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Day 2675: Everything and Everybody I Love 2018

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Focus on love– that’s Jodene Shaer’s message to the world.

It’s 1 : 34 PM on day 2675 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read  Isaiah 42:9 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised  $6 816 only $5 684 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot .

 

Yesterday in a vlog entitled “I Don’t Know Much” Jodene Shaer suggested that instead of making New Year’s Resolutions and To-Do Lists we should make a list of what we love and although I’ll continue to keep my 2018 Goals list I have also decided to list of things I love as per Jodene’s suggestion. Take a look:

Everything and Everybody I Love 2018

  1. I love God
  2. I love myself
  3. I love every member of my family
  4. I love my friends
  5. I love Gerda
  6. I love my Superhero Catherine Constantinides (my Superhero is so special her kindness, thoughtfulness and humility continues to warm my heart and it’s something I aspire to every day)
  7. I love my favourite women in green glasses Ella Bella (she’s so herself all the time it makes my heart smile)
  8. I love giving, serving and being kind – I LOVE making a difference and being the difference (nobody has truly lived until they’ve seen wonderment in a child’s eyes I would give every last cent I had and even the shirt off my back to see that look again)
  9. I love MiracleFeet and the work they do (with $250 and no surgery they change the trajectory of a clubfoot-affected child’s life it’s really extraordinary)
  10. I love being outside and looking trees, flowers, birds and the clouds
  11. I love writing
  12. I love reading
  13. I love listening to music
  14. I love learning new things
  15. I love meeting new people
  16. I love being healthy
  17. I love counting my blessings
  18. I love doing things I’m afraid of
  19. I love doing things people say I can’t do
  20. I love showing parents of differently-abled kids that their kids have within them infinite potential )
  21. I love French Toast, Cinnamon Pancakes, Bran Muffins, Peanut butter-banana sandwiches, Custard Apples and Lunchbar

 

Thank you Jodene for inspiring this blog post

Day 2672: Faith is an armour not a stick

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Faith is an armour not a stick – that’s my message to the world

 

It’s 1 : 37 PM on day 2672 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Ezekiel 11:19 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised  $6 816 only $5 684 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot .

 

This morning I realized religion should be used as an armour not a stick – a while ago I told someone that I didn’t go to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and it was like I committed murder or something I had never before felt so judged and I think that’s why some people are leaving church and religion these days because when others don’t practice our faith the way we do we judge them to no end I go to church less frequently than I used to but that doesn’t mean I am any less Christian than I was or that I love God any less I just express my faith through my actions and in the way I exist in this world

Day 2671: Start Looking Up

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“Prayer should be our first response rather than our last resort.” – Unknown

 

It’s 12 : 21 PM on day 2671 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised  $6 816 only $5 684 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot .

 

Today I’m feeling flat I’ve done everything I can think of and nothing’s moving (I’m grateful that I am alive and healthy and that my family and friends are alive and healthy too) from today onwards I’m going to stop looking every which way and start looking up only God has ever been able to help me

Day 2669: One Day I Will Be Lame No More (I live in hope)

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I’m not broken just different – that’s my message to the world

 

It’s 1 : 38 PM on day 2669 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Colossians 3:9-10 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised  $6 816 only $5 684 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot .

 

This morning a well-intended couple who happened to be Jehovah Witness came by, read from Isaiah and told me one day when Jesus returned I would be lame no more  (I literally burst out laughing thinking not even Jesus can cure my lame(uncool)ness if looks could kill I would have been dead my mother was not impressed)- I don’t know why people assume that I would want a different life than the one I currently have sure it’s challenging and frustrating but it’s also beautiful. I’m not broken just different. God loves me as I am if he wanted to cure me he would have done so on one of the million occasions I prayed to be able to walk when I was a child.

Day 2668: Fill Your Days With Kindness

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Fill my days with kindness – that’s my plan.

 

It’s 12 : 34 PM on day 2668 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Psalm 33:3 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised  $6 816 only $5 684 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot .

 

 

This year I plan to consciously fill my every day with kindness it won’t always money but whatever I do on any given day will be done with the intention of bringing love, laughter and light into other people’s lives…it’s going to be magical I can just feel it.

Day 2667: You can’t teach some scars

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“You can’t teach some scars.” – Prince Harry

 

It’s 1 : 53 PM on day 2667 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Isaiah 65:17,  have breakfast and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet –   A HUGE thanks to  who donated Tess Thomas who donated $200   which brings the total raised to  $6 816 only $5 684 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot.

 

Today something happened which made me realize that because I have been left out by so many different people on so many different occasions I notice instantly when people are feeling left out and I’m able to fix it…you can’t teach some scars.

Day 2661: Experience of Life Breeds Compassion

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We can only have compassion for that which we’ve seen and experienced – that’s what I’ve realized.

 

It’s 10 : 26 AM on day 2661 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Matthew 2:11-12,  have breakfast and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised  $6 041 only $6 459 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot .

 

Yesterday I realized that I cannot blame my brother for wanting the same material things that kids his age want because he hasn’t seen what I’ve seen and experienced what I’ve experienced

Day 2655: Objects and Attachment

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Being emotionally attached to objects is a dangerous thing– that’s what I keep realizing.

 

It’s 11 : 17 AM on day 2655 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray,  have breakfast, read Luke 1:32-33 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised  $5 481 only $7 019 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot .

 

Today I was reminded that being emotionally attached to objects is a dangerous thing sometimes we love the things that people give us so much that we forget that love is not in the things people give us love is in the people who give us things.

Day 2654: Chase Your Aliveness

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Chase your aliveness– that’s my message to the world.

 

It’s 12 : 00  PM on day 2654 of my journey towards independence and I managed to  pray,  read Luke 1:30-31 and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet –  A HUGE thanks to Be Good To People who donated $100  which brings the total raised to  $5 481 only $7 019 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot.

 

Yesterday I was out doing normal things (of the non-humanitarian kind) and I felt like I was drifting  which made me realize I feel most alive when I give and serve which is awesome because now that I know that on a conscious level I am going to consciously constantly try to stay in that lane in big and small ways. Chase your aliveness.

Day 2653: What is Death?

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Death is a reminder of the temporariness of life– that’s what I keep realizing.

 

It’s 10 : 36  AM on day 2653 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray,  read  and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – A HUGE thanks to  Stan Faryna, author of Francesco Augustine Bernadone  who donated $50 and Meg Guegan who donated $25  which brings the total raised to  $5 381 only $7 119 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to help 50 kids with clubfoot.

 

Today we woke up to the sad news that our family friend and the man who helped bring both my sister and brother into the world, Dr. Thomas, passed away I remember the last time we saw him he told us that he was the reason for my brother’s existence (apparently he convinced my parents to have baby number 3 even offering to pay for the baby’s food and diapers LOL 🙂 ) he was such a sweet man who I will forever remember  with great fondness. Rest in peace uncle till we meet again.