Category Archives: Photographs

The Joy of Giving

Somehow, not only for Christmas      But all the long year through The joy that you give to others      Is the joy that comes back to you And the more you spend in blessing      The … Continue reading

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Gratitude

Working on Night of Warmth (you know, the Columbus OH-IO fundraiser for EOR on February 25.  18 days!) makes me feel like this:   You know…delighted!!!  This little person, and the hundreds of other kids I met while I was … Continue reading

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I always think of her…wordless wednesday

Paige

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World Water Day 2011

Water affects every aspect of our lives, yet nearly one billion people around the world don’t have clean drinking water, and 2.6 billion still lack basic sanitation. World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22, was established by the United … Continue reading

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Update the third: FOVC

Last spring, EOR received a proposal from a new-to-us orphan care center, Friends of Orphans and Vulnerable Children.  The proposal was a  beautifully crafted  three phase plan for creating a top-notch center for both orphans and vulnerable children in Shanto, … Continue reading

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Grateful me

Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.” — Edwin Arlington Robinson Happy Thanksgiving, lovelies–you’ll all be remembered as we gather round my Thanksgiving table tomorrow.  … Continue reading

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Update the 2nd: Water 1st

I admit it.  Tonight, as the dishwasher was humming, the washing machine was spinning, and my tween was fresh from his second shower of the day, I was peeved.  My 4 year old needed a bath, and I had to … Continue reading

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Update, the first: news from Children’s Heaven

As promised, before asking you to contribute to our year-end campaign, we’ll share updates about our partners.  The first on the docket is Children’s Heaven.  We added Children’s Heaven as a partner just as EOR was being formed.  We were … Continue reading

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I want to sleep until 2004…

Sometime in mid-August, doubt crept in.   Could we do this?  Would anyone come?  Can we get it all done?  Does the community really want this? and more and more frequently, Why am I doing this? bounced around my otherwise empty … Continue reading

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The time is NOW!

Paige I’m doing the last little bit of frantic packing and making what I hope will be a comprehensive list of information for the child wranglers who have graciously stepped in to sit for my tots while Albert and I … Continue reading

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