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Looking at my last post, I have not written in over a month. I accepted a job which has had me busy, busy, busy. Although I have not blogged about my gifting, I have five additional gifts to add to my current 12. But before I get to those, I'de like to recap my last gift which was setting up a blog to raise money for my friend Pete's medical treatment. I set the goal at $3000 and with one month have raised $7600.00! I had the help of two friends who sent out e-mails and made some phone calls…

My 12th gift was creating a fundraising blog for my friend Pete. Pete has been suffering for years with Lyme Disease and is at a critical point. His extended family is no where to be found and his nuclear family is suffering greatly. To read more about Pete go to the provided link: http://www.forpetessakegive.blogspot.com/ . I have enlisted two friends and as a team we are getting the job done! Having the capacity to help and actually…

I know it sounds macabre and it was...at first. I was driving past the Mystic Graveyard when I experienced an uncharacteristic internal tug to drive through the triple arches. I must admit, I have always been intregued by abandoned houses and graveyards. They fill my viscera with peaceful nostalgia and infinite possibility of what life was and also, acceptence that everything peaks and declines. That personal dance with the dead has many hidden lessons but this was not what drew me to the…

After my last trip to the beach, I decided to return with my oldest daughter Macie. She is going to be ten in ten days. I remember back when she was small and smiley and life was simple. She was a beauiful and easy going baby. She was healthy and so was I. Pondering those days brings a rush of emotion and tears. I sometimes let my mind wander back to that time so that I never forget how even in the worst of times we always have much more to be thankful for than we think. Macie's symptoms…