June 9, 2008

Sharing the Good Stuff

I held of on posting The Good Stuff on Thursday because I have some really great news to share and was waiting for some pictures to arrive. Friday and Saturday were crazy, yesterday was Table of Contents and I needed to blog about that and -Oh! My! - how did it get to be Monday already? I still don’t have the pictures, but I’ll share my news anyway, and I won’t delay us further by scouting the blogosphere looking for more Good Stuff to link you up with.

Welcome to the world, Lily Katherine! I’m your great-auntie skeet and I’m thrilled that you’ve made your debut. Congrats to Emily and Todd. Rumor has it that you’ve created the most beautiful baby ever and I can’t wait to have those photos so I can prove it to all of my readers. Congrats to Lily Katherine, too - you’ve picked the very best Mommie and Daddy to love you and nurture you and teach you everthing you’ll need to know about how life works. Auntie skeet loves you too, darling girl, and is sending ooodles and bunches of aloha your way!

I thought of my friend Val when I was watching So You Think You Can Dance last week. One of the contestants had a special message to deliver, and it’s the same message that Val shares every chance she gets, so I thought she might submit the story to Good Stuff. I was right! Go find out what Brett wants the world to know over at Val’s place. He just might be replacing Val as the best-ever ambassador for their cause!

I’ve always believed that every individual should consider leaving a legacy that somehow enchnaces life for others. The ways that we give are dependent on the talents we’ve been blessed with, but the obligation is the same for everyone who will acknowledge it. Brett knows that and so does Val. I know that Lily Katherine will understand the principal at an early age, because I know her father embraces it. (I’m not purposely excluding her mother’s influence - I just haven’t gotten a chance to know her yet. It’s a good bet that Todd chose a life-partner who shares his ideals, so Lily Katherine is likely to get good guidance from both of them.) Those who were blessed with extraordinary talents have the ability to make extraordinary contributions. It’s always gratifying to learn of someone who has taken up that challenge at an early age, and it’s news worthy of sharing. If you missed it last week, go read about three young people who are helping to shape our future and I think you’ll see what I mean.

Have you been checking the inside pages of your local paper lately? If you haven’t gotten around to it yet, today is a good day to start. Do me (and yourself!) a favor and make it a point to find the good news that probably won’t be the lead story at ten. Pick a news source anywhere in the world or something great you’ve found on the web. Better yet, share a heart-warming, first-person moment that gladdened your heart. Is there a Lily Katherine-like story you’d like to shout about? Is one of the offspring graduating this year - the one you thought might not make it all the way? Maybe you finally figured out how to do that thing that makes your life so much easier, or your liver cleanse finally kicked in and you’re feeling so much better? Those little day-to-day moments that make us smile are the stuff of a happy life and worthy of sharing. Here’s your chance to recognize them for what they are and spread a little sunshine in the process. Post a link to your good news below. It can be a post on your own blog or to the source that made you grin. If you have a blog, invite your readers to share their happy moments, too. Give me your links in the comments below this post. I’ll do a roundup of your stories later this week. And hey - don’t forget to come back to read the good news when we SHARE THE GOOD STUFF!

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2 Responses to “Sharing the Good Stuff”

1. June 12th, 2008 at 11:00 am, Anele Says:

   I am doing my first giveaway! It’s to celebrate the beginning of summer next weekend. So if anyone would like to leave a comment/subscribe for a chance to win they can go to this post:

   http://truealoha.com/blog/2008/06/12/giveaway-win-hawaii-art-from-the-little-grass-shack/

2. June 14th, 2008 at 7:24 am, valmg Says:

   Hi Skeet! We’re away for the weekend but I was telling my Mom about your oics and showed her some. She wondered if you were on the side of the island near the forbidden lava roads. Take care!

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