C always fakes embarrassment when I say that I’m Irish. Clearly, it’s buried under my Filipino genes. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a Guinness, the color green, shamrocks or kisses cuz I’m Irish. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
I hadn’t read Brandy’s blog until I saw the pleas on other’s blogs when her Hot Awesome Dude was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma.
And then I was completely floored at 12pmEST when the internet was flooded with this:
Our Plea
Our friend Brandy is a brilliant writer, a wonderful teacher, and a generous friend. And she is in love with a man who has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma.
We are raising money for the Multiple Myeloma Research Fund in his name. For the price of a cinnamon dolce latte, half-caf, hold the whip, you can be part of an effort to cure a disease that affects approximately 750,000 people worldwide.
Give. Be part of a worldwide effort to cure a disease that affects approximately 750,000 people worldwide. Every dollar helps.
Pass it on. Forward this story to five people. Share this blog post. Become our fan on Facebook.
Love harder.Life is short, love is unbending, and no one knows what could happen next. Tell someone you love them today.
Where Your Money Goes
The American Institute of Philanthropy recently named The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation one of the best organizations to give to in terms of their accountability and use of resources.
By working closely with researchers, clinicians and partners in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, the MMRF has helped bring multiple myeloma patients four new treatments that are extending lives around the globe.
The MMRF has advanced twenty Phase I and Phase II clinical trials. They need your support to advance these clinical research programs and accelerate the development of better, more effective treatments.
The MMRF’s Multiple Myeloma Genomics Initiative recently became the first to sequence the multiple myeloma whole genome in its entirety.
A whopping 98% of your donation to the MMRF will be used immediately to support high-priority multiple myeloma research.
With diminishing funding for early stage drug development and the next myeloma treatments not expected to be approved until 2011, the MMRF desperately needs your help.
I opened up my reader this morning and it was like Jenn had read my mind. Her post by far totally blows mine out of the water. I love how she takes images from the blogs she is mentioning (so I’m stealing the idea! I hope she doesn’t mind). She is super thoughtful and creative with her posts. If you haven’t been reading her blog you need to hop on over there. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
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♥ I love all the decade recapping that is going on. It’s great to hear the stories shared from your past.
♥ Lorien’s story I can relate to so much that it makes my heart hurt a little.
♥ Misplaced Momma for being my best friend, a great new mommy and living somewhere that maybe in the same state but sometimes feels like a foreign land.
I’m super crabby and not in a good place mentally. So instead of being a debbie downer I’m going to point you off to some of my favorite bloggers. Some you may already read, and if you don’t you should check them out.
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Sillygrrl – and it’s not because I got to meet her last night. Well maybe a little, because she was just as awesome in person as you would think she would be from her blog.
She has a cute pup (note to Nora, post more pictures of said pup )
While going through my reader to do this I realized there is no way I can pick out bloggers for just one post it would be miles long! So I think I’m going to do this monthly. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it. You will maybe find some new blogs or you’ll learn why I love your blog so much!
xoxo
ps…can you figure out the common thread in all the blogs
