My Sister , My Friend ! ( 1 )

Greetings to all who visit my blog & Foadac outreach,

I have been away from my outreach and my blog for quite some sometime now. That is because the cold hands of death took my sister away. She was my friend , she was my poster girl for (foadac) My sister was beautiful , kind , loving , fun , a jewel that was simply special .

There is no other loss in adult life that appears to be so neglected as the death of a brother or sister. It is sometimes not even a subject of discussion. Nevertheless, this is a loss to which most of us are repeatedly exposed. While we have only one mother, one father, and one spouse (at least at any given point in time), it is not uncommon to have several siblings. Therefore we are more exposed to sibling deaths than to other losses.

When you lose a brother or sister in adult life, you experience many of the same losses as you would if you had lost that sibling in childhood. However, despite the fact that you are more mature and have access to the resources you require, you have the disadvantage that there is less social recognition of the loss as an important one.

The death of a sister means that you have lost someone who was a part of your formative past. This person shared common memories with you, along with critical childhood experiences and family history.

Abby has died and I have lost someone who has been in my life for a very long time. A constant in my life is now gone though not erased.

When death robs you of a sibling, it feels particularly unfair, untimely, and cruel. On the flip side, her sweet and gentle soul has now moved on to the great beyond and resting in perfect peace.

So I will just let grief run its course as I continue to thank God for allowing me to share in her life.

Please bear with me as I run this series on my blog for a little while yet!!

You can make a difference where ever you are !

You can make a difference where ever you are !
This past week end we at foadac did just that. Mixing , blending and baking using healthy recipies to feed the homeless in our Baltimore community.
It was a fun activity for a great course. One should not only plan week end activities to please themselves. Sometimes just giving up a few hours of your saturday can help people in need.

Here is a note from United Way to Us (foadac)

Dear Ethel,

Thank you for volunteering at United Way of Central Maryland's “Stone Soup” event on Saturday at Our Daily Bread. What a fun and productive day!

Together, we helped our neighbors in need in Baltimore City by assembling more than 1,000 healthy cookies and enough healthy casseroles to feed more than 2,100 people facing homelessness.

The food will be distributed to the homeless community in Baltimore City. It’s not often that they will get healthy (and delicious) meals like the ones you helped make.

None of this would have been possible without your time and support!

Sincerely,

Beth Donnelly
Special Events Manager
United Way of Central Maryland

Love should not always have a price !

As I was thinking about children in the world that need help, I sort out this quote from someone who dedicated her life to helping others and showing them love that they never knew could be for them.
And yes orphaned children  need food , a place to stay and clothing on their backs. But there is one very important thing that we can all offer , and that is the gift of love

If you stopped by today to read this , I thank you and want you to know that you too can spread some cheer wherever you are.

" We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty."

Mother Teresa

Thought for the day

 Today's reminder is that the principle of giving only generates the ability for more receiving.
Make this a part of your life when ever you can and see how happy you are going to be.
Your reward just might increase too.

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www.foadac.org

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MORE FACTS

“The silence that surrounds children affected by HIV/AIDS and the inaction that results is morally reprehensible and unacceptable. If this situation is not addressed, and not addressed now with increased urgency, millions of children will continue to die, and tens of millions more will be further marginalized, stigmatized, malnourished, uneducated, and psychologically damaged.”

These orphans must not only be fed and provided with health-care; they must also be educated and trained so that they are able to grow and become self-sufficient. This will save the children and benefit their communities and the world.

  

Education is the most needed tool to help these kids in the future, which is why FOADAC has been pushing for school supplies all year round. last 2 years have been great . Thank you all for your support.

Please continue to send these school items as opfetn as you can. It will change the life of these kids one at a time. !

YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE A T-SHIRT AT ANYTIME TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE !

MORE FACTS

According to the United Nations Secretary General
“It is now commonplace that Grandmothers are the caregivers for orphans. The Grandmothers are impoverished, their days are numbered, and the decimation of families is so complete that there’s often no one left in the generation coming up behind. We’re all struggling to find a viable response, and there are, of course, some superb projects and initiatives in all countries, but we can’t seem to take them to scale.”

Unfortunately this is true , for I have seen it in my own community. It is also tru that there are some great projects and initiatives in all these countries. But we need to create awareness in order to get these very much needed help to those who can truely benefit from them.

Thanks for your kindness always.