It has been nearly three years since the phone call that changed the lives of so many and broke our hearts into a million pieces.

These words "Auntie, it's David. Dad just shot Mom and she's gone."

My - our - little sister, Jenny Wren, brutally killed and taken from her children, her brothers and sisters, her father, her friends and co-workers. So many lives forever changed and broken. Such collateral damage. You go through life reading about horrors like this and never imagine that some day the 'story' will be yours and your family's.

Sweet, loving, strong, funny, intelligent, Jenny. She loved to cook and was a perfectionist with her counted cross stitch. The pieces I have from her are precious to me as is the last letter she wrote me. Folded..opened...folded again and again. Her sweet little curls all done up like a 'big girl' as my flower girl on my wedding day a photo that brings me back to that very moment.. I was 19 and she was 7. We were bookend sisters to our siblings. She was not supposed to leave before me.

I will share more of Jenny's struggle and the incidents that led up to that violent night, but for now let me explain why I started this blog.

Sojourn House in Santa Monica, California, took Jenny and her three children in, (hid them basically) and gave them shelter, and hope. The four of them thrived and felt safe for the first time in many, many years. I am so grateful to them for the months of happiness and joy they provided. As the months passed since that night, I have wanted to do something, anything, that might help Sojourn House and the victims of domestic violence that they shelter.

My query was answered that perhaps the one thing they were always in need of was twin sized bedding. And thus the blog and the project. To collect new bedding, and in a small way, provide comfort......safe slumber.

The very first set of sheets given to me for this cause were from a beautiful young woman, herself a victim of domestic violence. Her own mother slain in front of her when she was only six years old. She understood all too well, the sadness and loss.

It saddens me that we even need places like Sojourn House, but I am so grateful it exists and I hope you will join me in making a difference in the lives of these women and children.

A savings account has been set up and attached to the 'donate' button you see on the right hand sidebar. With each accumulation of $100 I will order sheets online to be delivered to Sojourn House in Jenny's name. This process will allow the most for our money rather than collect sheets, box them and ship them.

UPDATE:
I have stopped collecting for sheets as I feel a direct donation to Sojourn House would be the best way to help. go here HERE
and in the drop down box of choices simply click on Sojourn.
Thank you.


In a world where hundreds of thousands are raised for animals (and I adore cats and pretty much have always had pets) I wonder if the same compassion can be shown to our sisters and their children fleeing in fear and trembling.

Whatever you can give will be greatly appreciated. No amount is too small as single sized sheets are not terribly pricey, but will make for sweet and safe slumber.


Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

xox Rella