Smiles for Shira

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  Wonder Mommies- Grab your capes, we need your help... a friend of mine in our local Palm Beach area has dedicated her time to help her sister find a stem cell donor. Get swabbed today and let's help Shira, a TRUE Wonder Mommy find her match! 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  Please take a minute and visit www.deletebloodcancer.org/shira/ - they are one of the organizations doing drives (getting people swabbed) and they share a lot of Shira's specific info on it. Also, make sure to like the facebook page Smiles For Shira- getting people to "like" the page is good because there are drives that happen across the country and they are all posted on the page along with other helpful and interesting information. Below is a letter that Shira's husband wrote that will help you better understand what Shira and her family are going through. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

                                                                                                                               Family, Friends and Soon to be Friends:

  
  In my adult life, I have never been good at asking for anything, from anyone. However, now, I have no choice. What I need to achieve requires the commitment and participation of everyone I know, everyone they know, and everyone they know.

  I am reaching out for help to give, Shira, the love of my life, the mother of my three beautiful children, Rylie (9), Brayden (6) and Lucas (3) a second lease on life. Shira is fighting for longevity.

  As many of you know, Shira was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on New Year’s Eve 2010 – just a few weeks before the first birthday of our youngest child while on a family vacation. The news hit us like a ton of bricks. But Shira kept smiling.

  We were told “this is the good kind”. Of course, with the qualifier that there is “no good kind”. The cure rates for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma are supposed to be very good.

  Like the star she is, Shira endured months of intense chemotherapy without complaint or self-pity. Unfortunately, although there was short period of remission, she quickly relapsed. Shira moved on to the next treatment option, which included a stem cell transplant using her own stem cells. Again, she endured intense chemotherapy and hospital stays of weeks at a time. Again, Shira kept smiling. She met the treatment and the Hodgkin’s head on; never complaining, never feeling sorry for herself. From the hospital, she orchestrated car pools, helped with homework via Facetime, even ordered groceries online. She was your typical mom of three kids, wife, daughter and friend. Always there to listen to everyone – and cheer them up; making donations to charities that solicited us through friends, commenting on pictures on Facebook and coordinating our daughter’s dance schedule. Ultimately, she underwent the stem cell transplant. Again, a short remission was followed by a relapse.

  For the last several months, Shira has been taking a new chemotherapy with the hopes that she will get back into remission and undergo a second stem cell transplant. This time, the transplant requires a donor. That’s where you come in.

  I am asking you all to test yourself to see if you are a match for Shira – and if not, your efforts may just help someone else’s mom, daughter or friend who like Shira is fighting every day. The test is simple. It requires taking a Q-tip and swabbing your check – putting it in a package and sending it off to be tested.

  I need your help TODAY; not tomorrow, not next week, but today. Your immediate action could be the needle in the haystack we are looking for.

  We are planning local drives in New Jersey and are working with folks around the country in our various networks to run drives in their neighborhoods.

  Shira, my family and I thank you for your immediate action. I welcome any information or guidance from those that can share.

  Keep Smiling. Justin

  
  

  
  

Blogivesary GIVEAWAY: bibbitec- the ultimate bib made in the USA

My go-to bib for all occasions. I literally don't leave home without the bibbitec. I'm so proud of Susie, the creator! She was just seen on Shark Tank last week and although she didn't make a deal-the enormous response has been WONDERful. She was also on Diane Sawyers- Made in America. The exposure bibbitec is getting is amazing.

Their bibs are full coverage so that kids are protected from mess all day, and you’re protected from extra work and excess laundry. They're specially engineered material is designed to wipe clean and dry instantly with no stains and no trace of an odor which will allow you to use one bib all day long and for multiple uses. I've used it as an art smock during too. What are some ways you would use this bib?


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Blogiversary GIVEAWAY: Happy Eatings

                          

Happy Eatings specializes in all things sweet and happy!  

Their custom cakes, cupcakes, push-pops, shot cakes, and fondant toppers are just the start to your event’s happy ending! I've used Kyle for all my parties and absouletly LOVE everything she bakes.  

She understand that each person and event is unique, and they feel that your desserts should be as well. They love making new things, so whether it is the flavor or decorations you have your heart set on they want be the ones to make it!

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Blogiversary GIVEAWAY: Ella's Kitchen- 8 pack

For my second GIVEAWAY this week I've teamed up with Ella's Kitchen which is 100% organic food for babies and kids. My son LOVES everything Ella's Kitchen makes which is why I'm so excited to be doing this WONDERful giveaway. 

I adore the story behind how Ella's Kitchen got started and the passion that Ella's family has to make their products. They believe eating can be fun, tasty, and cool for kids so they take a “kids view” when making all of their products from the color, texture, and flavors. They think that it’s important for little ones to use all their senses to discover the wonderful world around them. 

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Blogiversary GIVEAWAY: Zippyz by Little Trendyz

I can't believe 1 year ago I wrote my first blog post- I never knew where it would lead me or the reaction I would receive. I'm so grateful for the charity work I've done, connections I've made and positive feedback I've received. Thank you to all my 1,600+ FANS and especially my friends and family for cheering me on along the way. 

My first GIVEAWAY is Zippyz, by Little Trendyz. My go-to baby shower gift! Zippyz are patent pending ultra soft organic cotton and bamboo footed rompers that zip from the foot to the belly. Unlike other rompers with a zipper all the way to the neck, Zippyz, allow you to keep your baby's chest covered and warm, while making diaper changes quick and easy.

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