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Deborah Hays Children

My give for today was to donate to Lubabat's holiday gift project. I have been away from this site for a few days and came back this morning to see the wonderful work that Lubabat is doing for the children. I signed on right away. I have also been gifting to myself the joy of reading Cami's book. I am inspired by her courage and tenacity and her ability to create such a wonderful book. Thank you both for the spark in my day...... Continue

Added by Deborah Hays on November 10, 2009 at 5:33am — No Comments

KristinAnna Today is day 16

I have not posted a blog here since Nov. 3rd.... which was day 9 - I believe. I totally do not want to be a "fall off" person here. Just for myself, really, I want to stay mindful and committed here to this website here, till day 29. I may not be updating every day, but I will maintain my blogs till day 29. I cannot go back, and list day by day an actual "giving" event to document here. BUT, I can say that I live more mindful in each moment of my day, and in situations where I have a choice to… Continue

Added by KristinAnna on November 10, 2009 at 5:12am — No Comments

Harriet Care Package (Day 14 Round 3)

My best friend hasn't been feeling well, she lives in the same state, but 100s of miles away, so I don't get to see her often enough. I just put a care package together for her and mailed it with :vanilla chai from the local coffee shop, lovely strong ginger tea, and my favorite herbal cough drops. I also added a fun "fluff" book to read and a homemade card. Continue

Added by Harriet on November 10, 2009 at 4:31am — 1 Comment

Rachel Melcher Day Fifteen: Supporting Small Business

My day was winding to a close without having given a conscious gift. My son and I had played at the park and met up with my husband for an early dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant. At home, in my mailbox, I found a gift of ten perfume samples from my friend who is launching her own perfume oil business. She laughingly told me it was both a bribe and work, as she was hoping I'd reciprocate by testing and writing reviews for each one. I spent an hour or more skin-testing each perfume and writ… Continue

Added by Rachel Melcher on November 10, 2009 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

Gayle Fleming Day 10 Roses

A few days ago I watched a video on Huffington Post of Cami talking about her journey toward giving and there were scenes of her handing out flowers to perfect strangers mostly. The look of surprse on their faces was priceless. I was in the supermarket yesterday morning and hadn't really decided what to give for the day. I spotted a dozen beautiful peach roses and I bought them. The first one I gave was to the supermarket checker. Oh, how precious her look of gratitude was. She held up the rose… Continue

Added by Gayle Fleming on November 10, 2009 at 3:30am — 4 Comments

Ruth Whoops...!

Already slipping - miissed posting yesterday. First a little thing but very big to me - Over the last two days I've been very mindful of my thoughts when preparing meals. I often get very cross inside when there's not even the basic courtesy of a thank you. I know it's something that needs doing every day and thanks makes it so much pleasanter, the acknowledgment rather than just the expectation of food on the plate. Anyway, I've tried to be more gracious in my mind and yesterday evening receive… Continue

Added by Ruth on November 10, 2009 at 3:29am — 1 Comment

Pauline Nolan Day 14

I tried to smile at every shopkeeper or customer service person I interacted with today - it makes a big difference. Continue

Added by Pauline Nolan on November 10, 2009 at 3:15am — 1 Comment

michele pierce burns The gift of silence

Sometimes a gift can be something you DON'T give (i.e. negativity, drama, gossiping etc). For example, it can be difficult to 'get the job done' if two of your colleagues have some issues to resolve with one another. In the past I might have tried to mediate, or tell some story illustrating my opinion etc. I chose to focus on the work and silently send them both love. Guess what? The situation ended. So I'm thinking today about the gift of silence... (P.S. Of course my appreciation for the powe… Continue

Added by michele pierce burns on November 10, 2009 at 1:57am — 3 Comments

Epiphany When Life Gives You Lemons

When life serves ya lemons... remember you can change your order! So when I got a phone call from my boyfriend of the past several years two days before my birthday telling me he's looking for greener pastures, I knew it was time to pull out the juicer and start squeezin' me a few lemons. That phone call made me suddenly mighty thirsty. A few days prior to this I had found this website: 29 Day Giving Challenge and rather than roll my… Continue

Added by Epiphany on November 9, 2009 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

Ardina Day 4

Not the best day for me. I lend a pen to someone at school who needed one. I helped someone carry their supplies in during yoga. I'm not sure what else? :( Tomorrows a new day... Today, however, I received a book from a friend. I'll read it and then pass it on again! Continue

Added by Ardina on November 9, 2009 at 9:52pm — 1 Comment

Elaine Day 5 - quick and unexpected

Today's give came up suddenly, and was very quick. I was in the grocery store, and saw a small child trying to crawl out of her place in the the cart while her mother's back was turned. As most small childern are, this little girl was more determined than she was coordinated and was in position to fall if she moved much more. I said"careful!" and reached out to steady the child. Her mother turned and, just as the little girl was about to fall, caught her. She looked at me with grateful eyes and… Continue

Added by Elaine on November 9, 2009 at 9:10pm — 2 Comments

Angie Sue Day 9 Monday November 9, 2009

Today was a great day. Feeling better and better health wise- the medication to eliminate the sinus infection is working. Or maybe writing down and reading about all the gift-giving posts has a lot to do with it! Taught a class this morning. Did a friend a favor by pre-ordering a soon to be released book online for her so she will not have to pay shipping or tax. Another friend was having a tough time sleeping and I listened to him for about an hour on the phone talk about some things that were… Continue

Added by Angie Sue on November 9, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

staci leahy day 8 (x3) love notes to the kiddos....

during the week, i get home from work when my kids are in bed for the night. it's not unusual for me to come home to find a handmade card from one (or all) of my kids sitting on my computer keyboard ... usually in the shape of the heart with "i love you, mom!" scrawled in crayon. it makes my evening when it happens. they're always so proud the next morning when i tell them i got the card(s) and thank them for the sentiments. today, while they were in school, i cut my own construction paper heart… Continue

Added by staci leahy on November 9, 2009 at 8:33pm — 1 Comment

Allie Andersen day one

I don't know why but I thought starting off with gifts to soldiers in Iraq would be nice! I searched a bit online and found a website called www.anysoldier.com. On this website you can read countless posts of what different groups need/want. I found a group of woman in Iraq, in the Army that wanted girlie things like hair products, lotions, and loofahs etc. Oh and the best..they wanted nail polish and other things to do manis and pedis (gotta love women wh… Continue

Added by Allie Andersen on November 9, 2009 at 8:21pm — 3 Comments

CassandraMadeIt Day 13 - The Giving I Got

I mentioned in my earlier blog that 13 is an auspicious number in Feng Shui & that I thought Day 13 post would be a lucky one. Well, I didn't know yet how lucky the day would be. Yesterday, I had my first IVIG treatment for MS. The nurse came to my home and administered it. It took 9 tries before she could get the IV in. My veins kept collapsing or hiding after she'd try to put in the stick. We were at it for 1 1/2 hours before the final success. Anyway, today I felt really tired from the… Continue

Added by CassandraMadeIt on November 9, 2009 at 8:17pm — 1 Comment

Katie Day 4

Today I gave my friend a book I had read and really liked. I thought she would enjoy reading it and would pass it on to someone else. Continue

Added by Katie on November 9, 2009 at 8:16pm — 2 Comments

staci leahy day 7 (x3) missing my beauty sleep.....

i love sleep. no, no ... i LOVE sleep. i take a nap every day with my 2yo son. every. day. on sundays, i work from 6a-2p, so i especially look forward to my nap on sundays. on this particular sunday, i was especially tired. i had gone to "white christmas" the night before with my husband's family. we didn't get home until after midnight, and i didn't get in bed until closer to 1am. i started thinking about my afternoon nap when my alarm went off at 4:30am ..... while at work, i decided t… Continue

Added by staci leahy on November 9, 2009 at 8:13pm — 1 Comment

Debs Day 5

I might use up all 29 days on my friend in the hospital!! I guess that would be okay, too. My friend is a huge sudoku fan, so I brought her a book and pencil today along with a notebook. I think if I was given weeks left to live, I'd be writing like crazy... all the things I need my kids and grandchildren to know - like how much I love them. My friend may not use it, she seems to have lots of company - she is well-loved, and may just need to sleep in between the visitors, but I gave something I… Continue

Added by Debs on November 9, 2009 at 8:13pm — 2 Comments

Diana Kirby Out of the mouths of babes for Day 15

My daughter had a school holiday today, and asked to go visit some old friends and teachers at her former preschool. It was great to see our friends and she enjoyed it. When we left, she said, "That made my day. And it probably made their day, too. That's MY gift for today!" And then on our walk with the dogs later, she picked up plastic bottles trashed on the side of the road and said, "That's my gift to the environment for today!" Continue

Added by Diana Kirby on November 9, 2009 at 7:36pm — 1 Comment

Diana Kirby Days 13 & 14

This weekend was a whirlwind of events, including a trip with garden blogging friends to San Antonio to tour nurseries and the Botanical Garden. I was lucky enough to find two little Rhubarb plants, and I shared one with a good gardening friend as my gift for one day. For the second gift, I made a donation to the Animal Trustees of Austin. They were recently vandalized and incurred thousands of dollars in damage and loss of equipment and computers and other things. They even had to remove animal… Continue

Added by Diana Kirby on November 9, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

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CassandraMadeIt commented on Epiphany's blog post 'When Life Gives You Lemons'
Welcome! Your story reminds me of a breakup I had many years ago. After he left, I stared at my bookcase, about half-empty. It was lonely without all his books. But something in me decided I needed to clear the whole thing out. So I have all my b...
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Deborah Hays commented on Gayle Fleming's blog post 'Day 10 Roses'
What wonderful gives. Love the spirit and beauty of the flowers.
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My give for today was to donate to Lubabat's holiday gift project. I have been away from this site for a few days and came back this morning to see the wonderful work that Lubabat is doing for the children. I signed on right away. I have also been...
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Allie Andersen mailing out gifts for day one and two today!
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Allie Andersen commented on Allie Andersen's blog post 'day one'
thanks harriet and cassandra, it seems easy enough, i'll let you know if i have any problems at the PO!
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CassandraMadeIt commented on michele pierce burns's blog post 'The gift of silence'
I agree with Jane; this is a very difficult gift to give. I think the power of silence is much overlooked in our culture. We often work so hard to fill the spaces between words and arguments, having little patience for letting our situations unfol...
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Today was a great day. Feeling better and better health wise- the medication to eliminate the sinus infection is working. Or maybe writing down and reading about all the gift-giving posts has a lot to do with it! Taught a class this morning. Did ...
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KristinAnna added a blog post
I have not posted a blog here since Nov. 3rd.... which was day 9 - I believe. I totally do not want to be a "fall off" person here. Just for myself, really, I want to stay mindful and committed here to this website here, till day 29. I may not be ...
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NaShaa replied to Erin - 29Gifts Community Manager's discussion 'NOVEMBER FEATURED CAUSE: Operation Smiley Face from Lubabat Scotland'
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Jane commented on michele pierce burns's blog post 'The gift of silence'
I love this -- this is very difficult too. I sometimes try to not say anything negative all day. Sadly, I have never made it. My son is verbal but does not hear. However he listens more than most people. Has Danson learne sign? It is a beautiful l...
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Sheri commented on Sarah's blog post 'Sharing Love ~ Day 6'
I am so glad everyone is safe. I work with a boy that has seizures. Recently he found out his mom and dad are getting a divorce. He is very emotional and his seizures have really increased. We are trying to give him some extra hugs and praise. It ...
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NaShaa commented on Rachel Melcher's blog post 'Day Fifteen: Supporting Small Business'
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Sheri commented on Sunflower's blog post 'Days 13 and 14'
That is so funny about your cat! Very cool!
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My day was winding to a close without having given a conscious gift. My son and I had played at the park and met up with my husband for an early dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant. At home, in my mailbox, I found a gift of ten perfume samples ...
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Kathy O commented on Kathy O's blog post 'what a joy!'
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Sheri My husband is gone for a week and I am missing him. Maybe giving will help me feel less lonely
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kell435us commented on Epiphany's blog post 'When Life Gives You Lemons'
Loved your blog! It actually has inspired me to start giving again....conciously, anyway. Thanks :)
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Seems you had a wonderfull day !
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