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Leaf

re-gifting

The other night as I was putting mina to sleep, i thought of this sage green knit sweater my mom had made for me years ago. It was really big on my now and it had been YEARS YEARS since I had worn it. It just sat there, inthe drawer looking at me. The thought occured to me that Anne at the bookstore might enjoy it. The color would be so nice on her. So, Yesterday, I packed itup and brought it down to her. She was thrilled.

Before heading to the bookstore, as you know, we get a coffee @ Starbuck… Continue

Posted by Leaf on February 10, 2010 at 6:19am

punies

here we go again...

I am constantly restarting --what I notice is how busy my life has become. This is helping me stop,think,and be more conscious of giving and just how I am living my life. Right now my ongoing, biggest gift is to my son,who is struggling daily with being Autistic in a world that moves too fast and does not accept differences as a norm. But i want to expandContinue

Posted by punies on February 10, 2010 at 6:12am — 1 Comment

Eva

Day 4

Hi all!



I'm snowed in today. =( Ironically, I didn't need to think of a gift today, even though I have no hope of vast human interaction. Let me explain. My roommate and I woke up this morning and decided that it was not safe to drive into work. We were both ready to work from home, when she remembered she had to do an all day conference today -- on the phone. She was going to have to spend $$ to just be able to go on this call.



I thank my parents for making me j

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Posted by Eva on February 10, 2010 at 6:02am — 1 Comment

7heaven

How many of you have had to restart at day 1?? I wish I could have moved forward consistently from d…

How many of you have had to restart at day 1?? I wish I could have moved forward consistently from day 1 because all my heart believes in this awareness of daily giving - BUT when I hit my first weekend I let life crowd this awareness out.



I can honestly say I have been more aware each day of giving and the gifts have come right back to me, but again not consistent.



I am restarting Round 1 - Day 1 today and am grateful for this self-acceptance to do better and be

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Posted by 7heaven on February 10, 2010 at 5:44am — 3 Comments

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