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MarillaAnne's del.icio.us Thursday Thirteen #5
01/11/07

This week more people standing in need of prayer and generosity and all the while incredible stories spin all around them.

Update: The incredible story for Kelli has taken a new turn. Please continue to the list for a few details! 01/13/07

And ... I made a startling discovery about myself. And I'm over-committed and believe you should be, also. Well, I wouldn't want you to be bored.

And ...

Standing in the need of prayer and attention

Living in Grace / TellingLifeStories 07_01_11 06_12_21 blogroll
Another story I am following. Kelli is beginning the process of obtaining a kidney transplant..... Jan 11, 2007 Update: Many hurdles.

Update!01/13/07 BooMama has worked out a way for us to be able to make donations. Read about it here: Let the Lovin' Begin. To promote Tuesday's event, you may also pick up this button (or the one in my sidebar) and associate it with this link: http://boomama.net/?p=723 (If you need help with this, just drop me a note.)

Sprittibee: Please Pray for Anissa / 07_01_11 GenerosityOp
Anissa went to be with the Lord on Wednesday evening. Please consider if you can contribute to the fund that was established to financially help her little son and husband.

Fer Just in case yer look'n fer sum'pn ta do

The Ultimate Creator: I'm Goin' for a Walk, Wanna Come? / 07_01_11 GroupProject
Ok so no I don't have enough to do. Yes, I signed up. But NO I've not been tracking it so well ... I don't know ... Yes, I have been walking ... some ... Hat tip: http://this-aint-new-york.blogspot.com/

A Reader's Journal: 2007 Winter Classics Challenge / books 07_01_11
Read Five Classics during January and February ... cute badge. Hat tip: http://fourtybefore40.blogspot.com/

AlphabetReaders : The Alphabet Readers (A Yahoo Group) / 07_01_11 books GroupProject
Just in case you don't know how to fill your reading list ... I quote "The purpose of this group is to fill every letter in the alphabet by the end of the year by either Authors/Title listing." I wish I had this much time! Hat tip: http://snuffoo.blogspot.com/

Literary Cache: 2007 TBR (to be read) Challenge. / books 07_01_11
This one is tempting ... sign up to read one book per month. Close date is Jan 31, 2007 because there are prizes involved ... hmm... Mulling this one over. Hat tip: http://www.mamamaui.blogspot.com/

A challenge

Erma Bombeck Writing Contest / 07_01_11
Midnight. Feb 18. 450 words or less. Created after Jan 1, 2006. Published or unpublished (web site or not). Review last year's winners. Become Bold.

Oh! A little Self-Discovery!

34 Symptoms of Menopause, 34 Signs of Menopause - Power Surge / 07_01_11
Does Menopause sound anything like Pregnancy? Something I finally understood about myself this last week. 'Nuff said.

Did you know about these ...?

Hillbilly Housewife: Homemade Sanitary Pads / 07_01_11
Now that I don't seem to need them anymore ... but she's right ... eeewww! ... but ok but ewww! I go back and forth between ... would I try it or not ... i don't know

Paper Napkin: Hello Out There / 07_01_11 blogging
Woah! National Delurking Week is nearly over and I didn't even know it started. And there's cool buttons (badges) to be had. hmmm

PC World - Just Cancel the ... Account! / 07_01_11
Thinking of trying out that "free intro?" ... Check this list first!

And a few more great stories

Remembering « The Odd Mix / TellingLifeStories 07_01_11
One person...Many opportunities to influence...One other person. Read it. Realize you are the "One person" and you are the "One other person."

Unmitigated Gall, And I Don't Mean Bile // Emergiblog / TellingLifeStories 07_01_11
Cell phones behaving baddly in ER ... BUT first a word from Barbie. Hat Tip (and great illustrative photo) http://adventuresinjuggling.blogspot.com/

Bounus Round: An Invitation

And so ... We Begin ... Again
My Daughter V and Me, we try again to tell the story of a particular road trip we once took from Texas to Oregon ... the long way ... the really long way. We would appreciate your help ;~)

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Daughter V 01/11/07

I was shocked at how sad i felt when i found out Anissa passed on and I only just found out she was sick.

Love the book ones - I read so much i should at least try one of them.

H. V. Davis 01/11/07

I saw where you mentioned that you did not know Anissa or Travis but something moved you about what was happening. My wife and I have only known them for 3 years and we know exactly what you are talking about. They were the couple you meet in one out of 100 or 500 or 5,000 couples. They were so happy with each other, very much in love. A kind and gentle couple. My pastor once said that you shouldn't have to tell people you are a Christian. They should know. This was Travis and Anissa. Their glow spread to everyone who met them. They had been working very hard the past several years to save money to start their own business. It was on the verge of starting. Their son had just turned one. They were thrilled and happy and it was exciting just to know them. The loss of Anissa is obviously devastating to their families. The effect it has had on their hundreds of co-workers and casual friends is like nothing I have ever seen in my 52 years on this earth. Anissa and Travis were a blessed couple and I feel blessed to have known Anissa. Nothing short of my own mother's pre-mature passing has hit me as hard as Anissa's passing. It is going to be very hard on Travis but he has good friends who are going to do everything within their power and within God's will to help him.

~Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I know nothing about Anissa except that when I came across the post on Spiritbee's blog that a fund had been started to help her and her family ... it took my breath away. I am glad we are helping people who knew / know how to love well and inspire much. ~pam

(This comment is posted twice. HV originally posted it in "One More Update" I have also posted it for the Thursday Thirteener's info. Thanks. ~pam)

Cindy Swanson 01/11/07

Hi MarillaAnne...thanks so much for stopping by my TT! I keep meaning to visit your blog when it's NOT TT, because you seem like such a cool person! God bless!

~Thanks Cindy, But let me assure you ... I have some very uncool moments ... but we aren't going to talk about them here ... just no reason to bore the people. ;~) pam

Chickadee 01/11/07

Ooof...I'm not sure about that handmade sanitary napkin thing. It looks like a lot of work...both in the creation and the maintenance. I don't mean to be all squeamish, but I think I would be grossed out in cleaning those things.

However I do like the sentiment behind the pads...recycling. I didn't stop to think about the impact that tampons and pads would also have on the landfills.

No 13 this week. I had a volunteer adventure today that I'm going to try to blog about this weekend.

~I look forward to hearing about your adventure.

As to the pads ... see yeah ... all that work! And you know the whole ecology thing is a lose-lose situation here. Because ... people carry on about the landfills but the flip side is that it takes water and at some point electric/gas energy to wash the things that we don't send to the landfill. And so I could launch off into a whole diatribe about how unaware we are about the water and air pollution we generate just by running washing machines (Not that I'm about to give mine up!) Oh yeah ... and don't even get me started on those horrendous perfumes in the fabric softners that make me gag when I walk through a neighborhood. Somewhere there's got to be a balance -- surely there is.

Soo uh er ... ok but the good thing about making your own pads is that you know what they're made of and you can control the chemicals in them by controlling your detergents. I'm not sure we can always say that about the pads we purchase.

Ok ... well ... ttyl ~pam

Joely 01/13/07

Thanks for sharing these links, especially Kelli's and Anissa's stories. I'll keep them in my prayers. Happy TT!

Rose 01/13/07

I too will keep them in my prayers. Thank you for dropping by my blog.

MarillaAnne 01/13/07

I really appreciate the prayers ... and I am sure they do too ...

But I want to be very clear on something ... I am not asking simply for prayers ... I am well ... I am having tons of gall here ... I am asking you all to participate in a very physical, material way.

Even if we only have ten cents to our name ... or even if we do not have that... THIS time ... THIS Time with Kelli ... WE ALL have a chance to make a difference. ... Because even if you don't have ten cents, you have a basket (your blog, your email, your phone). Show up in the world and let God fill it.

I've written more about this here: Kelli Needs a Kidney.

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