Category Archives: Making A Difference

The Beautiful Things That I Have Made

By Kris | Published: April 25, 2013

I have made some beautiful things in the 29 years that I have been fortunate enough to walk the planet. My mother still has some of the art I made her as a little girl, forever in her eyes beautiful. My first-born brought sunshine, light and hope to what was a very difficult period of [...]

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Plates Don’t Matter As Much As Happy Kids

By Kris | Published: December 21, 2012

I have struggled to do one of the few things in life I have found great passion in. I have struggled to write. At least here anyway. On Sunday I wrote about the #fillthecup campaign. It was one of the few things that comforted my ever aching heart. That and the hugs and smiles of [...]

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My Cup Runs Over So Now I Will FILL A CUP

By Kris | Published: December 16, 2012
#FillTheCup

For the past few days I have been sick with a cold and then Friday after learning about the tragic loss of lives in Newtown, Connecticut I became heart sick. I have no answers to all the “why” questions that present themselves for this kind of thing. I have ideas but my ideas provide me [...]

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The Day After

By Kris | Published: November 28, 2012

Last night after dinner my daughter and I sat in front of the computer screen researching charities. “Do they have one for children?”, she asked. We narrowed our search and she pointed at different ones for us to read about. She had been saving her money and instead of donating $20 to one charity she [...]

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Showing Our Appreciation on Giving Tuesday

By Kris | Published: November 27, 2012

Today is Giving Tuesday and I cannot be more excited.  It is a day in which we all have the opportunity to come together in the spirit of giving and make a difference. Last night my daughter and I talked about Giving Tuesday and what it meant. We talked about various things people could do [...]

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Giving Tuesday is Tomorrow

By Kris | Published: November 26, 2012

“Giving. It’s what this time of year is all about. We stand in line for hours to buy the hottest items, browse the internet searching for the perfect gift, and spend our last dollars trying to buy the people we love a gift to show them how much we care because somewhere along the way [...]

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We Did Something. We Hope You Will Too.

By Kris | Published: November 21, 2012

Last night my daughter and I danced through the grocery store aisles while her little sister, who had fallen asleep, sat in the car with my mother. She was excited. We weren’t shopping for an upcoming party or our own holiday dinner instead, we were shopping for a food bank. After reading Alexandra’s post on [...]

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