Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Fall Fundraising for the Nick Fund
Yes!!! it's that time of year.......... Fundraising season........... Please click on the Magazines.com link to order a magazine, or renew an existing subscription, for yourself, or as a gift ........ 35% will go to the Nick Fund.
Friday, April 30, 2010
6th Annual Nicholas Crosby Memorial Singing
Please join us on Sunday, May 16th at 2:00 pm for the 6th Annual Nicholas Crosby Memorial Singing.
Proceeds will be used for scholarships to the area singing schools. Over the last six years, we've been able send over 30 students to Gospel Music schools in the middle Tennessee area.
Proceeds will be used for scholarships to the area singing schools. Over the last six years, we've been able send over 30 students to Gospel Music schools in the middle Tennessee area.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Random Act of Kindness Day
On Monday, November 9th. We're asking everyone to participate in "Random Act Of Kindness Day". This would have been Nick's 21st birthday. He was killed by a deliberate act of violence.
On Monday we're asking you to doing something for a friend or stranger as an act of kindness...... i.e...... give up the good parking space.... Buy the next guy in line a cup of coffee.... if you're downtown, but some change in someone's parking meter... etc.... if you're feeling really "randy" and want to make a contribution to the Nicholas Crosby Memorial Fund :) contact me. :)
On Monday we're asking you to doing something for a friend or stranger as an act of kindness...... i.e...... give up the good parking space.... Buy the next guy in line a cup of coffee.... if you're downtown, but some change in someone's parking meter... etc.... if you're feeling really "randy" and want to make a contribution to the Nicholas Crosby Memorial Fund :) contact me. :)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
5th Annual Nicholas Crosby Memorial Fund Event
Please join us on Sunday, May 17th at Rocky Mound Missionary Baptist Church for the 5th Annual Nicholas Crosby Memorial Fund Gospel Singing.
The Gospel Singing will begin at 2:00. Church service begins at 11:00 with a dinner to follow in our fellowship hall, and then the singing at 2:00.
All of the donations will be used for scholarships to the area Gospel Singing Schools.
The Gospel Singing will begin at 2:00. Church service begins at 11:00 with a dinner to follow in our fellowship hall, and then the singing at 2:00.
All of the donations will be used for scholarships to the area Gospel Singing Schools.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Nick's Birthday
My son, Nicholas would have been 20 on Sunday, November 9th, had he lived.
For anyone who has lost a child, the pain, anger and sorrow don't become any less sharp. Those feelings may take a back seat to the inevitable everyday tasks and duties that we must carry out, but I find the smallest reminder can easily bring them to the forefront again. For me, it is birthdays or holidays, a certain child's cry, or a child’s eyes looking into mine.
I used to ask myself if it was wrong to continue to feel the grief so deeply until I met another woman who had also lost a child. She, too, had the same conflicts of emotion: the need to "get on with life" and "snap out of it" versus the need to keep our children's memories alive. When we lose a child, especially if it is sudden and unexpected, it is as if a part of us dies too.
I shared with her why we put together the scholarship program. There is an absolute joy in keeping Nick’s memory alive, by sharing something he loved with other kids. There is also a “healing process” in evolving yourself into a project that has nothing to do with how or why he died. Don’t get me wrong, I still speak and write about how Nick died in an effort to prevent it from happening to another teen. But I don’t let that effort over shadow the fun side of Nick, and Nick loved singing school. Nick soooooooooooo wanted to be a Bass Singer, and would end up in the Altos every year. LOL.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Nick from when he was little:
Nick had the longest eyelashes of any baby I have ever seen. I know all mothers think their baby is the prettiest :) But........... he really was adorable. In this picture, he's about 4 weeks old.
For anyone who has lost a child, the pain, anger and sorrow don't become any less sharp. Those feelings may take a back seat to the inevitable everyday tasks and duties that we must carry out, but I find the smallest reminder can easily bring them to the forefront again. For me, it is birthdays or holidays, a certain child's cry, or a child’s eyes looking into mine.
I used to ask myself if it was wrong to continue to feel the grief so deeply until I met another woman who had also lost a child. She, too, had the same conflicts of emotion: the need to "get on with life" and "snap out of it" versus the need to keep our children's memories alive. When we lose a child, especially if it is sudden and unexpected, it is as if a part of us dies too.
I shared with her why we put together the scholarship program. There is an absolute joy in keeping Nick’s memory alive, by sharing something he loved with other kids. There is also a “healing process” in evolving yourself into a project that has nothing to do with how or why he died. Don’t get me wrong, I still speak and write about how Nick died in an effort to prevent it from happening to another teen. But I don’t let that effort over shadow the fun side of Nick, and Nick loved singing school. Nick soooooooooooo wanted to be a Bass Singer, and would end up in the Altos every year. LOL.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Nick from when he was little:
Nick had the longest eyelashes of any baby I have ever seen. I know all mothers think their baby is the prettiest :) But........... he really was adorable. In this picture, he's about 4 weeks old.
This was Nick's 3rd birthday. There is nothing better than a Boy, a Bowtie, and a BigWheel when your three.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Singing at Old Paths MBC, September 28, 2008
(or the DoReMi Boys...... the later years,
but that Alto singer still looks pretty good! HA!)
Elijah's solo with the DoReMi Men's Quartet
Several of the DoReMi Ambassadors after the singing
Front row: Leslie, Elijah, Jonathan
Back row: Jessica, Carissa, Jamie, and Courtney
The Shoulders Family on their way back to Virginia
We were able to meet with Monty and Michelle, and the boys on their way back to Virgina. As most of you know, they are now PROUD grandparents of a new baby granddaughter. Amanda, Jimmy and baby are doing GREAT!
Catherine and Michelle
Catherine and Michelle
Michelle, Monty, & Alan
Catherine and a somewhat reluctant Chris
Catherine and Alex. Alex was our first scholarship recipient in 2004.
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