I am a Dad.
A Father.
A son.
A Brother.
Sometimes I am a real Mother.
Or so I am told.
So this is close to my heart. Real close.
I doubt there is a harder situation for me to imagine. Maybe I even actually avoid thinking about it.
"Maybe" ..hell...I do avoid it. Who am I kidding. That is something I am not proud of.
Nothing hits me harder than seeing a young child suffering. Anybody really. But a child is almost unthinkable for me. I am not very able to accept the fact, nor really able to deal with the reality of the eventual death of a child. As a parent, a very blessed and lucky parent, I find that the fact that there are terminally stricken children in this world, somehow needs to be compartmentalized in my mind in some way so as to be able to function as a reasonably happy person myself. After all? What can I do? The reality is there, safely stashed somewhere in the recesses.....but when it is brought to the forefront, I am very uncomfortable with it all.
The burden on the families of these sweet souls must be immense. I can not imagine it. My heart goes out to all involved. Thank goodness for the extraordinary people who are involved in trying to make the lives of those who suffer more bearable. Medical personnel, nurses, caretakers, all of them! What an incredible gift they have. If you have ever been hurt badly, scared to death, and looked up into the calm friendly eyes of one of these caretakers, and felt the comfort of knowing someone was there, you might have just a small view of what one of those kids experiences everyday.
Not all of us are born with those particular gifts. We each are given different gifts. And they are gifts...to be shared. That is why we call them gifts.
There is a certain member here on MD whom just about everyone either knows or is aware of. She lives in a far away place as far as most of us here in the US are concerned, but it makes no difference. She is a person with a gift. A beautiful one to share.
This is a woman of many talents and abilities. She is a 5 star European Chef of amazing talent. She flies aeroplanes. I have heard she has flown helicopters too. She is an engineer. An ex motorcyclist, owns but does not wear a pair of Wellington Boots, a critic of restaurants, an artist. And a writer. ...and now, a published poet. Oh...did I mention she is also a Mother?
One of her daughters is a finalist in the Miss Wales beauty contest. And this organization encourages the girls to help raise money for charities.
So what does Mum do? She writes AND publishes a small book of poems for her beautiful daughter called My Special Miss. This little gift is really, not as small as it looks. It is available now, to everyone.
But that is not all.....
Because every dime of the money taken in by the sale of this little book, goes to the Joshua Foundation, which , in turn, helps terminally cancer stricken children. It is like Make A Wish.....they take kids on special trips to places that are only available to these families in dreams. As a last wish in many cases. As a chance to forget, if but for only a few minutes, the frightening reality they face every day. The inevitable loss. Something harder than I can conceive.
So here is a chance for us, as one small community, to make this gift happen. To help it do what it has been created for. To actually make a difference!
As some of you know, a few of her poems in that book are now songs as well. One of those songs raised almost a hundred dollars in the first day. A small amount you say? Well....I can say I did help some. And that is my gift to give. It is all I have. It helps me sleep at night.
It will not do the work by itself. It asks us to open our hearts, and let out a little love. .
It is easy...quick ....costs almost nothing, and will do more good than you might imagine.
Not only that......It is a good book. You will enjoy it. Especially if you know her at all. And in that way, it is a gift to yourself as well.
I got mine coming! I bought one for my Mother......I am going to see about selling them in my store as well.
Here is where you can get one for you .....and anyone you might want to give a gift to.....Gift...what a nice word.
ask tunes for the link or ask misschoos for the link
Thanks you guys, for your support. It will come back to you tenfold! I promise.
And thank you Matchdoctor. Maybe you guys would like to get your copies as well.
Stay Tuned
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