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My letter to the editor explaining the highlights of the Carmie Brady Fundraiser I attended a couple of weeks ago will be published in The Ocean Star and Asbury Park Press in New Jersey this week. I've posted it below my signature so I could share it with you... Enjoy!
Feeling blue over your job search? Then get up this weekend and do something not tied to your job search. Perhaps you can reach out and help someone: Spend time with a neighbor who is always alone; mow the lawn for the guy on the corner who's been slowing down; take your mom for a walk on the boardwalk; call that friend who you weren't going to call until you landed that next job! You'll see... one small act can jump-start a week & revitalize a search in ways that will amaze you! Good luck!
Best regards,
Tish
Dear Editor,
Hundreds of people across Ocean & Monmouth Counties gathered for a fantastic fundraiser @ Bar Anticipation in Lake Como on Sunday, June 27th to honor the love of a Pt. Pleasant mom gone too soon. The legacy of the beautiful and gregarious Carmie Brady lives on through the acts and deeds of her wonderful family & life-long friends. Her husband - Charlie Brady - and their amazing sons transformed a dark time in their life & a devastating loss into an awe-inspiring opportunity & mission-in-motion to help strangers connected to them by a common language called "illness".
This year, The Brady Bunch achieved another milestone & produced results that will live on in the lives of others forever... For another year, they will not stop until the results of this day are transformed into gifts that help families navigate their way through unimaginable medical challenges & circumstances, (www.carmiebradyfoundation.com - for details on Mission & Successes). At every fundraiser, it is humbling to watch this family in action as their positive attitudes drive them to leverage their remarkable skills and determination to help seriously ill children and their heart-sick families.
The Brady Family continues to inspire others at every turn. A quiet conversation that started as small talk on the barbeque line left me transfixed. A gorgeous woman who stood beaming with pride explained she had come to the event to say, "Thank you". Her son - a young father in the prime of his life had very recently lost his battle to cancer. "The quiet acts of kindness from this family before and after my son's passing would amaze everyone," she told me. The radiance of this mother was blinding as she defined her journey from pain-to-peace in these terms, "I could feel the warmth of Carmie Brady's embrace comforting us - me, my son, daughter-in-law and two young grandchildren - every single time Carmie's Boys acted in her name. I am so grateful to all of them".
When this event was launched 3 years ago, I handed Charlie a hand-painted wooden plaque which read, "Try to live your life with the music of a bagpiper in your heart" because his family literally teaches so many others to do just that. So - like a kid at Christmas - I arrived early at this fundraiser and waited anxiously for the annual performance by the Pipes and Drums of the Jersey Shore. The power of their magnificent music always produces "that moment" which reminds all of us how blessed we are to have "The Brady Bunch" and their Carmie's memory & legacy in our midst.
Well done, Carmie. No wife could wish for more; no mom could be prouder; and some days do not get better than this for a community. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
Tish Ferguson
2404 Maria Place
Pt. Pleasant, NJ 08742
732-259-2780 - Cell
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