Hi everyone!

To know Grace is to love her—we’re all so lucky to have her in our lives!

For her 38th birthday (April 2), I'm planning a surprise to support a meaningful trip she’s taking this summer to visit her Mom in the Philippines, to celebrate her 80th birthday, and reconnect after many years apart. She’s also hoping to document her Mom’s life stories and possibly stop through Japan to see a good friend. The goal is to provide Grace with extra funds to make the trip more fun!

If you’re interested in participating, any amount, anonymous or not would be appreciated. I've decided to send this to her friends only, as mixing family and finances can be complicated.

Please help to keep this a surprise! We’ll share this with her in an email on her actual birthday, April 2, ahead of the call with the bigger group (family included) the following day, April 3.

More than anything, Grace would love to hear from you— please feel free to send a Happy Birthday message or short video if you can’t join the call.

Thank you, and I hope to meet some of you there!

Cheers,

Laurel