Lots of Helping Hands

Hi, I'm writing to help with a website called "Lots of Helping Hands." The design of the site is to coordinate basic domestic needs for Jeff and Kellie. So that they don't have to think about going grocery shopping, eating healthfully, cleaning house, etc... They are walking on an extreme tight rope thru the most intense terrain and need to keep their focus on each step they take with Zoe and each other...NOT on coordinating a phone tree and their domestic needs, and especially not on taking care of us when we want to help them take care of themselves.

So...this is how I remember it: Go to this link - in fact you may want to bookmark it - www.lotsahelpinghands.com/c/608401/ - you'll see a sign in page that offers "already a member" and "interested in becoming a member." Under the "interested" part is a "contact a coordinator" option. Click on it. Now you are on a page where you can e-mail a coordinator. Click on "select a recipient" and pick me - jon howe - fill-in the rest and click "send." I will then register your e-mail address with the site. I think you will receive an e-mail saying the site will now recognize you as a member. Again, click on the link, now, when you click on "interested in becoming a member" the site should recognize you, follow the thread to create your own password, click on "sign-in" and you should be looking at a new page. Before going too far, click on "learn more about the system." That may save a lot of questions and confusion.

Okay, on the left, click on the calendar tab. When Jeff and Kellie get a better idea of what we can do for them (the calendar is empty now), start signing up for delivering a meal (or, for those of us who are out of town or can't cook that day, calling a restaurant that delivers - I will try to post some phone numbers of restaurants or services where you can order or contribute to an J&K's account), cleaning house, etc... Note, in the upper right hand corner of the first page is a "sign out" tab and a "tell a friend" tab. "Tell a friend" gives you a way to expand the "helping hands" community for J, K & Z, and to include anyone who might be feeling left out - again J,K & Z can't afford to worry about peoples' feelings right now. So please don't feel left out (which you hopefully won't if you are reading this).

This system runs pretty smoothly once we get over the first bumps and get used to it. It makes life easier instead of harder. So please bear with it at first. Now...I just need to get together with J & K and post their needs on it. You won't find much there right now. Until then, thank you for your love and witnessing of J, K & Z. I doubt we can know how sustaining and worthwhile our love is in even the smallest gestures, for them AND for us. Namaste'.