We interrupt this regularly scheduled posting.....

....to focus on important issues that involve heart.

I know I am supposed to continue the suspenseful Mermaid Tales (see the bottom of THIS post), but I've decided a couple of things take precedence, at least for today.

Firstly, I want to thank Betzie for her sweet post about receiving Rose E. Hare. She won Rose waaaay back during the One World One Heart giveaway, but after a mailing fiasco, it took a bit of work to get Rose back to her. So thank you for your patience Betzie, and for all of the sweet pictures!



I love it when people love my little creations! This picture of Betzie's antique doll with Rose makes me do a little happy dance, and truly tugs my heartstrings....

So then, from receiving kindness, I want to extend it:
I saw this post yesterday on Lemoncholy's blog. The story concerns fellow artist Joanne Pierotti and her husband, Ron. Recently laid off, Ron has no health insurance. Just as recently, they found out he has a brain tumor and must have surgery....and obviously, the cost of the surgery is steep; my understanding is that they might not have done the surgery, thus comprimising Ron's life. After the initial posting, Lemoncholy's update is that the blogging community has raised over $3,000 dollars (and it seems, according to the button on the side of Lemoncholy's blog, that they are now over $5000!) yay!---but it is still a fraction of what is needed.

So, I am writing to ask you to donate what you can through the "chip in" site, or at least pass on the word through your own blogs.

I should tell you, I do not know Joanne personally, but it crushes me, as one human being to another, to do nothing when someone needs help. If nothing else, I can put myself in her shoes--this could happen to any number of us....It seems so much, that some of the world has become apathetic, and the higher powers seem not to care about their own citizens, so it is up to us to help each other. At least that is my opinion. Bring on the Random Acts of Kindness, Good Fellowship, Kinship, and renewed sense of amazement in the world. If we cannot feel responsible for each other in the name of Friendship and Kindness, then what is the point, I say?

And that is today's post on Kindness :)