Hi,

Last week I wrote about When the Impossible Happens… and More.

Thank you to all of you who read it, and a huge thank you to those of you who choose to comment, I appreciate that greatly!

As I noted in my note last week, The Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund was started by Patrick and Myself in October… merely 3 days after Anne died. It was not born easily… it was born out of Grief, Anger, Shouting, and Love…trying to cope with an impossible new reality… trying to add, and not subtract any further… trying to make something beautiful out of something so tragic.

And born it was.

The Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund celebrated it’s first Annual Benefit this past Wednesday Evening… September 14th.

Patrick, Anne’s husband, is truly a force of nature. I know that is one of the reasons Anne loved him. To say he did the impossible may be dramatic, but in all actuality he did.

The Legacy Fund has generated a lot of support, a lot of followers, a lot of people willing to help, and a lot of people who said “Yes!” Yes to being there Wednesday, yes to contributing , yes to cooking, yes to creating, yes to serving, yes to organizing…

Well, you get it… more than a thousand people said “YES!”

I do not know the actual number of people that overtook The Chelsea Market in lower Manhattan Wednesday evening… I do know it was well over 1,000 people on two floors or the Market… and each one of them was there to honor, celebrate and create a continuing fund for the work Anne started and would be so proud of!

Anne was there Wednesday through all the people who were present that evening…

As I have written, navigating Anne’s death, and loss of her physical presence is a journey I wish on no one…

Wednesday… what a joyous gift from everyone who supported the Event… Thank you.

That night, Anne was alive again… bringing people together through the Legacy created to honor her… not just her work and what she did… but the very essence of her being… Love, Character, Kindness, Creating…

THANK YOU EVERYONE TO EVERYONE OF YOU WHO HAS MADE THIS HAPPEN!!!

Thanks for reading…

With love and gratitude,

Pam