I'd like to thank the Academy....

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I'd like to thank the Academy!

Dear sweet Rachel over at Once Upon A Miracle gave me this award! Yay! I am so excited! You can tell by my sidebar that I LOVE blog awards! I almost have 10! I feel so loved! I will keep the list growing as long as I get them! A SCRIBBLER AWARD is a big deal for me because I scribble both in word and sketch! I have been working feverishly on NAMESAKES for the Gosselin 8! I feel so honored to be able to give them a piece of ME! I finished Kate's book and I think she is even more AMAZING now that I have a peek inside her heart and not just a peek into the chaos they show on TV. Can't wait to personally hand her the NAMESAKES for Cara, Mady, Collin, Leah, Joel, Hanna, Aaden and Alexis! I hope they like them! These NAMESAKE recipients loved theirs... and I couldn't be happier!!! Once again HONORED to give them a piece of my HEART! If you haven't had the HONOR of meeting TEAM LARSON, please head over to http://carepages.com/, register (it's free and takes, like, 2 seconds!) Click on Visit and type in ColemanScott (all one word). He will be your new boyfriend! Promise to pray for his healing! OK...I am off to re-do the Gosselin NAMESAKE that took me 4 hours to do yesterday...it just wasn't right....but I think I got in now! Trying to finish 4 a day! Wishful thinking, right? I need some cheerleaders, please! ;) Oh, I pass the Scribbler Award onto: Kim @ Bugs & Bunnies because she is an AMAZING writer in the same stage of this "Getting Published" Game as I am! Peter @ Stellar Cafe because he is an AMAZING author/illustrator and great friend! One of my biggest CHEERLEADERS (only he doesn't wear a skirt! LOL!)! Dawn @ Because I Said So because she is an AMAZING friend and another of my biggest CHEERLEADERS (and she's dang cute in a skirt!) and...and...and...she received her BOOK in the mail yesterday and has been giggling ever since!! Go over and check her out...pre-order your book! It's gonna be a GOOD ONE!!!

Our Chicago Angel...

This one's for YOU K-girl! Dawn, Mimi and I want your blog to wear it proudly! You deserve it!

For those of you who read my blog (or Dawn's or Mimi's) then you have been blessed with another wonderful woman.

The amazing story that has unfolded over the last 4 months has brought tears to my eyes dozens of times. I posted "our story" a while back but feel free to refresh your memory, if you like.

One of our collective readers, who we all know as the QUEEN OF STORY TIME! Kendra, took it upon herself to make sure the three of us (Dawn, Mimi and myself) met... in Chicago... at the OPRAH SHOW!! Now, that is above and beyond in my book.

Little did we all know that only weeks before our date on Oprah, Kendra would suddenly fall ill with what turned out to be a brain tumor. Kendra underwent emergency brain surgery and was STILL thinking of others as he opted (was not directed by a Dr. to do so) to shave her head. She then donated her waist-length hair to LOCKS OF LOVE!

Even though she has been going through DAILY radiation treatments, she was emailing us everyday leading up to our big trip to meet last week! Every day!

Only having been home from the hospital a few days she IMd me to check in and see HOW I WAS DOING! "ME?! How am I doing?" But we only talked for a minute or two because she was having her story time kids over for the afternoon. Once again, she was thinking of those little people who missed hearing her stories, not herself!

If anyone reading this has the means to make a miracle happen, to bless someone in an outrageous way...this woman is the one to bless! She has been a blessing (and an inspiration) to thousand and thousand of people for a lifetime!

For those of you who are believers in the POWER OF PRAYER (as you should be!) Kendra's radiations are from 2:10 - 2:15 daily (Pacific time) - please pray and add her "DIE CANCER DIE" mantra to your words!

Kendra even opted for TWO radiations in one day so she would be sure to make it to her grand daughter's high school graduation. NOW THERE IS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!

I have been urging Kendra to write a book about her life, her "collections" of children in her home and out, her faith, her passion for books, her love for others, her artistic talents, her life's struggles and now her battle with cancer. I see NY BEST SELLER!

Would you buy it?

Thank you...

I am honored! Shellie at LITTLE BUT LOUD gave me a gift this week in the shape of a blog award! YEAH! THANK YOU, SHELLIE!

I would like to pass this award on to... Mimi, Dawn, Kendra and Heather. YOU ALL MAKE MY DAY!

Speaking of awards... the 2008 Bloggers Choice Awards are taking nominations. Our friend Dawn has been nominated for FOUR!!! Please go to her site, click on the awards and place your vote. You have to register to vote but it is free. She is pretty close to the top of almost all four awards - let's get her to FIRST!!! YEAH DAWN!!