A special surprise!!

OHHHHH my gosh!!! So can I just tell you about my afternoon??? I was taking a small cat nap on the couch while Keeghan was napping, (because let's face it, I'm up WAY too late at night) when my doorbell rang. WHO is at my door?! I get up, groggy, ready to think of a good excuse of WHY the pesky neighbor kids cannot come into my house, when I see that it is just the mailman. Whew!

So, he hands me a large envelope and goes on his way. "What IS it?" Kassidy asks. "I don't know..." I look at the return address and it's from Michelle. Seriously?! Michelle sent ME something? I was excited as I opened it, but imagine my surprise when I found this:


This is a piece of Michelle's original artwork called "Let Go...Let God!" She is selling different pieces of her work with 50% of the proceeds going back to Childhood Cancer Research. It's such an amazing thing that she's doing for kids like Kennedy and all the other thousands of kids in this country with cancer. PLEASE go visit her site and support her cause... it's our cause too. Always.

So here's the thing, I didn't bid on this piece, (as much as I would have liked to!) so HOW did it end up in my hands?! Well that's the even "more better" part. It came with a card designed by Angel Julian and on the inside it says one of Julian's most favorite phrases... "...because I love you more better".

The card was from my friend Kelly from Northern California and she won the bid on this artwork and wanted Kennedy and I to have it! I am so, so touched. I LOVE this picture and am going to buy a frame for it and hang it in Kennedy's room. When Michelle becomes famous for her children's books, I know my kids will be so excited to have a "Michelle Original". As for me? I'm already excited!

Thank you Kelly!!!!! Thank you Michelle!!! Thank you Julian!!! You made my afternoon wonderful!