Can You Help A Sister Out?

Dear everyone who reads this thing,

I know times are tight. We're all holding on to our hard-earned cash with clenched fists, hoping for a turnaround sooner rather than later.

But I'm going to ask you to unclench a bit, and I know, all of you are exceedingly generous anyway. I've seen it and experienced it among this amazing online community.

I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with liver cancer. She is a year younger than myself, with two small children. And by small, I mean a 2-year old and a baby.

I don't like to talk of prognoses, as we've all seen people who've beaten the odds.

But this is not good. As if any cancer is good. It's downright serious. Without treatment, it's 6 months. Hopefully, treatment will eradicate this monster and keep her with her family. Her team is trying to get her into a clinical trial, but we haven't heard yet if this is a possibility.

I belong to a local organization for moms, and we're holding a fundraiser for our friend and her family.

We all love candles, don't we? So we're selling candles. Small pots are $9.00, and larger ones are $15. There are some really great scents: orange cream, watermelon, chocolate-dipped strawberry, plumeria, eucalyptus spearmint, and something that smells so like the ocean, even Kramer would approve. And many more.

Please, just send me an email if you want to buy one or 20. We'll work out the details there.

Thanks for listening,

Kelly