Gift Registry
Your presence is our gift, but if you would like to give one, we would be so grateful if you consider a donation to two charities that are very close to our hearts.
Our Education Project in Uganda
Longobardi Oakes Primary School
Two years ago, we connected with Geofrey Musiige on social media. His story, and the incredible work he was doing for orphaned children in Uganda, touched us deeply, and we agreed to support him however we could.
What began as a small, occasional donation grew into a beautiful relationship. Then, in 2025, Geofrey shared that the children were learning on the floor outside a building, having been kicked out of their rented classroom. That's when we made a plan to build a school.
Over the past year, we have personally funded and completed the first phase of the Longobardi Oakes Primary School, and in January 2027, we'll welcome our first 100 children.
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We are so touched that some of our friends wanted to get involved and from their donations, the school now has its own borehole, school materials, and additional equipment.
This is only the beginning, and we couldn't be more excited for what's ahead for this school and these kids.
If you'd like to be part of this project, click the link below.
A Cure For Allegra
Rett Syndrome Reasearch
Allegra, my goddaughter and the first daughter of my best friend Julia Kent, was the happiest baby - always smiling, laughing, and engaging with sparkling eyes. But at around 18 months, she changed. She should have been talking by then, and wasn't. What followed was years of hospitals, assessments, and misdiagnoses - sensory processing disorder, then autism - before a neurologist finally discovered the truth: Allegra was having multiple, undetectable seizures every day in the part of her brain that controls speech and language. A genetic test, ordered in hope of finding a treatment, instead revealed something none of us expected - Rett Syndrome.
Suddenly, everything made sense: the normal development followed by regression, the autistic traits, the epilepsy, the ADHD. It was a relief to finally have an answer, and devastating to understand what that answer meant. Where we once worried about Allegra's future, we now simply hope she has one. Thanks to Monica Coenraads and the Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT), who explained Allegra's specific variant and the work being done to find a cure, we found hope again.
Allegra is a beautiful, strong-willed, funny little girl who loves to run, play, swim, and be with her family. We can't change her diagnosis, but we can support the research that might change her future - and the futures of thousands of girls like her around the world. If you'd like to donate to finding a cure for Allegra and many other little girls, click the link below.