Friday, November 8, 2013

I Like T-Shirts and Orphans.



I like T-shirts.

and I like Jason*. A whole lot.

Read about how he captured my heart here.

Jason is severely hearing impaired. SCH is currently working toward getting him a set of four channel hearing aids.

The $500 price tag is not a small amount, but by no means unreachable.

Do you know about the wonderful organization Project Charity

They are a family run company that sells a different (and always cool) T-Shirt series each week, with a percentage of the profits going to different charities around the world.


In 2012 the owners adopted their son Paul from an orphanage in Easter Europe. That experience opened their eyes. Seeing children neglected in cribs and nearly starving made them feel powerless. But discovering people and organizations that work tirelessly for those children gave them hope.
They wanted to help, and Project Charity was their response.

This week's cause is to outfit my darling Jason with those hearing aids he so desperately needs.

Jason is a wonderful kid. and who doesn't love sweet T-Shirts?

This fundraiser ENDS MONDAY.


So buy a T-Shirt today, and help raise money toward that purchase.


Because I love Jason with my whole heart.


I mean, who wouldn't?... Just look at that smile. 







Interested in sponsoring this beautiful, hilarious, loving boy monthly? Click HERE! 




Friday, November 1, 2013

Rainy Days.




I have a tiny hole in the sole of my left boot.
Every day this week I have come home with damp socks. 
It has been a rainy week. 

Rainy days are funny things. 

Rainy days make me want to curl up in a sweatshirt, and forget the world. They make me want to retreat to my sofa, under a soft quilt, with a cup of coffee in my hands. Rainy days leave me sighing, without really knowing why. 

It has been a rainy week. 

I lost someone this week. It wasn't entirely unexpected, that is, I think I've been preparing for this for a long time.... but I still didn't really see it coming. Not this week. Not this month. Not this year. 

When the sadness and the cold, and the relentless rain crept in, I wanted to run away. 
I wanted to be anywhere but here. I wanted to ignore the rain around me. 

But sometimes you need rainy weather. You need rainy weather, to remind you how comfy that sweatshirt is, and how warm that cup of coffee can feel in your hands. 

You need hard days, to remind you just how blessed you really are. 

Thank you friends for sweet messages, and acts of love. 
Thank you Hannah for knowing that chocolate mends a broken heart.
Thank you Candace for knowing coffee warms the soul.
Thank you Joe, for not letting me run away. 
Thank you to my wonderful Monday night girls for praying over me. 


Thank you Ryan, for letting me know you.


"And not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that they bring about perseverance."
Romans 5:3