HERE WE GO

1, 2, 1, 2 ARE WE ROLLIN' ???
WELCOME EVERYBODY
TO
CHIE'S NEW BLOGSITE!!!!!
HELP CHIE AS SHE BATTLES BACK DOWN THAT LONG AND TEDIOUS ROAD TO RECOVERY
FOR GATHERED SUPPORT, UPDATES, AND NEWS


Well, after much time and much support from the ICC (Thanks) I am going to give this a try in hopes that it will allow me to update everybody with a little more frequency than my current rate of update.

A MUCH DESERVED THANK YOU
Let me begin by saying thanks to so many of you for all your help and continued support without which Chie and I would not have made it this far. We are just over the year mark and when I think back one year ago and who was there and who helped me keep my sanity, gave me direction and the support to push on at a time when I was so lost and overwhelmed with shock and emotions. I break out in tears just thinking about it but do want you to know it is not forgotten; Our families here and in Japan. My sister,Bao and Steph for all the long evenings at the hospital, Trotta and Mel, Lauren, Bubba, Kev, Rosetta and all the McCreas, Catherine for the essential, Mike at Campissis, Bill from After Hour Services for home repair and making sure we had light and could use the bathroom when relatives flew in, Delton for the advice, Friends old and new for the long hours on the phone in the middle of the night, from BT up on the Alaskan North Slope, Timmy way down under in Oz, Petey in England, JOJO in Osaka and frends all over the world thanks for the ear, The Richland Family Noelli, David, Bao, Kathy, Flor, Pablo, Babs, Mary, Diane, All, all of you at Richland for the auction and all that you do, the Aschners /Sitrins for the many wonderful meals and rock solid support, Kayla for gathering support, OPAQUE for the musical support Nicholly Craig thanks, Ricky for the clothes, Hiroe & Aunt Pammy for the long luch visits to Kindred, All KINDRED STAFF and DR PERIJOC, the stars at Silberstein, Debbie and Ron at the STring Bean, Tamako and Ino at Ino, Masudasan Sensei for Osechi Riori and her students Keiko and Akiko for giving us our second wind, Japan America Society, Akiko & YurIka at Ichijo for our steady japanese diet (anta ichiban yo), Kazuko and ... uh.. ger.. main... RAYMOND! Keiko Shimoida, the kind staff at Po' Melvin's, Chubby's, Sheila Mayfield, Ernestien, New Orleans & Laura at CNS who are worth their weight in gold, Tim & Kaori, Jean Antoine, Yukimi, Noriko, Barry& Jun, Yasushi, Yoshi, Saori at Develop, Ayami, Gonchan, Hattasan. the Coker's, Julia Keith, Tim & Kaori and all continuing to come, AND the ICC for getting this going and giving us a breath of hope.
There is really no way for me to put in words how much it means and how greatful I am for all that you have and are doing for us. As I have said before, it is the kinds hearts of people like you that we owe this recovery to. You are our heroes. We are eternally indebted to you for making this possible.
Thank You,
David Blumenthal.