I think today is actually day six hundred and sixty six..but sorry, that just sort of creeps me out! LOL!
I am wrapped warmly in my comforter on this crisp december morning and it is heaven!
The week has been amazing and fulfilling and this HUGE change in work is coming along.
But yesterday, as Michael and I were walking out of a restaurant from lunch, we were walking past some windows. In my mind, I remember thinking "don't look, you will just be disappointed by your stomach poking out"....but of course, I did look. I was shocked! There in the reflection of the windows was ME...but not me...or at least not the me that I see in my mind...it was a man turned to the side and there was no stomach poking out! It was hard to take in. I literally had to stop and go back and take a double take. I think we were in front of a Cato now that I am thinking about it. there is no telling what those women must have thought of me standing there holding my jacket up and turning to the side to see myself. But, it was incredible to "See"..really see for the first time. It felt so good, particularly right after lunch! :) What an incredibly difficult thing to "see" in my own mind....myself, that is. But what a nice moment. So grateful.
These last few weeks have been very emotional and amazing and rich and up and down and all around. What has been steady though has been my care for myself. Oh, I have missed training twice (once Adam, once me)..but I each time i missed, I ran that day. I have had some meals that were a little more rich or heavy, but I have done really well on snacking and i have NOT at any time had ANYTHING that would have entered my life inappropriately as it might have in the past with such a huge transition outside of Hersey's kisses and a couple of cookies. It has been amazing....this wellness thing is part of who and what i am and I get that because of it, because of taking care of me and taking care of the basics, I can more fully be involved and enjoy those things that make up these new experiences...these new paths that I am led to travel.
I have slept the sleep of the dead this week as this job is VERY engaging and I have felt a general tired that I have not felt before from work. But it is a deeply satisfying tired and that makes me want to go back for more!
THanks be and btw: just in case you missed it, here is that Christmas wish I posted that I enjoy doing each year! Hope it is something you will consider!
My Christmas Wish:
What I would love for Christmas is to see as many people as possible take one gift valued at $100.00...just one...and break it down into 10, 10 dollar increments and send those 10 dollars to at least 10 agencies. In other words, to take one special gift and turn it into something that can make a difference to so many in such a substantial way.
Just think…I am sending this to about 2000 people. Imagine if even half did this. That would be 1000 people giving 10$ each to 10 agencies of his or her choice. That would be $10,000.00 PER AGENCY!
Even if it was $100 per agency, it would be another art program for a senior with Alzheimer's at the CAM, another meal for a homeless person, a care kit for a child who is taken into foster care, a rape kit, a bloodless testing kit for HIV/AIDS, or a chemistry book that a student would not be able to afford otherwise at UNCW or CFCC, and so on…
With some of these agencies having budgets of less than $200,000.00 and some of these scholarships being endowed at 10k, you get my drift!
So, I hope you will use my list, and if not, that you will make your own.
Goodness came into this world with a message of peace, love, charity, and hope for all of us over 2000 years ago…I can think of no better present than to say “Happy Birthday”, “Merry Christmas” than by making peace, love, charity, and hope happen in the coming year right here in Southeastern, North Carolina with donations from us to these amazing resources for those in need!
Merry Christmas Friends!
(BTW: there are more than 10 listed here….oh well, if you got that extra 10 spot OR TWO…why not?)
1.) Cameron Art Museum
http://www.cameronartmuseum.com/support.php
2.) Coastal Horizons Incorporated (Rape Crisis Center, Youth Shelter, and Substance Abuse Treatment http://coastalhorizons.org
donate on line: https://secure.nuvox.net/www.coastalhorizons.org/monthly_sustainers/index.php
send checks to: Coastal Horizons Center, Inc. Willie Stargell Office Park 615 Shipyard Boulevard, Wilmington, NC 28412.
3.) Wilmington Interfaith Hospitality Network (providing homeless families with emergency shelter and transitional shelter)
http://www.wihn.net/
donate online! http://www.wihn.net/httpdocs/giving.html
send checks to: WIHN
411 North 4th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401-4010
4.) Good Shepard Center (Shelter and Soup Kitchen)
http://www.goodshepherdwilmington.org/
give online: https://www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=56-1566178
send checks to: 811 Martin Street Wilmington, NC 28401
5.) First in Families (aiding disabled families and individuals)
http://www.arcnc.org/services/first_in_families/
send checks to: First In Families of Southeastern NC
5041 New Center Drive, Suite 109
Wilmington, NC 28403
6.) Domestic Violence Center
http://www.domesticviolence-wilm.org/
Give online: http://www.domesticviolence-wilm.org/donate.php
Send checks to: Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc., 2901 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28409
7.) Carousel Center (assisting victims of child abuse)
http://carouselcenter.org/
donate online: http://carouselcenter.org/donate-today.php
Send checks to: 1501 Dock Street Wilmington, NC 28401-4936 (910) 254-9898
8.) Cape Fear Community College Foundation (providing grants and scholarships)
http://cfcc.edu/blogs/foundation/
Send checks to: 411 N. Front St. Wilmington, NC 28401
Give online: http://cfcc.edu/blogs/foundation/?page_id=12
9.) Habitat for Humanity (making housing happen in the Cape Fear Region)
http://www.capefearhabitat.org/
Send checks to: 20 N. 4th Street, Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28401
10.) Phoenix Ministries (working with the homeless and nearly homeless for job preparedness)
http://www.phoenixwork.org/
To contribute, please mail your check to Phoenix Employment Ministry, 20 N. Fourth Street, Wilmington, NC 28401, or call (910) 343-8469 to donate using your Visa or MasterCard
11.) Linc (Leading into new communities)(transitional services for the adjudicated released into the community)
http://www.lincnc.org/
Donate online: http://www.lincnc.org/
12.) UNCW Scholarships
http://uncw.edu
give online: https://tswww.uncw.edu/giving/
send checks to: 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403 C/ O Marla Rice-Evans
13.) Coastal Carolina Aids Consortium
Send Checks to: COASTAL CAROLINA HIV CARE CONSORTIUM INC
805 N 4TH ST STE F
WILMINGTON, NC
28401-3472
14.) Elderhaus of New Hanover County (day care for our elderly)
http://www.elderhaus.com/
http://www.elderhaus.com/contributions.htm
15.) The American Heart Association
http://www.startcapefearnc.org/
16.) Airlie Gardens
http://airliegardens.org
send checks to: 300 Airlie Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-3706
17.) Kid's Making It:
http://kidsmakingit.org/
15 South Water Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
P 910-763-6001
18.) New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation
http://www.nhrmc.org/body.cfm?id=2329
give online: http://www.nhrmc.org/body.cfm?id=3647
send checks to: NHRMC Foundation
2259 South 17th St.
Wilmington, NC 28401.
19.) Child Advocacy and Parenting Place
http://www.cappcenter.org/
Send checks to: CAPP offices at
1401 S. 39th Street, Wilmington NC
20.) Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center
http://hospiceandlifecarecenter.org
Send checks to: 1406 Physicians Drive
Wilmington, NC 28401-7335
21.) Family Neighborhoods Institute (amazing after school programming! Begun by Mrs. Mary Mosley)
http://familyandneighborhoodsinstitute.org
Send Checks to: 1102 Orange Street
Wilmington, NC 28401-4852
(910) 762-2884
22.) WHA/UNCW Community Campus (comprehensive outreach to members of the public housing and surrounding neighborhoods in the form of computer training, reading programs, after school tutoring and dozens of other programs).
Checks can be sent to “WHA/UNCW Community Campus c/o WHA
1524 South 16th Street . Wilmington, North Carolina. 28401
23.) Access Wilmington (Building the Miracle field)
http://www.accesswilmington.org/
donate on line: http://www.accesswilmington.org/MAKEADONATION.aspx
24.) Boys and Girls Club
http://www.cbgcw.org/
Donate on line: https://www.cbgcw.org/donate.php
25.) Cape Fear Chapter- Salvation Army
Send Checks to: 820 North 2nd Street, Wilmington - (910) 762-5948
26.) WARM- Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry, Inc
http://www.warmnc.org/
Donate online: http://www.warmnc.org/Supporters/DonateNow/tabid/1119/Default.aspx
27.) WHAT: Wilmington Health Access for Teens
WHAT
4005 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403
tele : 910.790.9949
fax : 910.790.9455
questions@whatswhat.org
http://www.whatswhat.org/
28.) Cape Fear Clinic (formerly the Tileston Clinic)
http://tilestonclinic.org/
1605 Doctors Circle
Wilmington, NC 28401
(910)-343-8736
FAX (910)-343-1293
29.) Cape Fear Health Net
http://www.capefearhealthnet.org/
910/798-3594
30.) DREAMS
http://dreamswilmington.org/
910.772.1501
31.) Elderhaus
http://www.elderhaus.com/
Elderhaus Inc.
1950 Amphitheater Drive
Wilmington, NC. 28401
Phone: (910) 251-0660
Fax: (910) 762-1732
Toll free: 888-343-8209
32.) Cape Fear Literacy Council
http://www.cfliteracy.org/
The Cape Fear Literacy Council
1012 South 17th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
I am wrapped warmly in my comforter on this crisp december morning and it is heaven!
The week has been amazing and fulfilling and this HUGE change in work is coming along.
But yesterday, as Michael and I were walking out of a restaurant from lunch, we were walking past some windows. In my mind, I remember thinking "don't look, you will just be disappointed by your stomach poking out"....but of course, I did look. I was shocked! There in the reflection of the windows was ME...but not me...or at least not the me that I see in my mind...it was a man turned to the side and there was no stomach poking out! It was hard to take in. I literally had to stop and go back and take a double take. I think we were in front of a Cato now that I am thinking about it. there is no telling what those women must have thought of me standing there holding my jacket up and turning to the side to see myself. But, it was incredible to "See"..really see for the first time. It felt so good, particularly right after lunch! :) What an incredibly difficult thing to "see" in my own mind....myself, that is. But what a nice moment. So grateful.
These last few weeks have been very emotional and amazing and rich and up and down and all around. What has been steady though has been my care for myself. Oh, I have missed training twice (once Adam, once me)..but I each time i missed, I ran that day. I have had some meals that were a little more rich or heavy, but I have done really well on snacking and i have NOT at any time had ANYTHING that would have entered my life inappropriately as it might have in the past with such a huge transition outside of Hersey's kisses and a couple of cookies. It has been amazing....this wellness thing is part of who and what i am and I get that because of it, because of taking care of me and taking care of the basics, I can more fully be involved and enjoy those things that make up these new experiences...these new paths that I am led to travel.
I have slept the sleep of the dead this week as this job is VERY engaging and I have felt a general tired that I have not felt before from work. But it is a deeply satisfying tired and that makes me want to go back for more!
THanks be and btw: just in case you missed it, here is that Christmas wish I posted that I enjoy doing each year! Hope it is something you will consider!
My Christmas Wish:
What I would love for Christmas is to see as many people as possible take one gift valued at $100.00...just one...and break it down into 10, 10 dollar increments and send those 10 dollars to at least 10 agencies. In other words, to take one special gift and turn it into something that can make a difference to so many in such a substantial way.
Just think…I am sending this to about 2000 people. Imagine if even half did this. That would be 1000 people giving 10$ each to 10 agencies of his or her choice. That would be $10,000.00 PER AGENCY!
Even if it was $100 per agency, it would be another art program for a senior with Alzheimer's at the CAM, another meal for a homeless person, a care kit for a child who is taken into foster care, a rape kit, a bloodless testing kit for HIV/AIDS, or a chemistry book that a student would not be able to afford otherwise at UNCW or CFCC, and so on…
With some of these agencies having budgets of less than $200,000.00 and some of these scholarships being endowed at 10k, you get my drift!
So, I hope you will use my list, and if not, that you will make your own.
Goodness came into this world with a message of peace, love, charity, and hope for all of us over 2000 years ago…I can think of no better present than to say “Happy Birthday”, “Merry Christmas” than by making peace, love, charity, and hope happen in the coming year right here in Southeastern, North Carolina with donations from us to these amazing resources for those in need!
Merry Christmas Friends!
(BTW: there are more than 10 listed here….oh well, if you got that extra 10 spot OR TWO…why not?)
1.) Cameron Art Museum
http://www.cameronartmuseum.com/support.php
2.) Coastal Horizons Incorporated (Rape Crisis Center, Youth Shelter, and Substance Abuse Treatment http://coastalhorizons.org
donate on line: https://secure.nuvox.net/www.coastalhorizons.org/monthly_sustainers/index.php
send checks to: Coastal Horizons Center, Inc. Willie Stargell Office Park 615 Shipyard Boulevard, Wilmington, NC 28412.
3.) Wilmington Interfaith Hospitality Network (providing homeless families with emergency shelter and transitional shelter)
http://www.wihn.net/
donate online! http://www.wihn.net/httpdocs/giving.html
send checks to: WIHN
411 North 4th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401-4010
4.) Good Shepard Center (Shelter and Soup Kitchen)
http://www.goodshepherdwilmington.org/
give online: https://www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=56-1566178
send checks to: 811 Martin Street Wilmington, NC 28401
5.) First in Families (aiding disabled families and individuals)
http://www.arcnc.org/services/first_in_families/
send checks to: First In Families of Southeastern NC
5041 New Center Drive, Suite 109
Wilmington, NC 28403
6.) Domestic Violence Center
http://www.domesticviolence-wilm.org/
Give online: http://www.domesticviolence-wilm.org/donate.php
Send checks to: Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc., 2901 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28409
7.) Carousel Center (assisting victims of child abuse)
http://carouselcenter.org/
donate online: http://carouselcenter.org/donate-today.php
Send checks to: 1501 Dock Street Wilmington, NC 28401-4936 (910) 254-9898
8.) Cape Fear Community College Foundation (providing grants and scholarships)
http://cfcc.edu/blogs/foundation/
Send checks to: 411 N. Front St. Wilmington, NC 28401
Give online: http://cfcc.edu/blogs/foundation/?page_id=12
9.) Habitat for Humanity (making housing happen in the Cape Fear Region)
http://www.capefearhabitat.org/
Send checks to: 20 N. 4th Street, Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28401
10.) Phoenix Ministries (working with the homeless and nearly homeless for job preparedness)
http://www.phoenixwork.org/
To contribute, please mail your check to Phoenix Employment Ministry, 20 N. Fourth Street, Wilmington, NC 28401, or call (910) 343-8469 to donate using your Visa or MasterCard
11.) Linc (Leading into new communities)(transitional services for the adjudicated released into the community)
http://www.lincnc.org/
Donate online: http://www.lincnc.org/
12.) UNCW Scholarships
http://uncw.edu
give online: https://tswww.uncw.edu/giving/
send checks to: 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403 C/ O Marla Rice-Evans
13.) Coastal Carolina Aids Consortium
Send Checks to: COASTAL CAROLINA HIV CARE CONSORTIUM INC
805 N 4TH ST STE F
WILMINGTON, NC
28401-3472
14.) Elderhaus of New Hanover County (day care for our elderly)
http://www.elderhaus.com/
http://www.elderhaus.com/contributions.htm
15.) The American Heart Association
http://www.startcapefearnc.org/
16.) Airlie Gardens
http://airliegardens.org
send checks to: 300 Airlie Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-3706
17.) Kid's Making It:
http://kidsmakingit.org/
15 South Water Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
P 910-763-6001
18.) New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation
http://www.nhrmc.org/body.cfm?id=2329
give online: http://www.nhrmc.org/body.cfm?id=3647
send checks to: NHRMC Foundation
2259 South 17th St.
Wilmington, NC 28401.
19.) Child Advocacy and Parenting Place
http://www.cappcenter.org/
Send checks to: CAPP offices at
1401 S. 39th Street, Wilmington NC
20.) Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center
http://hospiceandlifecarecenter.org
Send checks to: 1406 Physicians Drive
Wilmington, NC 28401-7335
21.) Family Neighborhoods Institute (amazing after school programming! Begun by Mrs. Mary Mosley)
http://familyandneighborhoodsinstitute.org
Send Checks to: 1102 Orange Street
Wilmington, NC 28401-4852
(910) 762-2884
22.) WHA/UNCW Community Campus (comprehensive outreach to members of the public housing and surrounding neighborhoods in the form of computer training, reading programs, after school tutoring and dozens of other programs).
Checks can be sent to “WHA/UNCW Community Campus c/o WHA
1524 South 16th Street . Wilmington, North Carolina. 28401
23.) Access Wilmington (Building the Miracle field)
http://www.accesswilmington.org/
donate on line: http://www.accesswilmington.org/MAKEADONATION.aspx
24.) Boys and Girls Club
http://www.cbgcw.org/
Donate on line: https://www.cbgcw.org/donate.php
25.) Cape Fear Chapter- Salvation Army
Send Checks to: 820 North 2nd Street, Wilmington - (910) 762-5948
26.) WARM- Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry, Inc
http://www.warmnc.org/
Donate online: http://www.warmnc.org/Supporters/DonateNow/tabid/1119/Default.aspx
27.) WHAT: Wilmington Health Access for Teens
WHAT
4005 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403
tele : 910.790.9949
fax : 910.790.9455
questions@whatswhat.org
http://www.whatswhat.org/
28.) Cape Fear Clinic (formerly the Tileston Clinic)
http://tilestonclinic.org/
1605 Doctors Circle
Wilmington, NC 28401
(910)-343-8736
FAX (910)-343-1293
29.) Cape Fear Health Net
http://www.capefearhealthnet.org/
910/798-3594
30.) DREAMS
http://dreamswilmington.org/
910.772.1501
31.) Elderhaus
http://www.elderhaus.com/
Elderhaus Inc.
1950 Amphitheater Drive
Wilmington, NC. 28401
Phone: (910) 251-0660
Fax: (910) 762-1732
Toll free: 888-343-8209
32.) Cape Fear Literacy Council
http://www.cfliteracy.org/
The Cape Fear Literacy Council
1012 South 17th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
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