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How You can make a difference

When we gift out books to families or when we visit places and chat with people who are going through terrible times, I know when we leave or when they contact me after they read my story that all the work we do with my foundation does “make a difference.” When I begin to work on […]

It’s Not What You Do – It’s Why You Do It

Visting the Ronald McDonald Houses, going to Gildas Club to deliver books, meeting families – why do I do it? It is not just about raising money for charity. Although when I send my checks to CHOP to help make hospital stays more comfortable for the familes, it does give me great pride and pleasure to […]

Moving Home

When they say there is no place like home, they mean it! Four months in a rental home just was not my real home. Don’t get me wrong, the home we rented was really nice – it was comfortable and everything one would need for healing after going through what we have been through this […]

Over Thinking

Over the past few months while we were in a rental home, dealing with a destroyed home, loss of two cars, and a very sick father…. I began to think. Yes, serious thinking about all I was going through – how we were going to get through it all and still try to smile at […]

Reflecting on 2012 – When it Rained…it POURED

We have all heard the saying, “when it rains it pours”, but that felt like much more than the case when Superstorm Sandy came to town. Though I knew that “this too shall pass”, it didn’t feel like it at the time. It was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. […]

Mommy Bags

For the past few years, I include my books in things called “Mommy Bags” pioneered by a lovely women from CHOP. She does this project on her own and has people donate personal items to her so that she can make up individual gift bags for about 30 moms who are (kind of) living at […]

Fundraising Fun

I had been contacted by some very good friends about their son Seth and his Bar Mitzvah. He has been raising money for his Mitzvah project and donating it to my foundation. If you remember, his older brother did the same and it was not only a wonderful experience to be involved with this and […]

A Holiday Reflection

I have been through such an unusual year that it gives me this opportunity to reflect and share with all of you what I personally think is important. I was hospitalized not long after my big charity event in May, spending 8 miserable days in the hospital, but blessed enough not to need any surgery. […]

Better to Give (Back) than to Receive

Did we not learn about helping others as children in order to feel good about ourselves? I can’t even count how many times I heard, “it’s better to give than to receive”! I think that is one of the most important things I learned as a child and is part of the reason why I […]

Scale Back During the Holidays

We all love the holidays! No matter what we celebrate, we embrace traditions and let them take over our lives. What we should do is overruled by what we are expected to do – can you put yourself into the RIGHT category? My guess is that most everyone struggles to find what is right for them. […]