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WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU??

THAT WAS THE QUESTION ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS ASKED ME LAST NIGHT AT DINNER.  WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AN EVENT THAT WILL SUPPORT A CHARITY I'M FOND OF...MOMMY'S LIGHT ( MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT) AND I WAS LIKE ... THERE IS REALLY NOTHING "IN IT" FOR ME EXCEPT FOR A FEELING THAT I AM A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN MY OWN PERSONAL DAILY DRAMA CALLED LIFE. ( baby - work - avoiding donuts - laundry.. i have A LOT going on)

THE MOMMY'S LIGHT LIVES ON FUND WAS STARTED BY SOME WOMEN WHO MISSED THEIR FRIEND... MARY MURPHY.  ( MORE BELOW)  ANYONE WHO HAS A MOM ( WE ALL DO) SHOULD AT LEAST "KNOW ABOUT" MOMMY'S LIGHT.  GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND LEARN MORE...

http://www.mommyslight.org/mllo/page.php?16

 THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.  BUY A LIPSTICK - GO TO A PARTY - OR JUST WRITE A CHECK TO KEEP THIS AMAZING TRADITION RUNNING FOR MANY LIFETIMES TO COME.  OR JUST PASS THE WORD ALONG.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME ???  ABSOLUTELY NOTHING...and absolutely everything.

from the website:

 In November 1996 Mary Murphy was diagnosed with cancer. By August 1997 it was evident that the disease had progressed too far for her to expect a remission.  Mary talked with her ten-year-old son Bryan to prepare him for life without her.  Together they came up with the idea of Bryan continuing their tradition of making butter cookies at Christmastime.  They felt that repeating an activity they had enjoyed together for many years would comfort and support Bryan during his grieving process.  With vision and courage, Mary realized that all children whose mothers had died could benefit from continuing the traditions and simple pleasures they once shared.  She incorporated Mommy's Light Lives On Fund in October 1997 to help facilitate traditions for maternally grieving children, teens and their families.  Mary died two and a half months later.