All great things are accomplished by groups of people who share common beliefs – that’s what I have realized.

It’s 12 :  42 PM on day 1632 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,   pray,  watch the South Africa vs Ireland cricket World Cup match,read Jeremiah 49, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread and a banana for breakfast, learn one new thing – There is a scale for measuring the spiciness of food. It is called the Scoville Heat Index. The spiciest pepper has over 1,000,000 Scoville units –  promote my Educate Generations campaign– $2 074 raised so far and a few people have promised to donated for which I’m very grateful    –   and continue watching the cricket.

Today marks the five month anniversary of my Educate Generations campaign benefiting the Malala Fund so far forty-two people (including me and my parents) have made fifty-eight donations totalling $2 074 I continue to be humbled by the world’s support. Thank you Juliet Parrott-Merrell and Ann Blackburn-Pann, Nancy Scott, Meg Guegan, Ellen Seidman, Madalina Cristea, Bruce Sallan, Catherine Cook, Stan Faryna, Clare Donaldson, Barbara Royce, Duane Dell’Oca, Priya Thomas, Susan Mazza, Justina Valentine, Simon Magid, Emma Lambert, Sylvia Phillips, Nan Marvell, Nisa Thomas, Laurieann Janssens,Vincent Ang, Sarah Britten, Francoise Van Rheede, Britt Michaelian, Diane Liggett, Wayne Mansfield, Robin Schwartz, Marlene Hester, Jim Mahar, Beverly Bernhardt, Juliana Mullan, Marie Wikle, Rema Mathews and everyone else who chose to donate anonymously for your generous donations. Thank you Gaynor Young, Emma Lambert, Bruce Sallan, Stan Faryna, Marianne Tarkusep, Kelly Hengler,  Ashlyn Singh,  Cazanne’Z, Justina Valentine,    Chris Teller, Juliet Parrott-Merrell, Kathleen Springer,  Juliana Mullan, Jim Mahar, Caryn Gootkin, Laurieann Janssens, Anita Cameron, Sharon Glenn, Madalina Cristea, @itsanidealworld, Paul Angone, Zak Ebrahim, Diane Liggett,  Giuliana Bland, John Bonaccorso, Lauren Casper, Diana Russo, Peter Yobo  and everybody else for helping spread the word about this campaign. ‏

[Update October 3 2015: Campaign over. Final total raised is $5 285]

I am blessed to have incredible support – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 :  37 PM on day 1604 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,   pray,  read Jeremiah 21,  promote my Educate Generations campaign–  Catherine Cook who has donated four times before donated $20 yesterday (Catherine your generosity continues to blow me away I have no words except thank you )  which brings my total raised to $1 750 only $750 more to raise to reach goal – publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast,  learn one new thing –Happy people prefer deeper conversations.Exuberant human beings are social butterflies — but only if you forgo the trivial small talk. Researchers at the University of Arizona discovered that a spike in happiness occurred during social interactions when people were engaged in more substantive conversations.–  and continue promoting the campaign – still on $1 750 but I’m SO GRATEFUL to be this far so far 🙂 .

Today marks the four month anniversary of my Educate Generations campaign benefiting the Malala Fund so far thirty-seven people (including me) have made forty-six donations totalling $1 750 I feel  incredibly blessed to have all this support. Thank you Juliet Parrott-Merrell and Ann Blackburn-Pann, Nancy Scott, Meg Guegan, Ellen Seidman, Madalina Cristea, Bruce Sallan, Catherine Cook, Stan Faryna, Clare Donaldson, Barbara Royce, Duane Dell’Oca, Priya Thomas, Susan Mazza, Justina Valentine, Simon Magid, Emma Lambert, Sylvia Phillips, Nan Marvell, Nisa Thomas, Laurieann Janssens,Vincent Ang, Sarah Britten, Francoise Van Rheede, Britt Michaelian, Diane Liggett, Wayne Mansfield, Robin Schwartz, Marlene Hester, Jim Mahar and everyone else who chose to donate anonymously for your generous donations. Thank you Gaynor Young, Emma Lambert, Bruce Sallan, Stan Faryna, Marianne Tarkusep, Kelly Hengler,  Ashlyn Singh,  Cazanne’Z, Justina Valentine, Seema, @KeepSeeing1111,   Chris Teller, Juliet Parrott-Merrell, Alex Forshaw, Cristina Rivera, Kathleen Springer, Catherine Constantinides, Britt Michaelian,  Juliana Mullan, Jim Mahar, Ellen Seidman, Linda Mastroianni, Sabine Braun, Gaye Crispin, Neethu Varghese, Nicole Eichstädt, Joseph John (Balu),    Caryn Gootkin, Janine Baillie-Stewart, Giuliana Bland, Lynn Stols, Peter Herring, Simon Magid, Diana Russo, Peter Yobo  and everybody else for helping spread the word about this campaign. ‏

[Update October 3 2015: Campaign over. Final total raised is $5 285]