Sign up today, click the link below for information on how to become a donor.
Lynne 
April is Donate Life Month
http://www.donatelife.net Lauren and I went to present the City Of Chicopee Ma.USA at the mayor’s office with the official Donate Life flag to be proudly hung in the center for the month of April. …
Source: April is Donate Life Month
April is Donate Life Month
Lauren and I went to present the City Of Chicopee Ma.USA at the mayor’s office with the official Donate Life flag to be proudly hung in the center for the month of April. It is such an honor that our city will help in recognizing the importance of being awareness of Donate Life.
During the month of April, Lauren will be promoting and explaining why you should become an organ donor. On April 5th, Lauren will be featured on Mass Appeal TV show,(set your DVR), and also she will be on the Bax & O’Brien radio show…date to come.
“Everyday I thank God for the person that decided to make that decision to become a donor, otherwise I am not sure if Lauren would be here with us today”.
Please click on the link today to sign up, become a super hero
National Donate Life Month (NDLM) was instituted by Donate Life America and its partnering organizations in 2003. Celebrated in April each year, NDLM features an entire month of local, regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate those that have saved lives through the gift of donation.
2016 National Donate Life Month
For the 2016 National Donate Life Month artwork, Donate Life America was inspired by the mighty sunflower. It’s difficult to overlook their stature and bright color. A sunflower’s orangey yellow hue evokes feelings of optimism, warmth and cheerfulness. Often found in fields, they stand confident, sheltering each other and following the light throughout their lives.
Look a little closer and you will notice that one sunflower’s face contains as many as 2,000 seeds. With these, it has the potential to create an entirely new field of flowers. We each have a similar potential to give life when we register our decision to become an organ, eye and tissue donor. One organ donor can save and heal the lives of up to eight people through organ donation and countless others through tissue donation. A chance at new life gives beyond the recipient. Just as a new field of sunflowers brings comfort and happiness to those that come into contact with it, so does a loved one’s gift of donation to his or her family and friends.
Through life and its struggles, the sunflower reminds us to lean on each other and embrace the life-giving aspects of our lives. It reminds us to live with joy, to focus on the light even during difficult times, and to give freely to save the lives of others when we are gone.
We wish you a Happy National Donation Life Month. Thank you for your efforts in educating and registering others as organ, eye and tissue donors!
Lynne 
Lauren’s Story Please take a moment to watch this incredible video
If it asks for a password it is, heart Lynne
Source: Lauren’s Story Please take a moment to watch this incredible video
Lauren’s Story Please take a moment to watch this incredible video
If it asks for a password it is, heart
Lynne
Today is the Day Go Red For Women
Lauren was selected to become one of the 2016 Go Red Leading Ladies of Western Ma. Lauren is seated in the front row center. When Lauren was asked she said “It is an honor to be asked and help the American Heart Association in the Go Red campaign to help bring awareness of heart disease in women”.
I am so proud of the women Lauren has become, and is using her life experiences to help others.
Today Lauren is the guest speaker at the event. We had a sneak preview of the video they created for the event, all we can say is, it brought tears to my husband and my eyes.
Below is information about the Go Red For Women Luncheon, please show your support for this wonderful organization.
Where:
Log Cabin
500 East Hampton Road
Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040
Link to Map
When:
Starts:Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:00:00 AM
Ends:Fri, 26 Feb 2016 2:00:00 PM
The western Massachusetts Go Red For Women Luncheon is the American Heart Association’s signature event! Join us for a delicious heart healthy lunch while learning about women’s heart health. The day will include survivor speakers, health screenings, and a keynote speaker. The Go Red For Women movement is dedicated to making an impact in the community through education and fund raising to fight the number one killer of women, heart disease.
To register visit http://www.wmassgored.ahaevents.org
Lynne 
Lauren, one of the Leading Ladies for the Go Red For Women
Lauren, one of the Leading Ladies for the Go Red For Women
Lauren was selected to become one of the 2016 Go Red Leading Ladies of Western Ma. Lauren is seated in the front row center. When Lauren was asked she said “It is an honor to be asked and help the American Heart Association in the Go Red campaign to help bring awareness of heart disease in women”.
Yes I can say, I am a very proud mother.
Also, not only being in the campaign poster, Lauren has been asked to be the guest speaker at the Go Red For Women Luncheon. At the luncheon, before Lauren speaks, there is going to be a video shown of Lauren speaking about what has brought her to be part of this organization. The film crew came here to our home.
Lauren was very nervous, but did an outstanding job. She actually had the director and the film crew in tears talking about her story, her life experiences. Oh hell, she had me in tears also. I cannot what to see the finished video.
I am so proud of the women Lauren has become, and is using her life experiences to help others.
Below is information about the Go Red For Women Luncheon, please show your support for this wonderful organization.
Where:
Log Cabin
500 East Hampton Road
Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040
Link to Map
When:
Starts:Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:00:00 AM
Ends:Fri, 26 Feb 2016 2:00:00 PM
The western Massachusetts Go Red For Women Luncheon is the American Heart Association’s signature event! Join us for a delicious heart healthy lunch while learning about women’s heart health. The day will include survivor speakers, health screenings, and a keynote speaker. The Go Red For Women movement is dedicated to making an impact in the community through education and fund raising to fight the number one killer of women, heart disease.
To register visit http://www.wmassgored.ahaevents.org
Lynne
Meaning of New Heart=New Beginnings
Meaning of New Heart=New Beginnings
New Heart = New Beginnings
I started this site after Lauren had her heart transplant and we were home. I thought the title was appropriate. New Heart is self explanatory, but New Beginnings takes on it’s own meaning. I never knew what life had in store for us. All I knew was we had a new beginning in life.
It has been a little over two years since Lauren received her new heart. Medically Lauren is doing fantastic. We have had a couple of bumps in the road, but Lauren being Lauren, she has tackled the obstacles and is moving forward in life. I am so proud of the strength she has and is an inspiration to me and anyone she comes in contact with. Lauren is now very active in the American Heart Go Red For Women Association and also Donate Life Organization. Going out with friends, going to the gym, just living life.
In my next post I have some very exciting news about what Lauren has been up to …….
In the past two years, New Beginnings has had it’s ups and downs. When Lauren was in the hospital, as a parent you experienced and have seen things a parent should never have to go through, but when you don’t have a choice, you just do what you need to do.
For the past couple of years, this is what I would see in my mind:
I was always afraid something would happen and we would end up back in the hospital. Always afraid the heart would reject, then having to start the process all over again. Hearing the sounds of the machines, nurses in the room all the time, sleeping on whatever is available. A part of me always lived in fear, for my daughter and myself. Not to mention, my husband who would travel every weekend to be with us.
At the beginning, those feeling are so understandable. When a parent see’s their child in this condition, words cannot describe an emotion you feel. You just pray that this nightmare will be over soon and the two of you will be walking out the hospital doors soon.
Well, it’s been two years now and I can honestly say this vision is finally fading away. Yes it took little over two years for me to believe that, that is our past.
I am writing this to release feeling that I have been harboring within me. You can say this is my release of memories that have given me nightmare, anxiety and the past. I need to put the past in the past and life for the future.
To all my friends that I have pushed aside, I am sorry. My breaking point was when Dean, Lauren and I took a trip to Florida for my sister’s birthday. My mother was there and I can say we got into a conversation about Lauren and how I have been feeling and acting. She told me I probably need counseling, to help me. I got upset and said I didn’t. Well, after that conversation, I did a lot of soul searching and my mother was right. I didn’t get counseling, I thought long and hard about how I have been acting. I had to realize Lauren was OK. She wasn’t going to be rushed to the hospital. Lauren is 25 years old and she doesn’t need her mother worrying all the time about her. Lauren needs to be 25.
Since realizing Lauren is OK, I have been able to think about my life. I need to reconnect to friends I haven spoken with in quite a while. Need to focus on my husband more. Lauren is 25, so my husband and I can start doing more things together as a couple.
With this say, Lynne is moving forward, thanks mom for opening my eyes
new heart = new beginnings 