so thankful that we have friends and family who love us and want to help us remember Cameron.  Please know that I do appreciate each and every donation.  I sometimes forget to post on the blog the details about each gift.  But I know of your generosity and am truly thankful. 

It is so easy to get bogged down in the daily grind.  I know that I, for one, am tired and busy.  I forget to slow down and appreciate people and gifts from above.  I am thankful for hope.  Hope has saved me from myself.  It has never allowed me to get too low.  No matter how sad or angry I have ever been, I have always had a glimmer of hope.  I pray the same is true for you.  Merry Christmas to everyone.  You are loved.

Susan