Day Twenty-four of...98 Days

Today was an extremely moving day a lot of emotions running high. It was the first day we actually downloaded our Light The App on the iPhone and were able to use it.  All of the fruits of our labor were now in the palm of our hand.  Up until now it was on a simulator and before we were going to submit it to the iTunes store we wanted to download it from our developers account and basically go through the steps of thoroughly testing it.  Basically we were mimicking the actions of what users would do to see if we could find any flaws in the system that needed to be corrected.

On the simulator and throughout the day we put in test names fake names and two word dedications or what we call "greek" text to make sure it operated and functioned as it needed to.  Tested it backwards forwards and doing anything we could to determine if it was going to live up to a user's expectation.  We made some tweaks and then we tested some more.

Then it was time to get a few real dedications from people so there would be dedications in the app that people could view.  So when I received the dedications I realized what a powerful app we just developed one that touches the very heart and soul.  In fact as Tom and I were writing our dedication to Tressa both Tom and I got so emotional.  I realized there is no right or wrong way to make a dedication to those battling, those in remission or other loved ones who lost their life to blood cancer.  It's just like a gentle kiss in the wind as you write your heart felt sentiment and light the candle to the one you love and support and remember.