Up pretty early so thought I’d get a jump on writing a bit…. wanted to write about a wonderful idea… came from the wall street journal an article written about Philanthropy TV published in the wall street journal on Fri. April 13th 2007. i was actually the philanthropy VP for my alumni sorority association for two years… and actually did some research on the gift giving in our sorority(kappa alpha theta) around the holidays they would give gift certificates from various stores….
In my personal life i actually love giving gifts myself to see the joy of someone receiving something you actually thought and took the time to make sure it was the right gift for that person…. to be able to just show your appreciation for someone who was nice to you.. who took the time to do something nice for you… it’s great… i cant wait to be able to bless all the people who were nice to me… So many of them i have listed in my novena prayers… ( I mentioned before about the st Jude novena prayer)
i get to pray for them to be blessed and protected each day… well it’s only been one year two months… and soon it will be one year and three months… on November 12th actually… to have been saying these set of prayers for specific intentions and petitions… and thanksgiving….
Last year (x-mas 2009) around the holiday’s i found these great little charms… it was this silver box that is the size of a charm… and inside it contained 3 angels… guardian angels… some might say… but i found them at my church ( ST. John’s the evangelist church) gift shop… when i found them i thought they would be great to give to my sisters and my mom and dad… so i bought 4 of them… then my cousin Tommy and his children were in town so i gave those away to his children… and went back to the church to get some more… needless to say… i kept giving them away… everytime i saw someone i wanted to bless with a little angel charm… i gave it away…. i bought all that they had to give to people who were special and nice to me.. to not only blessed me with their kindness but with their friendship…. when they ran out i found one store in MarcoIsland who carried them and bought all they had…. I couldn’t have possibly bought enough to give to everyone who was nice and sweet and generous to me… people who protected me from harm and from all sorts of horrible experiences… real guardian angels… isn’t that what guardian angels do?…. If i missed giving anyone a guardian angel box it probably wasn’t because i didn’t appreciate you or any of the nice things you did for me during 2009… it was just that i ran out of them… and ran out of money to get them HA! … hopefully you received a card… or mention in a card…. or i was able to get in touch and wish you a happy holiday season… and if i missed even doing that… i deeply apologize…my thoughts of thanks and gratitude are forever in my heart for all the people who have taken the time to be nice to me.. … and you must know how much i appreciate you…. at least i sincerely hope you do…. thank you from the bottom of my heart…
The year before that( x-mas 2008) I was able to make…. you are going to love this … and probably not believe it….. but i was able to make these gingerbread men sugar cookies… iced with white vanilla icing…wrapped this shrink wrapping I tried to make enough… and personalized them with as many people’s names as i could obtain!….. i even used this special sealed plastic wrap… hopefully it kept them fresh…. I was fortunate enough to be able to make and give them to all those….. or at least to most of the people who blessed my life … and to give them….. as a small thank you for all the niceness and wonderful, great and thoughtful moments throughout the year…. again if i missed giving them out… i deeply apologize… your thoughtfulness… your generosity and your kindness didn’t go unnoticed.. and i hope i was able to thank you properly….
This year…. it just may be cards for everyone… and emails to those friends and family far away….unless…..
This year unless the Mercedes sales… Know of anyone who wants to buy a 1990 gold Mercedes with a burgundy interior?… has a new transmission from Germany as of 2009…. at a cost of $5000.00! It has two new tires… If you check www.vehix.com there is a picture…. the body is fine… never been in an accident…. it needs a new head gasket… in fact the head gasket ( whatever that is… ) is in the trunk… trust me not my decision…. actually do not know whose decision it was to not put the part back where it belongs in the car… but when the tow truck got the car… ( and lost us as I was driving behind it… by the time i got to my house… the car was deposited into my garage… and that was that… it hasn’t moved since …. secretly…. last year when all this had happened i thought that my novena would have been answered and i could have traded in the car for a brand new Mercedes… my dad always loved European cars… and trusted German engineering… I mean it was a really great car in our family for a really long time….
hey… maybe the trust in European engineering… maybe that is why my younger sister at one point in time had a Porsche… and the other sister got an Audi…. and my mom got a Volvo….. But anyway… also loved the( i think it is lifetime service) service with Mercedes…. right? It is just amazing…. when the battery died.. the service van came right to my condo…. the loaner vehicle whenever i needed maintenance and repairs… just Great!!!!!!!!…. If i could I would get another one in a heart beat…. in fact i was keeping it on my list of items to repair ( this 1990…one) … but as of now i really need to sell it.. so seriously… if anyone ever reads this… and wants or knows of anyone who wants to buy my car… just let me know! oh i will give a finders fee when it sells….
Back to the article…. from the wall street journal…. Loved the article and the entire premise of the article on philanthropy television……. television that actually makes a difference in people’s lives… the article mentions a few television shows from England.