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Day 4- Today my gift was paying for the persons meal behind me in the drive thru at Chick fil a...I hope it put a smile on his face!!!

  Today is my parents' thirty-fourth wedding anniversary.  I thought for the last few days about what I could possibly get them.  I wanted it to be something specially made for them.  Something that would knock them off their feet, I hoped.  Feeling somewhat panicked and like I had already failed last night, I started to write.  

  I found a perfect card for them after I got off work today and put last night's creation inside.

  This is how it went: 

  "Thirty-four years…

Seems like there have been little gifts from my side these days, but the world has been giving to me constantly. My gifts: today and yesterday some tip in the "Zebra". And today took some laundry of my roommate with me when I did my own. Ah, and yesterday and today some cookies to my roommate and his girlfriend, and some advice on a health issure. Calling for help when a drunk man lie half-conscious in the street, also yesterday. On shabbat (saturday :) ): prayers for friends. I had asked…

A week and a half ago I sort of dropped off the face of the earth.  A horrible sinus/bronchial infection left me flat down for a few days and then graduation hit full force.  Truth be told, it was likely the efforts involved in getting my son graduated from high school that left me worn and defenseless to the bug that struck.  We've been wrestling with make-up work for months to ensure he graduated (as some of you remember my bemoaning blogs about it) and, by the skin of his teeth, it…

Today's gift is one of money. A woman at my company's home off in Massachusetts, participates in the Breast Cancer 3 day every year (her mom died of breast cancer a number of years ago).

While I know the money I am pledging this year could be spent on groceries or bills- it is going to a good cause! And my sacrificing $25 isn't that much in the grand scheme of things. I pledge to do $50 next year!

I will just cut something else out of my expenditures and know…

Yesterday we took advantage of the beautiful weather and headed to the lake for a boat ride.  Almost immediately after launching into the water, my huband observed a boat sitting a few hundred yards out from the shore that appeared to be in trouble.  As we approached the small boat my husband asked if they needed help, and with a grateful smile the gentleman said "YES!"  Their engine had died and they had been sitting there for a while trying to restart it.  So we offered them a tow, which…

A birthday message to my first boyfriend (who lets face it was a bit of a psycho) who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury from a hit and run accident 6 months ago. 

It has taken 10 years for me to let go of everything that happened but I think this was an acknowledgement that even though I hate what he did I still care about him as another human being. 

I am not sure what my gift was for today.  I volunteered to work a partial shift at a Bingo fundraiser for my son.  I HATE Bingo.  I ended up staying all day because they were short handed.  I met some lovely women at the table next to me.  Everyone was so nice.  Not sure if this was a gift or not.

Some interesting things have come about recently,  energy is definately shifting!

My Ex has finally opened up to me after almost four years.  The change in him is so profound and with no pestering, preaching or persuasion from me! Could it be that we could make it work after all...?

Also, yesterday I had a surprise run in with my old boss which led to us talking about what a shame it was that our business plans for raw food retreats never came into being. 

Then…

Day 27: Being a sunday,i was at home and the only gift i gave was of patient listening to my son.I didn't lose my cool even at once and also cooked pasta for him.

Day 28: Donated a hundred rupees for the chabeel the office guys are putting up.The temperatures are soaring high these days and chabeels are put up at various places where cold rose flavored drinks are served to passer bys.

I cleaned the house and prepared a yummy home cooked meal for my best friend... then she rang to cancel! does this count? I am not sure but the intent was there :)

A Lazy girly afternoon with my baby girl... We hired Barbie movies, ate popcorn and raw chocolate. Yum. 2 happy bellies.

After only 3 days good things are already happening...When paying some bills I noticed that I got a $40.00 reduction on my cable bill this month...YAY!!! & I got 2 special orders for doll furniture just today!!! Things are going great!!!

This weekend he have been orginizing things, not only with the moving, but personally as well. 

Firts, I realize how screwed up my family is, and how long we have been pretending to be alright, and how much it has affected me as well as my brothers and sister. I think she's the one taking the worst of it. So I have been talking to her, and realizing things that maybe I knew, but I didn't want to accept. Anyway, she told me she is going to a therapist tomorrow, and it's…

I've been puttering around the house and yard most of the day, and got a few rows done on my mum-in-law's summer hat. I'll do a little more this evening before going to bed. 

While out getting cat food, I picked up an extra case for the local cat shelter. They put out a request on Facebook for donations of cat food because their supply is running low. Not only do they feed their own shelter cats, they also help people who are in financial trouble and have difficulty feeding…

Well, today's gift wasn't necessarily spectacular, but I didn't have a ton of opportunities.

This afternoon I went to our nearby Outlet Mall with 2 girlfriends from work. I'm a *BIG* fan of complimenting people for little things and making sure they count. My friend, Sandy, doesn't do a lot of things for herself. She is a big giver- something I like about her and is similar to me. Anyhow, while we were looking at clothes, I…

Day 7 my gift was to a do custom-request bodypainting of huge wings on the back and shoulders.

Day 8 my gift was to light a candle and send prayers for peace for a client who's dying of cancer.

Good evening, Friends!

Some of you are members of The Prayer Cafe here at 29 Gifts, and I thank you for your dedication and commitment to helping make our group strong and powerful in the work we do to help bring healing, joy, love, relief, and wholeness to others through the power of prayer! We are blessed…

Well, yesterday's gift wasn't planned for at all! I was bringing my friend, Kari, a ride back to her car after we'd done some shopping, when a woman backed out of her parking spot and hit me. This definitely did not excite me and kinda ticked me off that she clearly didn't check her mirrors before or during backing out.

Anyhow, we exchanged information and she…

This was not my most stellar giving day. Or any kind of stellar day. I was irritated, annoyed and grumpy. There were opportunities I didn't take - the buskers who (in my grumpiness) were making too much noise for me to sit and read, the tourists taking pictures who were (in my grumpiness) blocking the path, the elderly people and young kids moving (in my grumpiness) too slowly, the young man sitting with a cardboard sign... all my judginess came out. 

Eventually I came home…