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- Why I'm choosing to give:
- i want to help spur the culture i want to live in :)
- What I'd most like to receive:
- gratitude and more self-respect
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- a friend!
- About me:
- i'm giving up my possessions and traveling for about 2 months. i figure this is the best time to do a giving challenge!
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Well, it just got worse until finally today I realized it was strep throat (I have had it many times, but this time it crept up, masquerading as a cold on the first day). I hope that I didn't inadvertently pass it on to anyone. Still spiking fever...
you don't need to feel bad about your teen moving out. sometimes it's for the best for all concerned, at least for awhile. relief is a natural feeling especially if things have been bad for a while. it's nice to let people go ahead of you in line,...
does anyone know where i could get this book in time for Christmas, preferably for $100 or less? it's $114 on Amazon but they can't promise delivery by then. please let me know, my son really wants it. *** The Red Book (Liber Novus) – C.G. Jung
I gave some more time to Janet today. Her water bed plug did not seal yesterday and she asked me to come over and re-make the bed. It was good...
Day 10, I gave myself the day off!
Day 11, I became conciously aware of giving people the right away in traffic and at Walmart. I let someone go in front of me at the checkout.
Day 12, I gave myself permission to feel ok, even relief after my teen...
We had a beautiful fall weekend, which I squandered by barely getting out of my pajamas.
Yesterday, we were lucky that our friend had all three of our kids for a sleepover and I got to give my day Seven gifts. A local couple did a fundraiser dinn...
Today was a light giving day. I checked in on my friend's husband. She is in Egypt for 2 weeks and he doesn't really get out much. Someone checks in on him each day and today was one of my days. Did my giving on the clicking sites. Called my frien...
Oh Dawn, what a greaqt give! I can just imagine this man's reaction whne he tries to remember who he was with and should he know you. You have started my day off with a great big grin just thinling about it.
What an awesome story! And outlook. I like the way you percieve your surroundings; finding the positve and beauty in the moment. That is a gift! xxoo
I believe!
it was a "warm up" because all the holds on this climb were really big and easy to hold onto. =) Easy moves, stretching out. The picture makes it look more intimidating than it truly is. =)
Oops! I guess I haven't blogged in awhile! :P
Day 17: Actually got the teddy bears for the Ft. Hood survivors to the post office! Yippee! :o) I also made another food bank donation at the grocery store.
Day 18: Volunteer day at the school. I als...
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