Friday, December 9: Announcing…Giver Dog!

December 9, 2011

We’re just a little too excited this week at the Giver home.  We finally decided, after years (and I do mean years) of careful consideration and entertaining the kids’ pleading requests, to welcome a dog into our lives.  And so, today, we are proud to introduce: Giver Dog!  (No, that’s not really her name.  But [...]

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Friday, December 2: Putting Up a Fight

December 8, 2011

This week’s 52 is dedicated to a number of my former colleagues who have fought and lost their battle with cancer. We love and miss you and are grateful for your courageous example. There are so many across the globe who suffer such loss, and that is why this week’s donation goes to an organization that is [...]

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Friday, November 25: Weekend Reading

November 26, 2011

We spent this week, like many others, on the road.  Probably logged about 12 hours or so of driving since last Friday.  Normally I’d hate being in the car that much, but this week I rediscovered a love of audiobooks–and discovered that my family loves them just as much as I do. Reading is a [...]

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Friday, November 18: Thankful

November 22, 2011

If I’ve learned anything this year, it is that Giver Girl knows how to give gifts…her leadership on this project has been inspiring and I have been blessed to partner with such a generous woman. Her gift giving is not limited to 52 times 52, however. This weekend Giver Girl showed me a great time [...]

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Friday, November 11: Surviving Sexual Abuse

November 13, 2011

I’m not sure I can write much about this without devolving into tears.  As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse myself, the news about the Penn State scandal this past week has dredged up all sorts of truly awful memories and emotions.  I knew almost as soon as I heard the news that I would [...]

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Friday, November 4: Giving Back to College Football

November 6, 2011

Much has been written lately about the negative effects of college football upon its student athletes, especially those playing under scholarship at the Division I level. The much talked about recent article in The Atlantic illustrates this point, driving home the many injustices inherent in the current system. I don’t want to use this blog [...]

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Friday, October 28: Birthday Blankies

October 28, 2011

A lot of the press we’ve received recently has remarked upon the fact that we do not reveal our names on this blog, instead choosing to be known as Giver Girl and Giver Boy.  Much has been made of the result that we are not, then, getting direct or personal approval, affirmation, or gain from [...]

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Unadoptable is Unacceptable

October 26, 2011

This is not a post about a current gift, but rather references back to one we gave some months ago–to the Dave Thomas Foundation.  Readers who have been with us for a while already know that I, Giver Girl, worked for the child welfare system in Philadelphia early on in my career.  It was a [...]

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Friday, October 21: For the Young People

October 24, 2011

A number of things come to mind when I think of the young people I know. First, that I am getting old enough to be referring to 20-somethings as “young people.” Second is the difficulty that this group is having with finding meaningful (or any) employment in our present economy. This situation has been close [...]

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Our Own Awakening

October 17, 2011

We made an unexpected gift yesterday.  We’re not counting it towards our weekly fifty-two (and it was more than fifty-two, actually).  But I am going to write about it here, because an experience like the one we had Sunday afternoon is just too beautiful not to commemorate, to share. The story starts with a movie [...]

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