Lucky Charms for Medicine Bags?

August 30, 2008

[THE NEWEST UPDATE CAN BE FOUND HERE] I’m looking through the nooks and crannies in my house for tiny items that would be “good luck charms. This is a handful of things I have found so far: an arrowhead I found when I was young, a coin I brought back from a trip to Mexico, [...]

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Afterglow

July 8, 2008

I’m still giddy. I can’t show you many of the pictures, because I can’t show recognizable faces of the children. You can see them on my Flickr page (if you will tell me to “friend” you), or tell me to send you a “guest pass.” Seeing the pictures is good but being there was awesome! [...]

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Special Delivery

July 7, 2008

Yes, I cried. We delivered afghans today. There was my sister Renice and my friend Rebecca. Behind them, it’s me, Sherry, her daughter Amanda,and my husband Eric (who wasn’t in the picture). But, he was having a good time, because I let him ride the golf cart with the cute volunteer. Hmmm. Does he look [...]

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Anticipation

July 6, 2008

Isn’t anticipation delicious sometimes? You know what I mean. You can remember it. Perhaps it was the night before a first date with someone who made your heart go pitter-pat. Maybe it was as you awaited the birth of your child. Maybe it was while you planned for your dream vacation. I’m experiencing something like [...]

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The End Is Near For Share A Square

June 22, 2008

I’m so excited! I’m hopping around like popcorn in a pan. Last Friday, I visited at Cook Children’s Medical Center to finalize the plans for the delivery of afghans to Camp Sanguinity. While I was at it, I delivered a cashier’s check for $1229.47 – money that was donated by my wonderful readers. The camp [...]

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I Knew That People Had Big Hearts

June 14, 2008

Just a few days ago, these three afghans graced the porch of my friend Connie, in Gladewater, Texas. Now, they are in a box on their way to me. An afghan from Jenny McB. is in the mail, too. And, Sherry has one she will deliver in person when we meet (which will be soon, [...]

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Share A Square Anniversary

June 9, 2008

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”~Kahlil Gibran A one year anniversary is around the corner. I’m talking about the Share A Square project, of course. It’s been an exciting year of watching as people gave of themselves; gave generously from [...]

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No More Fund Raising

May 19, 2008

It was a good run, but fund raising is hard work! I tried to raise money for Camp Sanguinity Cancer Camp, and we came up with a decent bit of cash. It wasn’t what I had hoped, but any money they get is more than they had. I’m just glad there were some kind souls [...]

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NOW You can Donate to the Camp Sanguinity Fund

April 15, 2008

UPDATE: THE FUND RAISING HAS ENDED. Whoot! NOW we are in business! I’ve told you about it, and it took me several tries and several days to get a PayPal fund set up. You will be seeing this image on my sidebar for the next several months. You can click it to donate for the [...]

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Deflated

March 19, 2008

I got punctured to donate my platelets, and I’m deflated about it at the moment. It didn’t go quite as I had planned. I might not be a very good donor, and I feel like a failure. I was pretty scatterbrained as I headed out the door, and barely remembered to grab a book from [...]

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The Match Game. Bone Marrow Match, That Is

March 12, 2008

One of my most vivid memories of childhood is of me at six years old. I was running helter-skelter down the narrow hallway of our local clinic in my underwear, screaming, “bloody murder!” My Momma and Dr. Lancaster (with a syringe in his hand that looked five foot long) chased me. He was going to [...]

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A Medicine Bag?

March 4, 2008

Don’t y’all go looking at me like I’m crazy! I wanted to make a “medicine bag.” Not for me! For Share A Square. I’ve shown you the afghans we are making for the children at Camp Sanguinity Cancer camp. Each one has 48 name tags on it to show the 48 people from around the [...]

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I Have No Choice But To Rejoice

February 22, 2008

This morning when I crawled out of bed, I was halfway hoping that my blog had not shown up on my home computer yet, so that I could just climb back in bed and ride out my back pain. It was here, so I felt the need to work on an update for Share A [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #33 I’ve Been Working On A Chain Gang

January 10, 2008

Didja get it, huh? “Chain Gang?” It’s my “hook” to draw you in (I sound like Jay Leno begging for pity laughter). Some of you may be aware that I have been working on a little charity project on my blog. It’s called Share A Square, and it’s about making crocheted granny afghans for 140 [...]

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November Share A Square Update

November 1, 2007

On December the 12th, the local arts council here in Denton has agreed to let me lay out the finished afghans on the floor of the building and take a picture of a “Sea of Afghans!” I hope to get a photographer to take good pictures of each afghan (I’m hopeless as a photographer!). With [...]

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“I Have No Words”

October 28, 2007

Well, actually, I do. Have words, that is. It takes a lot to make a storyteller go speechless, but this week almost did it. That title quotes my friend Lola, who faithfully translates my pages into Spanish so she can read them. She had seen a picture I posted of a boy who has cancer [...]

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Post Office Madness. Share A Square Update.

October 23, 2007

Hey, Kids! We are back from our trip to California, with much to tell you. I found myself on the coast of northern California (Mendocino) without much ability to get a regular internet connection, so I’ll be posting more about California in the next couple of days. For right now, I have to play catch [...]

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Warm Your Heart

October 12, 2007

Y’all, any day that you think there is too much evil in the world, I want you to think about this Share A Square Project. We are working together to make 140 afghans for the children at Camp Sanguinity. It’s a summer camp for children with cancer. You would not believe the response. Volunteers from [...]

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Share A Square September Update Page

September 5, 2007

Y’all have been waiting very patiently, and I thank you for that. I’ve been as busy as a one-armed woman saddling a horse, and a lot is getting done. On Tuesdays, I crochet with the Senior Center Needlework Group here in Denton, and on Wednesdays I drive to Roanoke to crochet with another needlework group. [...]

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Thursday Thirteen Number 25. I Just Have to Share

August 30, 2007

Y’all, there are days that I worry about the “monster” I have created. I had spent six months building a readership for this blog. I made many blogging friends and enjoyed visiting them every day. They came faithfully to read the stories that I wrote. I was having a lot of fun with it. Then, [...]

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