Well, wow, this blog post from a living-donor recipient and his wife made my eyes get all teary through my smile:
http://writing4littleones.blogspot.com/2008/12/dear-john-letter.html
I am so profoundly grateful for blogs, which give our world this never-before-available window to the world and its beauty. Thank you, Dixie and Paul, for sharing this!
Archive for December, 2008
Two beautiful poems on surrender to “what is”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Inspiration on December 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This week, a delightful yoga teacher in Vancouver, WA, introduced her class to a Robert Bly poem that spoke to her deeply about the theme of “surrender to what is.” Not “surrender” in a painful, woeful sense of giving up, but “surrender” in a sense of relinquishing control over those things which we cannot possibly [...]
A holiday gift guide for the living organ donor in your life
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
True, we make up a rather small niche — organ donors who are spending the holidays either anticipating our upcoming transplant surgeries, or celebrating with our loved ones, or grieving over our loss and suffering despite our deepest gifts and hopes. But still, we love presents! And this year, perhaps more than ever, there are [...]
