Matt Logelin - the guy we truly wish we didn’t have to know but check in on daily. Ever since he sent a brief e-mail with a link to his blog in Cribsheet’s in-box we’ve all been blindsided by his grief in losing his beautiful wife Liz the day after they had their baby Madeline.

We’ve also been touched by his raw prose and brilliant photography, impressed with his inate parenting skills, delighted with the ever-growing baby Madeline, and amused by a $400 robot. We’ve been crying on our keyboards, cursing right along with him, and have found ourselves now referring to our state as “the mn”.

Many, many of you have been offering him kind words and advice.  After the article ran about them in the Star Tribune, a few Cribsheeters rallied around to do something to help. It started out with an idea in the comments section to send the extra formula checks, that new parents often get a surplus of, to him.  Rachel and Alicia took the initiative to make this happen.  Just though we’d spotlight what they have done.  Here is the Help Matt & Madeline blog.

I asked Rachel how it’s going.  She said. “I think for me the most important thing to highlight is my desire to make this long term for Matt and Madeline.  I want to be a “blog” or e-mail away from Matt whenever a need arises.  So, for me that means continuing to update it (as I can) and think down the road as to what Matt and Madeline might need.  At this point Matt is so overwhelmed by stuff and packages that we are kind of on hold until life calms down a bit for him. We will continue to collect formula checks and send them his way. ”

May and I met Matt briefly at Liz’s memorial service. He hoped we had learned more about Liz and what an incredible person she was. (We did, and continue to learn)  And he wanted to share how great everyone had been to him and what an amazing community of people we have reading Cribsheet. (We agree)

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