Have you heard about the Nielson’s (Christian and Stephanie Nielson? It’s really an amazing and touching story of love, family, and the kindess of www/strangers. Their story was recently featured on the Today Show (see it here) but can also be regularly chronicled on 3 blogs:

C Jane Run – Nie Nie’s Sister, Courtney’s updates
Nie Nie’s Dialogues – (Where it all started – currently running favorite articles from her archives)
Nie Recovery – A great place to see how the worldwide web has come together to help this family.

I just can’t seem to get them out of my mind… my prayers are with them and their kids and I’m trying to come up with a way that I can help.  At the very least I hope you’ll use these links to get to know and care about them, too.

From C Jane Run:

Send cards to decorate our patient’s room!
c/o c jane
2250 N. University Parkway #4876
Provo, Utah
84604-1590
(No flowers please!)
(Though Nie would love them . . .)

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How ’bout a FREEBIE! (The crowd goes wild!)

I’ve got 9 Wild, Textured, Painted, Papers created in 12 x 12, 300 dpi for you if you want them:

download 1
download 2

Yes, they’re FREE however, the perfect payment is taking 20 seconds (yes, just 20!) to leave me a comment and make my day…

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I found 2 more quote gems to share:

“Wonders never cease, if you never cease to wonder.”  ~ Ziggy

(pretty wise little cartoon dude, huh?)

And

“I wish I had treasured ‘the doing’ a little more and ‘the getting it done’ a little less”  ~ Anna Quindlen

Good one for us moms (yes, me) that rush through the day just trying to get it all done, enjoying little of it, and never getting it ALL done anyway! 

Can I hear an, “Amen!”.

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Lunch box Joke: 

Why didn’t the dog want to play football?

(insert Jeopardy music here… Do, do, Do, do, Do, do, Dooooooo, *DUNT*, d-dunt, dunt, dunt, dunt, DUUNT)

Because he was a boxer!  (I can see you smiling)

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I’ll post some moments of Joy tonight… now get out there and improve the day of someone else ~ BONUS ~ it’ll improve your day, too!

Angie