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 The Brilliant Gift
I attended a fundraiser over the weekend and one of the items for sale was something I'd like to share as "The Brilliant Gift." I'm not a particularly religious person, but I am a spiritual person. A company called Answered Prayers Cross had a table set up with about 3 dozen small ceramic crosses made by women from a battered women's shelter. Each cross was unique: different sizes, shapes (some weren't even in the shape of a cross), different textures, colors, patterns, glossy, matte, some had words, some had designs... you get the idea.
The point of the company was that the women from the shelter got the opportunity to create a cross as a form of art therapy (which I wholeheartedly believe in) knowing their cross would be sold to raise money for the shelter. On the back of each cross was a handwritten number and a small mustard seed hot glued on (for religious meaning). We were instructed to go to www.answeredprayerscross.org and register our cross number and learn the meaning of the mustard seed. When you register your cross, you can state a prayer on the website.
The idea is that once you've said a prayer for someone in the name of your cross, you pass it on to someone else. Then THEY can go on to the website and register their prayer and pass it on. Then you can follow the history of your cross and all the prayers that were made on it, before and after yours.
As a spiritual person, I love the idea of a prayer living on beyond my saying it. As a former journalist, I love the history and back story of everyone else's prayers and the path the cross has taken across the country. As a woman, I love the idea of spending money on something that helps other women in need. As an organizer, I love that this is a gift you do not keep to add to clutter in your home, but that you enjoy for a while, and then send it back out into the universe.
So if you need an idea of a great gift for the holiday (no matter your religion), consider the gift that keeps going and share a prayer with someone.
posted on: 11/15/2010 10:30:00 AM by Heather Lambie
category: Paper
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The Pile High Club--how NOT to become a member
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About Heather:
My Husband - "Honey, how thin can you spread yourself before you're no longer there?" Me - "I don't know. But I'm in it to win it, so we may have to find out."
Heather's Website:
www.yourhomeeditor.com
Favorite Websites
- The Sartorialist
This site appeases my hunger for all things New York, reminds me of my time there, and gives me great ideas for unconventional looks.
- Toffee To Go
They are located in Tampa, very near me, but they deliver/ship nationally. They have THE BEST toffee EVER. It's buttery, salty, sweet--all my favorite things in one bite.
- The Container Store
I know this is a no-brainer for an organizer...but this place really turns me on!
- The Poetry Foundation
- Because I Said So (blog)
As a mom myself, this mom of 6 (!!!) has me in stitches.
- Michael Buble
If I wasn't happily married, I might be stalking him. Bar none, the best voice and best sense of humor!
Quotes That Move Me
- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
"The truth of the matter is, you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."
- Ivern Ball
"Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The secret of education is respecting the pupil."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
- Abigail Van Buren
"The best index to a person's character is how he treats another person who can't do him good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."
- Dorothy Galyean
"Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."
- Aristotle
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
- Mark Twain
"To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich."
- Jackie Kennedy
"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."
Places I'm Dying to Visit
- Hawaii
Any how, any way, any time.
- Los Cabos, Mexico
- China
- Japan
- Alaska (via cruise ship)
- Marbella, Spain
Places I've Already Been
- Australia (Sydney)
- New Zealand
- Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora
- London
- Paris
Spent only one day here (took the Chunnel from London when I was there) but it was one amazing, beautiful day where I walked the flea markets, visited the Louvre, people-watched and used all 6 senses to experience it.
- Trinidad & Tobago
My husband is from here, so we go several times a year to visit family.
- Italy (Milan, Vicenza)
- Jamaica
Things I'd Like To Do Before I Die
- Run a leg with the Olympic torch before the games begin
- See the monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico
- Ride a horse on the beach (in the water)
- See a prize fight (boxing) in Las Vegas
- Run the NYC Marathon
I ran the Disney Marathon in 2000 (pre-kids). Would love to run another post-kids, to prove I can.
- Have washboard abs.
- Eliminate self doubt.
- Own an apartment in Manhattan.
- Watch the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
- Take an RV trip down the coast of California.
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