A few days ago, we mailed some announcements for the arrival of our new son, Benjamin, mostly to our not-local friends and family members. We listed our blog address on the announcements, so we expect we’ll have more people than usual hitting the site in the next few days (and here you are! :^). Please scroll down to see more pictures of Benjamin, and we’ll be posting some more fun family pics and video soon, Lord willing. In the meantime, we want you to please take notice of an important need that a 14 yr old boy has for a new kidney. My original post on it is below, a few spaces down (so scroll down!!). Since that post, Samuel has been released from the hospital and is getting stronger in preparation for (hopefully) a new kidney transplant. It cannot be emphasized strongly enough that he needs a kidney, and getting a kidney means that someone needs to choose to be tested to see if they are a match. The process is simple and can be done in your local lab. A kidney transplant is simply the difference between life and death for many people like Samuel Smith. Please consider whether you might be able to help. Scroll down and read below.