I only knew Heather Spohr from her hilarious tweets and her blog. I knew she had a daughter who was born prematurely, named Maddie.  Maddie had huge blue eyes and a huge smile that made me smile right back at every photo I saw.

Maddie passed away on Tuesday. I learned about it Wednesday morning and spent the day reading tweets and blog posts. My heart aches for Heather and Mike Spohr and their families. The world has lost a bright ray of sunshine, a beautiful little girl who loved Matt Lauer (yes, the Today Show’s Matt Lauer) and was beloved by many.

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for donations to be made to either the March of Dimes page they set up for their walk, or you can make a donation directly to the family through this PayPal page to help with their expenses.

Something Casey said at Hallmark on Tuesday has been echoing in my head since yesterday. She said “we (meaning Mombloggers, but it certainly applies to every blogger) are a community. When one of us is in pain, we rally around that person”.  She had no way to know how true that would be.

So many people visited Heather’s blog that it completely crashed and had to be rebuilt.  Retweets on Twitter and blog posts have resulted in over 18,000 dollars being raised since Tuesday night for the March of Dimes, and over $3,000 for the family.  We can’t hug Heather and Mike Spohr in person, but we can send them a collective wave of virtual hugs and hope that it helps.

Please donate something.  And please say a prayer or whatever it is that you do for the memory of Madeleine Spohr.

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