Meal Train for the Malones

Hi Team Charlotte! 

For those who don’t know me, my name is Elizabeth Buchner, and I’m excited to be sharing a guest post on the blog today. 

My family and I have become good friends with the Malones over the past five and a half years. We moved to Shoreline from New Jersey in January 2020 and happened to enroll our daughter, Lucy, in Charlotte’s PreK class. Lucky us! Right away, Lauren reached out to welcome us. She and Connor hosted a playdate for the girls (as well as Lucy’s younger brother, Jack) and several new friendships were born. Since then, we’ve enjoyed many fun times together at the beach, the zoo, local playgrounds, and parks. Charlotte and Lucy have been teammates in soccer and track, attended a Harry Potter camp together, and this year were teammates in the Battle of the Books competition (mentioned in a previous post).

In addition to the girls’ friendship, I feel lucky to call Lauren one of my close friends. Our shared focus on our families and friendships, love of reading, and sense of humor got us through COVID and many of the ups and downs of parenting young children. Her loyalty, thoughtfulness, and hilarious take on the ridiculousness of everyday life are uniquely her and are just part of what makes her such an awesome person. 

(I’m not forgetting you, Connor! Truly, he is another gem of a human.)

In sum: my life is orders of magnitudes better for having the Malones in it. 

I’m sure many of you reading this feel the same. And I’m guessing that you, like me, are still a bit in shock and also angry that Charlotte has cancer. It feels terribly unfair that she, Lauren, and Connor are going through this. 

As their friends and family, we would love to take this burden away from them. Although we can’t do that, there is something tangible we can do to help. Here is the link for a meal train set up for the Malones. https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/dvvel4

Please consider bringing them a meal, or, if you prefer, sending a gift card. In the meal train, you’ll find all the details you need, including some local restaurants or other food gift card options that would be very appreciated. Dates currently go through the end of August; more dates may be added later, depending on need.

Thank you to everyone for all you are doing to support the Malones. We love you, Lauren, Connor, and Charlotte!