Happy Easter, He Has Risen

Happy Easter

Looking to Make A Donation

It's that time of the year when our hearts are full and we want to do something for our fellow man. Sometimes we are running around so much we don't know where to even look to make a great donation. Sure, I always drop my change in the Santa bucket but there has to be more.

 My oldest daughter attends Western Illinois University and she is part of an amazing fundraising project.

 "Dear Friends,

I hope you will consider supporting my participation in WIU Dance Marathon. All contributions will benefit and be divided among the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis Children's Hospital and SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center. Any contribution will help, and all donations are tax deductible.

I am on WIU's first E-Board as the Finance Chair, this money we raise doesn't just help the families financially but it helps lift some stress from these families and gives the kids a comfortable environment to be in, this event and organization is very dear to my heart, any amount will help me get to my goal by Feb 1st.

 Donating online is safe and easy! To make an online donation please click the "Support Me!" button on this page. Thank you for visiting my fundraising page! For The Kids!"

You can link to her fundraising page HERE.. this donation will go directly into a fund sponsored by WIU, not into my daughter's hands.. So if you are looking for a way to share your good fortune, give a thought to this noble cause..

 Shauni

That One Perfect Moment

That perfect moment

Captured in Time

An exclusive memory

Standing Alone

with your hopes wrapped

around you like a blanket

on a cool winters eve

Exultant! 

Ready to face tomorrow

Whatever life throws 

Defiant!

Empowered 

By things that may be

Things that might come

And battles not yet won

For this one moment

There is no challenge 

You can not win

No Dream you dare 

Not Dream

No Quest you dare

Not attempt

There is only 

this one perfect moment

Believe!

@Shauni

Accept the Change

Blue Skies Ahead

A life of promise

All powerful desire

What lies beyond?

Those promises given

What dreams may come

Could there be more

Than the day to day 

Dreams

Could the life ahead

Be so much more

Thank it seems?

Life may not be broken

maybe it should be

life is more than complacency

If it's not broken

Break it! 

Set the beyond free

What lies beyond

The blue skies of promise

Dreams of forever it seems

What lies beyond 

What we deem perfect

Hope, Faith, Love

Accept the change

Grow with your gifts

Soar with your dreams

@Shauni

When the Towers Fell

When the Towers Fell

Our lives did change

An innocence lost

Life rearranged

When the Towers Fell

moments passed like hours

Each second a testament

to steel girth powers

And yet the Towers Fell

War was declared

No thoughts of peace

For battle we prepared

Time marched on 

And the towers slept

Complacency returned

and the towers wept

Ever the Bastion 

We must stand tall

An implacable force

The permanent wall

Our enemies surround us

Our pride has been swept

and yet the battle cry remains

Always Remember, Never Forget

@Shauni

Never Resting, Ever Changing

Never Resting

Ever Changing

Time sweeps by

Slowly Stealing

Life's Precious Moments

Minutes Until we die

Regrets, will follow

Undamaged time

Leaving us to sigh

Save not those minutes

But seek your dreams

Ensuring time will fly

Hold back not 

the hands of time

Rather let them Cry

Never Resting

Ever Changing

Time Sweeps By

@ShauniNever