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Today, on Day 29 of the 29 Day Giving Challenge, I think I get it. 'Lack' is a state of mind and 'abundance' is a choice.



The gifts that felt the most rewarding were not the ones that cost money, but the ones that required my time and attention and intention. Those were the gifts that filled me with a sense of purpose and accomplishment. That includes writing this blog, even the last few days when I fell out of the daily habit. It was realizing that I had to write them all today, on… Continue

Here I am winding down on this challenge, and I did so good in the first few weeks by blogging religiously every night. Then I got busy and tired at night, and while I was still doing the giving, I wasn't blogging. Truthfully, it lost some of it's meaning. Plus now here I am having to spend more time catching up! But I had to catch up today because it's Day 29....



My gift today was another letter to a friend I don't get to see very often. It seems insignificant, but to put pen to paper… Continue

Well, I couldn't make a donation to NPR and neglect the television counterpart in PBS! I don't watch a lot of television, and if it's on it is usually just background noise, but I do enjoy programming on PBS, and when I take the time to watch the evening news, it's always PBS. A full hour of coverage, in-depth, not just sound bites, and of course no commercials. Though to keep it no commercials required public support.



In this day and age of advertising everywhere, it's nice to still… Continue

My niece (well actually niece-in-law, the wife of my nephew, but that's just too cumbersome!) is excellent at genealogy research - finding long-lost relatives, family trees, that sort of thing. She is trying to start a little business on the side and so she decided to get a website. I offered to help since I can create basic sites. We did the work months ago, but I wanted to make some improvements so I offered to add more pictures and make some other changes. I also will help her market the… Continue