Thank you

by Marita on December 22, 2011

Following from Annie’s amazing video yesterday:

The lovely Kim at Frogpondsrock asked for help to raise money to get Annie an iPad.

Nathalie at Easy Peasy Kids spoke to the lovely people at our local Apple store who organised a discount for us.

And within 4 hours Annie was holding an iPad of her own!

I’m stunned, so many lovely people, thank you to all of you, thank you so very much. To those who donated, those who wanted to donate but were unable to because the money was already there, those who commented, posted, tweeted, thank you so very much.

Thank you to Ash at the Apple store for helping us out so quickly, thank you to Mollie the Apple Genius who spent an hour with Annie showing her how to use the iPad and getting Apps set up.

Thank you to everyone for the outpouring of generosity and beautiful comments on Annie’s post.

We spent the rest of this afternoon in the fracture clinic getting Annie’s cast removed, her wrist xrayed and a new cast put on, several hours that could have been hellish. However Annie was pleasantly occupied with her iPad, shared it with a distressed child to help cheer her up and later read the comments on yesterdays post.

I don’t have enough words to say how very thankful I am to have so many wonderful people in our lives, if I could reach through the screen and give you all a hug I would. Thank you.

Tagged as: Autism & Aspergers

{ 25 comments }

Tara @ Mum-ments December 22, 2011 at 6:39 pm: Oh hun I am so happy for you and Annie the bloggy/interent world is such a wonderful place I hope this helps Annie so much and gives her the proof and even more hope that people will help “her” even though shes 7 and past the funding cut off xxx
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Good Golly Miss Holly! December 22, 2011 at 6:54 pm: This is the EXACT kinds of stories that renew my faith in mankind x
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Amanda December 22, 2011 at 6:57 pm: So SO happy for Annie, for you, for Kim (love you Kim) and all of us. Being a very tiny part of this has made the world of difference to my frame of mind.
Awesome.
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Veronica December 22, 2011 at 7:23 pm: The Internet makes me very happy sometimes. Merry Christmas to you all.
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Kirsty @ My Home Truths December 22, 2011 at 7:24 pm: Fantastic news – just in time for xmas too!
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Kellie @ Three Li'l Princesses December 22, 2011 at 7:57 pm: Happy tears here! The internet is truly a wonderful place. x
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Christie-Childhood 101 December 22, 2011 at 8:12 pm: Yayness!!!!!
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Louisa December 22, 2011 at 8:27 pm: So so happy for you! This is wonderful! Sorry to hear about the broken arm though
katesaysstuff December 22, 2011 at 8:37 pm: Like I tweeted today, this has restored my faith in the blogosphere tenfold. I’m so happy for all of you Marita xoxox
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Naomi Ellis December 22, 2011 at 8:55 pm: Just beautiful. Merry Christmas and well done everyone. N x
Debbie @ Aspiring Mum December 22, 2011 at 9:14 pm: Such great news Marita. What amazing support.
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traceyb65 December 22, 2011 at 9:20 pm: when i hear people say, Someone should do something … i will tell them about this. lost of ‘someones’ ARE doing ‘something’. it won’t make the news, but it will restore your faith in human nature. xt
Ai Sakura December 22, 2011 at 10:17 pm: So heartwarming! Yay to everybody who supported this drive Christmas definitely came a few days early for Annie
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Rebecca Newman December 22, 2011 at 11:04 pm: Excellent news. I’m so happy for Annie.
Denyse December 22, 2011 at 11:31 pm: Last night I Ummed & Ahed about Annie’s predicament. Told hub about it. Knew we couldn’t afford to give a whole iPad.. And just as I wondered some more up came Kim’s PayPal button & then it said wont accept anymore. Of course I wanted to give … iTunes seemed the answer. iPad & more will go lots towards a more settled home!
Wonderful isn’t it?
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Itsbec December 23, 2011 at 12:12 am: This is the most amazing news!!
Im a firm believer that Good things happen to good people, you do such a great job managing to maintain so many different aspects of everything in your life.. All while raising such beautiful princesses.
You and your girls deserve to have your very own Christmas miracle. (oh and hubby too)
I’m absolutely thrilled to bits for Annie.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
frogpondsrock December 23, 2011 at 5:54 am: I am sitting here at my computer in Tassie and I am crying and grinning away at the same time. All I did Marita, was decide that it was possible and then I took the first step. I know that sounds a bit cliched but comment forms aren’t my best place to express myself. I am so so pleased that I thought it was a “doable thing” When I read your tweet about Annie sharing the iPad I cried again. Yesterday was a very good day. xxxxxxx HUGS xxxxxxx
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Karen (miscmum) December 23, 2011 at 6:33 am: I was out yesterday when the call for help went out. When I returned I read the original post/email and was about to click over when I read the update which said the goal had already been accomplished! Amazing, I’m so happy for Annie and it’s a testament to the initiative and support of the community. xx
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caz December 23, 2011 at 7:06 am: :O) what i wonderful story. I missed all of this yesterday. Love to know what was up with the funding. I used to work with flexible Options up here and know we funded a lot of ipads – just needed an OT to approve it. Must go back and read the rest of the story. But Yay!!!!!
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Toushka Lee December 23, 2011 at 8:38 am: This is awesome. Totally.
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katepickle December 23, 2011 at 8:56 am: So great to see Annie with her ipad already!

I was so ace to be able to tap a few keys on the keyboard and do something that made me feel so good…. and then to see so many others doing the same.

Have a fabulous Christmas you guys!
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Amy December 23, 2011 at 9:03 am: Oh yay Marita! I missed all this yesterday. Yay for the internet!

This has made me smile from ear to ear.

Merry Christmas to you all xx
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Dell. December 23, 2011 at 10:12 am: There ARE beautiful people in this world! I’m a bit teary reading your post and so love the people that made it happen. A wonderful Christmas for you and an amazing 2012. xo
Heidi December 23, 2011 at 1:00 pm: I can’t wait to tell my husband this, I was telling him about Annies post & the first thing he said is what can we do . He will be thrilled to know that people have already managed to do something. I am so thrilled for Annie
Marylin December 23, 2011 at 3:29 pm: You know, I read Kim’s post (skimmed it) while in bed, thinking I’d donate the next morning? Too late! Annie had her iPad already! She’s spot on in her video. What an articulate lil lady!
My lil Max was transfixed with her – he even copied her expression… like he knew it was something important to watch, even though he didn’t understand it. Well, I think he didn’t. No idea really I guess. For now.
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