(Day 1) 29-Day Giving Challenge - A place for sharing.

[WriterofWords]

Gave three dozen eggs to the custodian who takes care of our portable.

 

[Damummis]

Finally got power back. It went out Thurs. night. Came back last night. Had so many dishes to do, shower, make coffee, all the electric things. Keep everyone from having a melt down. Made dinner on the wood stove. Dug out the battery powered radio and made the best of it. Other than that I haven't had the opportunity for giving.

I can't believe tomorrow is March. Big month in this house. DD#2 will be 14 and I will be 39. Seeds need to be started, gardens made, trees to plant and compost to spread. IF the weather cooperates.

What will next month bring???????

 

[WriterofWords]

Wow,, ok,, I'm home, been gone since Friday to Silver City for training! Since I couldn't take eggs with me hehehehe I had to share other things! I bought my fellow teacher's dinner Friday night, then Saturday I sat with a teacher who recently lost her job and helped her put together her resume and make a list of schools she apply at and wrote a letter of recommendation for her. When we went to lunch I sat with a college student at the University and read his research paper and gave him some ideas and showed him how to do citations and he told me about where he is from in Hawaii. Today we did some training and it was snowing really badly so when we left I went about 75 miles out of my way that I had to backtrack to follow home a teacher who was afraid to drive alone in the snow,, she did fine and hopefully she'll have a little more self-confidence now. While I was gone Steven took a few people eggs and then did the dishes and vacuumed for me and did some straightening up.
I can't believe tomorrow is March!!

 

[bargain]

I just love this thread!!!! I'm just so honored to brag on my husband who helped rescue a little pygmy goat who was only a few hours old (from another farm), he tube fed him some colostrum we had in the freezer.....Saved the babies life and wouldn't take a dime and then gave the tub feeder to the man as well!!! It was an hours worth of time and some costly equipment but my man is a sweety.....and he didn't take the pledge....He just lives it......

I am blessed!

 

[WriterofWords]

That's a good man to have.

 

[rainplace]

Wow, the 29 days are past. It went both faster and slower than I thought it would

I didn't do as well as I wanted with this challenge, but if I give myself the gift of acceptance, I realize I did just fine. I stretched in new ways, reached out to people I wouldn't have reached out to before, noticed in myself that I give much more naturally than I thought, made new friends, strengthened family ties, and changed in other ways that I wouldn't have expected.

Gifting myself with acceptance... I tend to be extremely hard on myself. On days that I had nothing to report, I did battle with myself. The old tried and true "I suck" brigade came out in force expecting the usual victory, but they faced off with the new "I choose happiness" team who laughed the old tired brigade back to the shadows. How interesting!

So instead of, "I didn't do as well as I wanted with this challenge," I see that I stretched in ways I didn't intend but am grateful for. I got more than I could have hoped for.

I've enjoyed all of your company during this last 29 days, and hope we can do more things together in the following months.

Donna

 

[WriterofWords]

I really enjoyed this month, it made me see that the simple gifts of sharing ourselves, not necessarily tangible goods, is what matters the most. Spending time and sharing ourselves with someone, or cleaning up their dog poo for them, means more than buying a person a gift. I received more thanks and gratitude for pulling people out of ditches, towing their car home, or changing their tire for them, than I ever did for buying someone a birthday present. This was a wonderful idea, thank you for doing it!

 

[SallyF]

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Thanks for your post. As a member of the self-beating club, I needed to hear that.

 

[Damummis]

I would like to thank Rainplace for holding this challenge. I have learned a lot. I do have to say that is has renewed my hope in the human race, kinda. Unfortunately I have to look so far away to find kindred spirits.

JOJO- Thanks for being the cheerleader. Your Pollyanna attitude is very refreshing. Even if we were down on ourselves your kind words pulled us thru.

Writer- Your care for all of your kids is wonderful. And the fact that you are teaching them your "attitude" is the best thing. If there are more people with your kindness the world would be much better.

Debira- I hope your bosses really appreciate you. You went to bat for workmates a lot this month. I would want employees like you if I was a boss.

And to everyone I have not mentioned. GOOD JOB!!!!

 

[WriterofWords]

Wow,,, what can I say? You made my week, thank you!