About 3 1/2 years ago my wife and I went to our ultrasound at 22 weeks. It was then that we found out that our son was going to be born with heart defects. We were scared and felt very alone. Of course our family and friends offered support but they weren't in our shoes and didn't truly understand what we were feeling. After searching the internet and talking to people the only organization we could find was CHD Families Association. I talked to Valarie Rexin and she could totally relate to what we were feeling. When we were at the hospital she sent us a couple of bracelets and a blanket. Even though she was a couple of thousand miles from us at least we knew there was someone in the world who knew what we were going threw. It may not seem significant to some but we didn't take those bracelets off until our son was a year old. The year following our son's birth a new nonprofit organization in our area started up and we belong to it but Valarie gave us the support we needed when we needed it. She is very active with her organization, in fact the president of the group we associate with knows her and has worked on the quilt project with her in the past.