Jewels for Cora

I told Jess the other day, that we know nothing we can do will take their pain away.

There are people EVERYWHERE doing things for Cora, for Joel and Jess. Almost as if we're all fighting to get her back. It's hard to explain the emotions and reasons for why we're doing what we're doing....I explained to her that it may just be the love we have for them. I also told her that when there are no words.....we just act. Because there ARE no words. There is nothing we can say to take their pain away. And we all know that. So we act. Because that's what we can do.

So because there are no words......we're acting.

The Lord has laid it on my heart to use my Premier Jewelry Business for Cora.
I helped the Boy Scouts with fundraising a few years ago. I was very happy to do that.
Nothing else has come along since then....for me to use my business in this way.

This time it's personal. It's close to home.
And this is what I have to give.

I knew I couldn't do it alone. So I have some awesome girls helping me with all of it, and more and more girls getting on board each day!
The night is about FAR more than jewelry.
There will be jewelry, there will be a fashion show with the jewelry and some spring fashion tips....and a chance to buy jewelry, to raise money for Joel and Jess.

But there will be more.
We want to honor Cora.
We want to share her story and allow people to leave a different person than they came.
We don't have all the details worked out yet. And this is where I have LOTS of help from others.
But I'm sure I will share the details of the night after it all happens...for all of you far away who can't be there.

I'm praying hard about this event. I'm very overwhelmed by it....so many emotions and details. I always want things to be perfect....and bigger than I can imagine. I'm so overwhelmed that I'm 99% sure that my sister-in-law, Stefanie, who graciously offered, is going to be doing most, if not ALL, of the "jewelry show" part of the night. I've done almost 250 jewelry shows in the last 5 years so you'd think this would be the easy part of the night for me. I just think I'll be scared to death. We'll see. I just don't want anything about this night to be about me.

I have to keep reminding myself that this night will be in God's hands. Big or small....we WILL be able to give to Joel and Jess and we WILL honor and remember Cora on her SPECIAL DAY!

The invitations are out....


March 5th is the day that Cora would have been celebrating her first birthday. We know this will be a very hard day for Joel and Jess. We know this will be a sensitive day all around. But after getting the blessing from Jess and her mom, we decided that we wanted to bring people together this night. Rather than being busy with our normal, routine lives...we wanted to make this night about Cora.

We are asking everyone to continue to pass the invitation to all of their friends and family, and then on and on. We know people everywhere have been praying for our friends. We want them to be able to do something, to come to this event, and be there to help honor Cora and do something impactful for Joel and Jess.

If you are viewing this right now, and you are close by....you are invited, whether you got this invitation by email or not. You can leave a comment for me and I can send you an invitation that you can email onto your friends and family as well.

What better way to remember a little princess....than with JEWELS!