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This is a new one. Thanks for that one.
Oh! thats right know I remember. Thanks
All I can come up with is
1 2 3 once I caught a fish alive 4 5 6 then I let him go again. I can't even remember how it really goes. Sorry I did try
Smile! I love this one.
A smile is a small gift with a huge impact.
Watch the video Smile a while which I added. Plenty of smiles for you to share.
Keep smiling
That must of taken courage. Thank you for sharing your story. May she rest in peace.
we never know what will come our way in life, do we? you and Colleen do so much for the kids. instead of wringing your hands saying how sad it all is you stepped out and did something about it. thanks for sharing your story. Hugs, Dawn
thank you for your story and all that you are giving!
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- Why I'm choosing to give:
- It spreads joy and happiness to one.
- What I'd most like to receive:
- The strength to use my gift God gave me, by working towards the growth of Operation Teddy Bear Care and spreading miles of smiles and joy in 2009
- How did you hear about the 29-Day Giving Challenge?
- I enjoy inspiration news. My day can't go by without reading Daily good.org I was over joyed when I saw the 29 day challenge. As it inspires one, and makes you realise life is worth living.
- About me:
- I am a widow. I live in the country with no electricity and no running water. I am interested in recycling and organic gardening. I have two potbellied pigs as pets. I receive a state grant. My husband passed away when my 5 children where still at school My eldest was in matric. I devoted my life to them. It was not very easy being a working mom and raising teenagers. Still today I don't know where I got the strength from. Thank goodness those days are over. I can now reap the benefit of my grandchildren. I have 8 grandchildren. 2 in the UK 4 in Cape Town and 2 in George. Even thow I don't see them often. It was very difficult for me when the children left home. It has taken me years to get use to being on my own.
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- http://www.southafricanbrands.com
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- http://www.teddybearcare.org
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Going down memory lane.
Sitting thinking of the past as sometimes we tend to do, my memories started coming back to me. When my sister and I joined 29day gifts my feelings were this is not for me, I can’t write and one of the challenges is blogging for 29days. Oh well as the saying goes in for a penny in for a pound. Colleen hesitated but I knew this is her forte as she enjoys writing.
On my second day of blogging my life changed Operation Teddy Bear Care was born.
As you all know I live a very quiet, simple life in th… Continue
On my second day of blogging my life changed Operation Teddy Bear Care was born.
As you all know I live a very quiet, simple life in th… Continue
Posted on November 8, 2009 at 2:40am — 2 Comments
A stranger fron Califronia U.S.A. comes to visit
How wonderful the Universe can be. I am so amazed how things happen in ones life. What a fantastic week I have had.
Here I am just plodding along trying to keep myself busy and content. The last eight months has really been a challenge for me. Sitting in the bush with no transport.… Continue
Posted on May 25, 2009 at 1:55am — 2 Comments
LIFES HAPPENINGS
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Today is a day I will always remember. It is amazing how we go through life accepting life’s challenges and just being content.
Today just being an ordinary day amusing myself, wondering what to do next to past the time and try being content, when I received this phone call from My Nephews wife Sheila. Asking me to spend the weekend with them, as they want to make me a Special Mothers Day Lunch. Wow! This is the first time in my life I have been an Honoured guest. Well this has really touched… Continue
Today is a day I will always remember. It is amazing how we go through life accepting life’s challenges and just being content.
Today just being an ordinary day amusing myself, wondering what to do next to past the time and try being content, when I received this phone call from My Nephews wife Sheila. Asking me to spend the weekend with them, as they want to make me a Special Mothers Day Lunch. Wow! This is the first time in my life I have been an Honoured guest. Well this has really touched… Continue
Posted on May 8, 2009 at 3:11am — 5 Comments
A THOUGHT FOR MOTHERS DAY
All our Special Days (Birthday, Mothers Day ect. ) bring joy to all who has someone special to share with. How often do we think on the Lonely?
My heart was touched when we where making Mothers day gifts and cards from recycle material with the children. One little fellow can to me wit… Continue
Posted on May 6, 2009 at 6:58am — 3 Comments
My Load has been lifted.
It has been 3 busy weeks in Cape Town . Meeting Mbali, Vukani Choir, promoting Operation Teddy Bear Care, doing kindness gives. What a change from my quite life style in nature. I found myself withdrawing into my shell every time I was in a crowd.
Friday evening with the choir was… Continue
Posted on April 16, 2009 at 5:01am — 5 Comments
Comment Wall (98 comments)
- At 3:12pm on November 8, 2009,
Lela Edgar said…
- Hi Maureen. I couldn't agree more!
- At 10:27pm on November 3, 2009,
Ruth said… - Maureen, My thoughts are with you today and I am asking that your life be filled with joy.
- At 6:38pm on October 29, 2009, Mary - 29Gifts Welcome Team Lead gave Maureen Forbes a gift…
- From the Gift Store
- At 3:21pm on July 2, 2009,
sharon said… - I hope to spur new life on Sunday, I hope we get a few new members!
I am excited about our latest new member sending bears and making a quilt!
My year and 1/2 project is over, and now I have the new faces of OTBC to reflect my attention!
Hang on here we go!
-s
- At 8:57am on July 1, 2009,
sharon said…
- Hey Maureen,
I kinda feel disconnected but am moving into the quilting project now and going to recommit to the whole 29 site and OTBC. I feel after Sun we may have a few new people visit and sign up after I do the power point which has the address of both sites in it. Hoping to stir some activity, they will also be posting the OTBC site in newsletters and the website for the church. Pray we get alot of support!
-s
- At 8:56am on May 15, 2009,
Lubabat Scotland said… - Maureen, tha amazing thing to me is how little it takes to make a big difference. In the case of Keep A Child Alive where they provide Aids prevention and care, it takes less than $1 a day to save a life! That just blows my mind. I will visit the teddbybearcare.org site to read what's going on. That is such a wondeful thing to bring comfort to the little ones over there. Such a geat cause.
- At 12:57pm on May 13, 2009,
Elly Rose said… - Maureen,
Thanks for the comment today. Kathy loves to talk to plants and trees. I will join her and talk to the lettuce. Kathy will be here next week for a week so I will plant them with her. Have a wonderful day.
Elly Rose
- At 5:21am on May 8, 2009,
Stacey S. said… - Thanks for the tip on the tomato plant. I will have to try it!
- At 6:10pm on May 2, 2009,
Georgia said… - Hi Maureen, Thank you for your note to me. I am glad that you recieved the package and I do hope you will find a use for all the little "do-dads" I wish it could have been more! And you are very welcome.
I am the one who has been bad about blogging. It seems that when we returned from the California trip I could not get much relief from the back pain. I guess all the sitting while traveling was just too much! I didn't blog because I was not giving -- just reclining in chair and waiting for relief. ( I am a big baby and I don't like to hurt!)
I am better now as long as I don't do things for too long. I have been busy lately getting a new business started and I am making some progress.
You have shamed me into blogging again and that will maybe shame me into giving! Thank you for that!!
Love, Georgia
- At 7:30am on April 25, 2009,
Ruth said…
- Maureen- You are a wonderful woman. May blessings be showered upon you.
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I'm not completely sure how this site works yet but I do seek ways to help others always. These are a few things I have done this week:
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I am soooo sorry that I won't be able to make it - it sounds like a great event! I am doing some volunteer work that day with Operation Gratitude, so I will be there in spirit.
For today, I invited a new acquaintance to have Thanksgiving dinner with me and my friends....he would have been alone (as he is new to Austin) so I thought this would be a great way to give something....
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Hi Lizzie, this is my third holiday season since my mom's death, and I agree a good cry helps, and I find it is usually followed by some nice memories with just a few sniffs here and there. I hope your memories give you peace and warmth this holid...
Oh, this was a good gift. I might even go as far as to say my sister might owe me for this gift :-) Ok, maybe not because then it wouldn't be a gift would it. Anyway, my sister left for NYC this morning so she asked me to register her for her clas...
I haven't blogged here lately, as I really haven't felt I've any thing much to say. I do check in every day and read new posts, and a lot of posts I've come across lately have been about doing difficult gives. Mostly I find giving very easy, I've ...
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Clicked on the Breast Cancer site to help support free mammograms and clicked on http://americasnexttopdog.com/contest/profile.php?id=85
to vote for Charlie from American Poodles At Work to help support Service Dog education...
Today I gave an apology...even though I didn't think that I was the one who was wrong, and I really felt the other person should be the one who apologized to me. To end the disagreement, I apologized and realized that I can't make that person apol...
I am really new at this, but I have a feeling that just as soon as you decided what your gift will be and act upon it, your day will turn around at that moment!
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