“The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.” -James Cash Penney

It’s 12 : 15 PM on day 2065 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Proverbs 6, learn one new thing – In 1920, Warren G. Harding also used the phonograph, recording a speech into a horn that caused his voice to press a needle into a wax disk. The White House was brought into the modern age of communication when Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) made the first presidential radio broadcast from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.–have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $5 724 only $526 more to raise before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂).

Today marks the four month anniversary of my 25 Smiles Campaign benefiting  Smile Train so far sixty-four people (including me and my family) have made donations to this campaign and between us we’ve donated $5 724 I am so grateful for everyone’s amazing support ($5 724 that’s crazy amazing). Thank you Sneha Abraham, Frank Burns, Gaynor Young and Barbara Royce, Justine Perry, Madalyn Sklar, Catherine Cook, @Maewmb, David Boutin, Sarah Britten, Jim Mahar, Nancy, Rema aunty, Paul and Juliet Merrell of Big Planet Radio, Bev Bern, Julie and Don Faughnan, Amit Abraham, Benjamin and Amelia, Athira Issac, Liesel, Priyachechi, Joubert Botha, LA Janssens, Anatoli, Arun Babu, Stan Faryna, My Paper Parties, Happy Odd Girl, Adam Butler, Deepuchachen, Tinuchachechi and Jerynchachen, Duane, My Paper Parities 2, Joyce Childers, Jacqui Mackway -Wilson of Go Social SA, Kevin B (on behalf of Lesley), Meg Guegan, Susanchechi, Reshma Jacob, uncle Abraham Matthew, Debbie McMannis, Anish Krishnankutty, Ellyn Harris, Zak Ebrahim, author of The Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice, Joseph John, Reshma Ravi, Wayne Mansfield, Jinuchachen, Samuel Kochukanayathil, Laura, Tim Fargo, author of Alphabet Success – Keeping it Simple. My Secrets to Success and founder of TweetJukebox (soon-to-be Social Jukebox), Shari Mason, Benjin Thomas, Bruce Sallan, Nithin Yohannan and everyone else who chose to donate anonymously for your generous donations. Thank you  uncle Abraham Matthew, Jacqui Mackway-Wilson, Stephanie Young, Susannah Schaefer, Smile Train India,  Sue-Ann Allen, Lakshmi Pillai, Akhil Tomy, Thara, Anjali, Sherin,  Pamela Eapen Nadine Stander,  Catherine Constantinides, Yusuf Abramjee, Anatoli, Cazanne, Gaynor Young, Glenda Butler, LA Janssens and everybody else for helping spread the word about this campaign. ‏

[Update January 12, 2017: Campaign ended 2 days ago. Final total raised is $10 317.04 [enough money to sponsor 41 smiles]]