I have the most awesome friends on the planet – that’s what I keep realizing 🙂

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1975 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 2 Thessalonians 3,  learn one new thing –Explorer Ferdinand Magellan Named the Pacific Ocean in the 16th Century. In 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, in the employ of Spain, began a journey across the Atlantic Ocean to seek a western route to the Spice Islands via South America.  –have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $2 082 so far only $4 168 more to raise by 10 Jan 2017  (SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far  ).

Today marks the one month anniversary of my 25 Smiles Campaign benefiting  Smile Train so far thirty people (including me and my family) have made donations to this campaign and between us we’ve donated $2 082 I am SO GRATEFUL and HAPPY. 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 and everyone else who chose to donate anonymously for your generous donations. Thank you Jacqui Cooks,  Caryn Gootkin, Jacqui Mackway-Wilson, Stephanie Young, Susannah Schaefer, Britt Michaelian,  Pamela Eapen,  Gaynor Young, Barbara Royce,  Vinita Abraham, Joubert Botha, Catherine Constantinides, Sue-Ann Allen,  Jessica Ilunga, Lillian Chang, Lakshmi Pillai, Akhil Tomy, Deepthi Raju Abraham, Sneha Abraham, Juliet Merrell, Kevin Varghese, Nadine Stander ( A.K.A my favorite dentist in the whole wide world[thanks for taking care of my teeth and for everything else dude you’re a rockstar])  and everybody else for helping spread the word about this campaign. ‏

Happy Birthday Daddy. Thank you for everything (and I’m sorry for hurting your wallet so much LOL but it’s always for a good cause and besides we are SO BLESSED it’s only right that we use our blessings to bless other people). I promise to live in a manner fitting of the Varghese name.

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