Day #18: 29 Gifts

I had quite a busy week health wise - which is an entire different blog in itself.  However, I have done my best to be present and give consciously each day.

On Day #16 I wrote my last update, and I was super excited to share my gift.  My sister shared a very wonderful and natural way to move children's bowels: True Fiber.  My Zoe was diagnosed with the possibility of having chronic constipation over the summer.  The Urologist suggested that her UTIs could be a symptom of her constipation.  We started Zoe on Myralax (which is a synthetic stool softener).  However, my niece, Emma, also has constipation issues and my sister clued me into a much safer product: True Fiber.  Zoe has been UTI free since seeing the specialist.  Anyway, I had an extra bottle of True Fiber in the basement, so I added a gift tag, and gave it to my sister.  She was thrilled!

Day #17 was my weekly laundry day.  This means I am home most of the day.  However, I did have an afternoon doctors appointment.  While at the drug store I saw a really sweet card with two puzzle pieces.  It was a perfect love reminder for my husband.  Upon returning home I also gave 1000 grains of rice to www.freerice.com.  This was a suggestion from another giver and blogger on the 29 days community.  Who doesn't like a fun vocabulary test?!  And I had participated in Free Rice before, many years ago.  Such a simple idea and so fun - I will make a point of NOT forgetting it in the future.

Today is Day #18 of 29.  I cannot believe I am far into the second half of this challenge.  I gave testimony today in a trial.  I don't want to get involved in the details in this blog.  Lets just say that my God Son (and his sister) deserves a relationship with his father.  His mother is trying to prevent that from happening.  I have known this woman for almost 20 years.  I have known his father for over 10.  That is a long time to know people, and I had to do what I felt was right for the children.  My God Son shouldn't be subjected to a life without his father, nor to the lies and manipulations of his mother all the time.  Even though I am not her God Mother, I love his sister as well.  I agreed to be a character witness for the father.  I was to give a phone testimony, since the case is in Arizona.  I awaited my turn for approximately 50 minutes today.  In that time I prayed that I would give a faithful representation of who this man is/was.  It is the least I can do for the children.  I also heard the same message looped at least 25 if not 30 times.

The verdict will come in approximately a week.  A week seems like an awful long time to wait.  However, my God Son has not seen his father since the summertime, so one more week doesn't seem too difficult to get through.

I am looking forward to the next week of giving.  I hope some of my readers are also participating in giving to others.