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Cami Walker -- 29Gifts Founder
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- Why I'm choosing to give:
- Because my mom taught me that the best way to solve your own problems is to help someone else.
- What I'd most like to receive:
- May as well WISH BIG...
* RECEIVED Sept 08 -- A publishing deal for the 29 Gifts book, which is gonna rock!
* A baby.
* A good screenwriter, producer and director to help make the 29 Gifts feature film... and some big money to make it happen.
- How did you hear about the 29-Day Giving Challenge?
- A South African medicine woman, Mbali Creazzo, gave me a prescription to do it and then I created this site.
- About me:
- I'm a writer, artist and healer who lives in Los Angeles, California. I worked in advertising for "the big boys" for a long time, helping companies who already have millions of dollars make millions more. After about 15 years of focusing on making money for these giants, I found myself feeling empty, unfulfilled and struggling with a serious health condition (Multiple Sclerosis) that required I stop living my over-driven lifestyle. Now my focus is on helping build companies and community projects that are spiritually-centered and wildly profitable on all levels. I created the 29-Day Giving Challenge to encourage my friends, family, clients and hopefully many strangers to give back to our communities--and as a way to help me heal.
- Website:
- http://www.29Gifts.org
- Other Website:
- http://www.creativeurge.com
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Cami Walker -- 29Gifts Founder's Blog
A quick summary to wrap up cycle 18 and beginning cycle 19
Day 21 (x18): I cuddled with my husband for fifteen minutes. It's remarkable that this was the most concentrated time we've spent together is quite a while. We're both so busy. His voice over career is booming so he's gone all the time. And then there's my life with the 29 Gifts book. I spend about 2 hours a day (the max I can manage to work in a day) doing press or giving to the challenge in other ways and then I'm wiped out and need to lay down and rest. I'm usually asleep before Mark gets hom… Continue
Posted on October 6, 2009 at 6:00am — 3 Comments
Day 20 (x18): Letting myself be held
Keeping with my theme to give to my husband each day for the rest of this cycle, I allowed him to let me cry in his arms for a long time when I found out that my grandmother is sick with congestive heart failure. It is 3:29 am here in Hollywood right now and I have been bawling like a baby since about 7 pm.
Mark and I have been so physically distant from one another for so long now -- several months, mostly since the final push on writing the 29 Gifts book and all of the publicity that is in th… Continue
Mark and I have been so physically distant from one another for so long now -- several months, mostly since the final push on writing the 29 Gifts book and all of the publicity that is in th… Continue
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 3:34am — 1 Comment
Day 19 (X18): Love Bar
Mark and I had a rough and somewhat hostile therapy session today, but I kept to my commitment to give a gift a day to him through the rest of this cycle. Today's gift -- a Love Bar -- a raw chocolate bar. Being married is hard.
Posted on September 16, 2009 at 12:22am — 4 Comments
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I have read about that happening and it just did!! Daugher-in-law called and needed a ride. The ride was my give. My receive was she bought my lunch. Another receive was that my husband helped me move furniture in our bedroom so we could do some m...
I gave away the first of the Christmas compilation CD's that I made yesterday. I hadn't originally thought of this friend as a recipient. My son goes over to her house every Monday because he and her son have been friends since Kindergarten. He's ...
Day 15 - Sunday - We went to church as usual and I did my volunteer duties at the computer and Christmas Adopt-a-family. All my wish list tags were taken the first day. Yea!! We gave our weekly tithe. My daughter and I went Christmas shopping and ...
Congrats to your husband for his award and to you for getting the closet cleaned out!! Your tenacity is impressive! May you get some good sleep tonight.....
Great give!! Life is way too short to waste what time we have with our loved ones!!
I've stared reading Cami's book & as I'd expected it's been a great inspiration & also answered some of my questions about the philosophy of giving. I thought before that for a gift to be real it needed to be special, not usual everyday thing or o...
My little niece had to do a science project to make something out of used materials found around the home. It's basically teaching the kids to reuse and recycle instead of throwing things away. She decided to take a glass bottle from fancy lemonad...
Welcome to the challenge, Tammy. As soon as I saw 'waller' I knew you must be from the midwest, and sure enough you are from Illinois, as I am also. I don't think I have heard that term anywhere else!! Great gives and will be adding prayers for yo...
Good One! Will have to give this some serious thought - a real challenge.
Welcome and congratulaions on having the wisdom to plan and create a path which allows a joyful transition!!
Those are great gives. Yummy cupcakes will be a hit for sure! And your gift of undivided attention is so thoughtful on a hectic day. Glad you found it just as rewarding for yourself as it was to your team members ;-)
Welcome to the challenge, Katherine. The care package was a great give to your friend.
I love all the wonderful responses you have received to your question. I can't resist adding my two cents.
A couple of simple ideas to try:
1. Find or make 5 to 15 minutes once or twice per day. With "three children and a partner" and all the res...
Wow!! That was so beautifully said. I'd like to reach through the computer and give you a big hug ;-) Hope you will settle for a virtual hug. Your gives were wonderful! Blessings to you, LuckyGirlJulie.
I went to my daughter's work and I gave a book to charity through her bookstore. I did it because I know there are a lot of children who don't own a book. I was a grade school librarian and the kids got such a kick out of owning their own books. I...
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I was sick with a head cold during the Thanksgiving Holiday and didn't get to blog so here is my short list
Day 18: Got all my extra coupon ready to send out to some friends that I swap with.
Day 19: Helped out a co-worker by taking on extra wor...
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Just finished your very inpriring book, and am on my 9th day of giving. Your interview on the Today Show caught my attention as I also have MS. There have been a lot of ups and downs over the past 22 years, but Im doing ok, and raised two kids in the process.
I recently read a book called Healing Multipl Sclerosis by Ann Boroch. Your already doing many of the things she discusses, but I think you might find it helpful. The author is a Naturopath and has a practice in the LA area. Just wanted to pass on this recommendation. Thanks again for sharing such a grat idea with all of us. Debby
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