Let's SEEEE if...

Kamryn

talking to me on the phone

awhile back...

Today

I'm thinkin

and

wanting to get 101

subscribers to the blogs

and

heaven only knows

how many I'd love to get to

"click" and share those

"Keepin it Real" you tubes

I'm comin to you with.

so...

I'm wondering,

if

a little challenge might just entice you

to share and to get others

to subscribe

and join us here!

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do"

Eleanor Roosevelt 

Drum roll please...

ahh

isn't that a sound you just

get giddy with the thoughts of?

so then,
Let's have some
FUN!

I'm asking for 101 subscribers

and will be taking names

from the blogs...

Those names once 101 are collected

will be dropped into the magic hat

you seeing me wearing on

the videos

and

a lucky winner will be drawn!

YEP

a lucky winner

who will then recieve an email
or be notified here;

letting them know

their very own

autographed copy

of

Healing Heartaches

is on its way to them to have and to enjoy!

With a little "somethin somethin"

added as a thank you in the box

just because!

Healing Heartaches continues to recieve great reviews from folks who take the time to write,

to take the time to let me know of chapters

or

thoughts that they related to.

One reader has told me she threw the book with such strength across the room that it now has a permanent dent in it

as

she realized that many of the stories were allowing her to come to her own losses

and

journey of grief into healing ways.

I would have liked to have watched that

as long as I wasn't in the direction of the throw!

Others tell me

that their book sits on the nightstand like a trusted friend,

and

that they re-read from time to time,

will sometimes try to see the people that the stories reflect or they will wonder if I was peeking into their own lives.
I am so honored by the words of others,
it does make me feel as I've come to live here in your mind... I love that feeling.

This bear, was made at the bear store we all hear about, on a trip where Olivia had her first experience with room service!
Oh she took such time and care in the making,
and when it was ready for stitching
Olivia picked out
not one,
but 3 hearts to go inside that special bear.
One to beat for Olivia
One to beat for "da mama"
One to beat for "Nana"
and
the three to beat together always
keeping us near
even when we are far apart.
OH yes, my heart melted.
quick, order her all the room service she wants,
that is Nana's girl!
The Embassy Suites had those little outfits all ready for us
upon return for her special bear...
oops
I think I've forgotten its name,
shame on me!
I'm sure she will tell me again.
In Healing Heartaches
I tell a few of the stories of me
in my alter-ego
named
Bearly Bear,
yes, me dressed in a bear suit,
huge I was
and
ever so cuddily...
I had a series of fund raisers through the year,
enlisting then the Mayor Jim Moran in
Alexandria Va
the
A.B.A.T.E. folks on their motorcycles
and
the community at large along with the likes
of
Mary Chapin Carpenter,
and a lot of other musicians
that would play their hearts out
for children with Cancer.
All done so that
Bearly Bear could show up
and hand out bears
to brave little warriors
and
the party was thrown at holiday time
the first one in D.C.
at the
Embassy Suites
and
later taken to another property
and
to Richmond
to reach more and more kids!

The Embassy Suites hosted many a party

for

children with Cancer

where

"Bearly Bear"

would come down from the highest floor there in a glass elevator...

Teddy bears *similar to the one above* but not dressed as fancy... would be handed out to these wonderful kids at a holiday party.

Bearly Bear did not talk, but was a grand listener, and confidant for many a bald headed child in the throes of cancer, of life threatening illness and family dynamics.
Bearly Bear was known to show up in ER's, in hospitals late at night,
you just never knew where that Bear might
arrive,
and the talks that would be had
with a pad of paper
and a pen in a paw!

All would come screaming, some being assisted by crutches, by parents, by wheel chairs

but

ALL

would want to be touched, to be hugged

and

to recieve their new bear...

some would have last years bear with them,

to show and to tell of the year,

the chemo treatments, the loss of hair,

the new friends,

and

hard conversations with parents who cried alot.

Teddy Bears with fur worn thin, with bandages on, and IV sites that had been placed there at places of treatment by hospital staff who understood the importance of those bears

and

eased the pain of the children by allowing them their bears during treatment.

One little girl had her Mom to shave her bears' head, in order to look more like her

and wanted to let me know

of the visits she had from the angels

and

her view on dying.

She wanted to tell me

as she said,
"cos' when I try to tell mommie and daddie they just cry and I think they get mad at me."
The tears that were shed within that bear suit were enough to fill a full sized pool,
and the love that was recieved enough to carry me many lifetimes.

Each and every time I speak across the country

I think of those times when staying in

an

Embassy Suites.

I reflect on those days,

those children, their parents, grandparents, siblings...

those magical Teddy Bears

and

the lessons I learned from such old souls

housed in such little bodies.

Now owned by Hilton,

I still just have to tell whoever is at the desk,

about the days

of

Bearly Bear and those glass elevators
and
the
magic that happened;

the days of starting those parties in the elevator

and

the joy brought to children, and the parents,

as

a day was spent joyfully

with

Santa and Bearly Bear.

With so many who volunteered their time

to make it a day to be remembered

a day to be cherished

a day to be inspired by in ways one can barely

fathom.

Children are amazing;

they remember where they came from,

and

they are open to recieve

open to give

and

they are warriors.

...

Healing Heartaches

one beat at a time

and

I hope the 101st person to subscribe

will let us

stir up a hat

and

gift a book to someone who may enjoy it!

so there ya go,

the challenge is on...

The skies are the limit

for

us all to soar

and

to remember,

I thank you for being here!

Hope you are enjoying

"Dr Sherry Keepin it Real"

on you tube as well!

Let me know

if there is anything you wanna hear about,
or
talk about!

I'll see what I can do with your thoughts!

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye" Helen Keller

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