I am submitting the name of my Son and his wife…Jay & Meda. This is lengthy, so please bare with me as I tell this unusual story.

As a child Jay loved and helped care for his younger (by 6 years) brother, (it was like he was the third parent).He really wanted his Dad & I to have another baby but having adopted two older nephews previously we felt we were at our limit in many ways and we could not grand his wish. We told him that someday he could have as many children of his own that he wanted.

Jay and Meda met approximately six years ago. Meda had previously been married and had three children, at that time Samantha was 9, Travis was 4 and Jordan was 3. This young family was going through a rough time with abuse, separation and eventually divorce, no monetary assistance from the spouse and some pretty major health problems.

Travis was born with a defective heart, he has undergone 3 open heart surgeries, and is now living without a pulmonary artery and someday will have more surgeries, hopefully when researchers have developed more things that can help with his particular problems. In spite of this, Travis is a very energetic, intelligent and theatrical young man and it is a pleasure to be around him.

Jordan was born a year after Travis and suffers from many, many physical and mental problems. Basically his centre brain does not have any functioning cells, Jordan cannot walk or talk, he is extremely limited in his interaction with others and is functioning somewhere around that of a 3 to 5 month old baby. Jordan goes to a catholic school in London and is most happy watching movies or riding on the school bus that picks him up.

Samantha is a lovely, very typical 15 year old girl, typical if you can call typical a young girl committed to being home the minute classes are over to be there to meet Jordan's school bus, settle him and stay there to watch over both her brothers until Mom & Dad get home from work. She is truly a wonderful help to her Mom & Dad.

Everyone was apprehensive to say the least when Jay & Meda got together, including me, but you only have to be around them to see how deep my son's love and dedication is to this family and to see how committed Meda & Jay are to each other and to the children. The first and only word Jordan can say is "DA" whenever he thinks Jay is coming. This couple made two promises to each other and they are….. to care for Jordan as long as they physically can, and that Meda would agree to someday have a child with Jay. The family got married October 15, 2005.

Last week I got the enclosed note, inside a diaper, Baby Avey is on its way , I couldn't be happier, the kids are on cloud nine and everyone is very happy for them. Meda has been under a doctor's care for some time to prepare in the best way for the health of this little bundle of joy.

This does mean a financial burden. They receive very little assistance for Jordan and Sam & Travis's needs are increasing, and the cost of living is exceeding what we all anticipated. Both Jay & Meda work outside the home to contribute, they purchased a condo unit a year ago that needs some work; basically they are trying to get on there feet. Jay's comment to me in September when school started was "We just get one thing taken care of and another pops up."

I really believe with all my heart that this couple is very deserving of the DREAM NURSERY. I hope you will to. It would help to bring a Real Dream come true.

Yours truly

Jan ......A Proud Mom