love and prayers to a blogging friend

I had known in a very peripheral way about Nie Nie Dialogues before last Fall, though I didn’t know Stephanie personally. I still don’t, but I love her. If you don’t know her story, Stephanie and her husband Christian were in a terrible airplane crash last Fall, barely made it out alive, and were severely burned in the process. At Christmastime the blog-o-sphere was abuzz with auctions to benefit Stephanie and Christian and their ever growing medical expenses. The New York Times picked up the story; it was all over the news.

The beautiful thing about it, to me at least, was that it brought the blogging world close to home. Stephanie is one of us, we’re just like her, it could happen to anyone. It made it real. The most beautiful thing actually, is what a survivor Stephanie has turned out to be! What an amazing attitude. That the first thing she thought after the crash was that she needed to get home and feed her family dinner. She is recovering in pieces, and documenting when she can along the way.

I love reading her posts because she has been to hell and back and she’s here to write about it. Her perspective on life is that of one who almost lost it all and was given another chance. I cry every single time I read her blog as it puts even the worst trials into perspective.

If you get a chance, go catch up and read her story, it’s really amazing. And if you have an extra dollar or two to spare, donate to Nie Nie, every nickel counts.

Allison

Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!