Hi Everyone,

**Annie Updates:

Very unfortunately, Annie is still battling her cancer and it's many side effects, which has involved the hospital a lot and made working impossible for Annie. I'm sending this update in hopes that if you can donate, you will consider doing so. **

I'm Emily Smidt, the younger sister of Annie Smidt.

By now you may have heard my brilliant, imaginative, clever, special, unique, and beloved sister Annie has been diagnosed with Cancer. As you can imagine, this has wreaked havoc on Annie and her husband Bill's lives in every possible way including well, you know, the pocketbook. While Annie has good health insurance, her income has been significantly impacted with many non-covered expenses and not being able to work as much. I'm reaching out far and wide with the help of Rick Webb, to see if anyone might like to donate toward this GoFundMe.

Funds will to help ease the stresses of this scary and uncertain time for Annie, Bill, Otterley, Ivo, and Sophia. Annie would not like that I'm doing this.

With love and gratitude,

Emily