A VERY BIG THANK YOU...OJS

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It has been one pretty amazing week.

Last Friday, a very personal journey began for me

as the OJS Blog Hop began.

A benefit which was organized by my friend

Nicole, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop.

I've shared the story of how surprised I

was, to awake to find this idea already in motion.

If you missed any of it, you can read about it HERE.

I said all along that I felt that, although people were

interested in participating out of the kindness of

their hearts, that I still wanted to be able to

'earn' any money that might be donated.
It was quite a large sum that was needed
to be sure....$7000 total.

So I put myself to work for three weeks and hoped that

my intentions would never be MIS-understood.

To be able to do what I've done for a living for over

20 years...to make everyone else's efforts a success...

that was the goal and in turn, I would have 'earned'

any donations that might come through.

So today, I want to honor YOU.

Those of you who were kind enough 
to donate prizes

Those of you who were a host on the hop

Those of you who hopped

Those of you who played 
in the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge

Those of you who donated

You all came together

 and together

raised just over $2800!

Most of you recognize me from this photo.

I am so looking forward to the day that I can

share a much bigger smile with you and with

the money that has been donated, I can say

that the day will come sooner rather than later.

I now have a size-able down-payment on the work

that needs to be done to have my new smile.

I have a couple of consultation appointments to

find a dentist who will work with this and treat

me with the dignity that I deserve.

It was & continues to be 
emotional journey for me.

To realize that people don't 
just view me as a blogger,

as a designer or as a team leader.

I am viewed as a fellow human being

and clearly, I am loved.

Thank you for reading this post...

for being a follower...

for being a friend.


Over 250 donations, nearly 200 comments
on my blog and over 80 players for
the OJS challenge at CAS-ual Fridays
so please bear with me as I work on all
the thank you comments and cards.
It will take me quite sometime to
complete them all, but I promise to
do my best...just as you did for me.

There were over $2500 in prizes donated

and over 80 prize packages to be won.

It's time to head over to the

Sweet Stamp Shop Blog

and find out the names of the winners.

I sincerely hope it is you.