Thank you for coming to my “60/30 Virtual Birthday Party”!

This is the year I turn 60 (June 2) and the year my beautiful daughter Christen would have been 30 (December 10) if her breath and her life had not been taken away by Pulmonary Hypertension in 2002.  

So, in order to give my family and friends a way to give me a tax-deductable birthday present that I will appreciate more than anything, as well as a way to honor Christen’s memory and help others who still are struggling with this awful disease, I have launched this “60/30 Virtual Birthday Party” to raise money for The Pulmonary Hypertension Association.

Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure.  It is also the most efficient way to support The Pulmonary Hypertension Association, a wonderful organization that supports patients and their families and caregivers.  PHA also funds and advocates for medical research to find better treatments and ultimately a cure for Pulmonary Hypertension.  Read more about PHA in the column on the left of this page.

As a result of PHA's work there ae many new treatments for Pulmonary Hypertension available that were not available when Christen was alive.  And there are many new treatments in the pipeline.  To learn more about the great work PHA does, visit its new YouTube Channel.

Making the biggest gift you can will make you really happy – it really will!  And, of course, it will make me and Christen very happy too.  Not to mention how happy this will make God! 

Many of you know the story of Christen giving her coat away to a freezing homeless woman in New York City.  The kid had a great heart!  If you’d like to read this beautiful story again or if you’ve never heard it, you can find it here: http://anglicansonline.org/resources/essays/misc/christenwhite.html

Many thanks for your support -- and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!

God bless you!

Steve White

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These two verses from “Innocence” by Anglican mystical poet and priest Thomas Traherne (1636–1674) remind me of Christen, who was born in December.

A joyful sense and purity
Is all I can remember;
The very night to me was bright,
'Twas summer in December….
…
What ere it is, it is a light
So endless unto me
That I a world of true delight
Did then and to this day do see.

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in loving memory of

Christen White Cranford

December 10, 1979 - November 3, 2002