Providing Lovey blankets for Heart Warriors awaiting and recovering from heart procedures and surgeries at Stanford Childrens Hospital.
05/19/2021
Hi guys! We can't currently deliver at Stanford Children's Health - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (thanks to covid), but I am itching to send some love to some babies headed into surgery soon, are still recovering or just needs some love!
Comment below if you know a heart family that could use some ❤...I will comment back asking for you to pm their name and address if they are selected! Let's Share The Love(y)!!!!
11/07/2020
The auction is up at Share The Lovey Fundraiser!
Share The Lovey Fundraiser!
Hey everyone...our fall/holiday boutique will be up on our group Share The Lovey Fundraiser!
09/25/2020
My hero ❤
02/27/2019
Anastasia Belle, my heart warrior and the reason behind Share The Lovey, turns 5 at the end of March! I have a big favor to ask of any heart mama willing to help! Anastasia is starting preschool, and soon Kindergarten. While my timeline is flooded often with heart warriors who have the same scars she does, she sees mostly children without them.
I would LOVE for her to get a birthday drawing from your little one (or handmade card or something that doesnt cost you anything,) and a photo of your heart warrior, showing their zippers! Would anyone be willing to mail her this for her birthday?! I would like to show her she's not alone having a zipper scar and continue to wear it proudly!
You can mail anytime to:
Anastasia Leslie
P.O. Box 10363
San Jose, CA 95157
Thank you so much!!!!
02/11/2019
We remember your ❤💙Heart Angels💙❤ with so much love, respect and compassion. That pain is our worst fear, and we respect you endlessly for getting through every day somehow. If you know a family, a mama who has lost her baby, do not be afraid to say their name, to bring them up. Rest assured, you are not reminding them they are gone. They know, every second of the day they know. The only thing you are doing when you mention their name, is assuring that mama that they are remembered, they are loved and they are deeply missed.
Sending so much love and strength to the families that know this pain. I am so so sorry. And if you'd like to, comment below with your Angels story, I'd love to honor and hear about them. ❤❤❤
02/06/2019
The world of CHD is a journey no one wants to travel. It's ugly, it's unfair, it's raw, it's painful, it's unpredictable to say the least. When your baby is diagnosed, you're angry, you're hopeful, you're sad and then you gather every ounce of your strength and you fight. You fight like your baby's life depends on it . Because it does. Sometimes it means going against what's recommended. For some it means packing up your baby and heading for a place willing to save your baby's life. When your baby is doing well, you think of what could be right around the corner and what is also far ahead. You don't think ahead to weddings and college, you just put your whole heart into getting ready for the next battle. You pray and cry for and with other heart mommies burying their baby. You think to yourself how unimaginable that pain must be but then you remember that was almost you and could've easily been you. You want to forget that she's been through anything, you want to let her run and play and be normal. But in public, under that shirt, there's a battle scar that no one knows about. Unless you tell them. And you are torn between wanting to feel normal and wanting to spread CHD awareness.
You train your thoughts to not go to the what ifs. You are dependent on echos, heart caths, x rays, blood tests and cardiologists to tell you what you can not see. But ultimately your heart seizes at the thought of not knowing God's plan for your sweet baby...not knowing her purpose or how long it's for. But then...you open your eyes to the miracles you get to witness along this journey. You literally feel your heart swell and break at the same time. You see the hospital neighbor who wasn't supposed to make it through the night, suddenly off oxygen. You see your sweet baby endure things no one should have to, and they're still fighting. They're learning and talking and walking and are the bravest thing you've ever seen.
If you pay attention closely, through all the heartache and tears, you'll see the most amazing part about this...you'll see God's love everywhere. You'll see it in the support and love between strangers and heart families.
❤You'll see love wins. Love always wins❤
You'll see that Kindness. is. Contagious.
Www.ShareTheLovey.com
02/02/2019
Day 2: Surgery.
Full repair of a large VSD and a conduit Pulmonary Valve.
The hardest day of my entire life. This photo is still hard for me to look at. For 8.5 excruciating hours I sat and waited. She was back. She was under. The surgeon came out and our hearts dropped on the floor. We thought something happened...turns out he hadn't even started yet. My mind raced...will they be gentle with her? Will they treat her like she's their baby? I still remember wanting to scream..."She's NOT just your next patient, she's MY BABY!!!" I need her back. I need her smile. I need her to live.
She did. She rocked it. She's still rocking it. Someone donated their baby's heart and gave my baby a piece of it and a chance at a better life. I will never forget or be able to thank them. But I pray for them constantly.