“My husband is in Afghanistan and a few ‘favorite things’ would brighten my day!”
How about that, Sisters?!? OK, Edie, please contact Living Proof Ministries at toll free (888) 700-1999 and give us an address. Please ask for Kimberly or Susan. Knowing what we now know, all of us here would want so much to send you to the beach…but, instead, we’re sending the beach to you. ENJOY!!!
PROCEED WITH CAUTION: this post will embody most everything you anticipate and perhaps even despise about women’s ministry. There will even be pink nail polish. As the great Professor Thornbury said a few weeks ago on the Twitterverse “something is not a stumbling block if you can see it coming.” So, consider yourself warned.
Colin and I just returned from a week at the beach in Mexico. It was crazy fantastic. I slept. I read classic literature. I also swam with a dolphin named Duey. And on the day I returned home I was greeted abrasively by a stomach bug and a crick in my neck so bad I could barely move my head. Oh, and then my 100 lb puppy Winston ate my over-priced prescription eye-glasses. But how can I really be frustrated with this bad boy?
Anyway, since this weekend was the Memorial Day holiday I scrolled through numerous tweets from people who were somewhere fabulous while I was at home with a bag of frozen corn under my neck. And I began to weep for the serenity of the ocean and my dolphin Duey.
But enough about me.
I want to talk about you.
I got to thinking that there may be some of you who won’t get a break this summer. While nearly everyone you know is off to some fabulous island, you won’t get a moment’s rest. For whatever reason, you won’t be able to retreat to the beach or the mountains or to wherever else makes your heart happy. We want to send a little fun and lots of love your direction so we’re doing a random give-away. And it will not include commentaries, concordances, or anything super useful or meaningful.
This giveaway is simply full of some of my personal favorite summer things including: Bobbi Brown Beach parfum (seriously smells exactly like the beach!), classic Ray-Ban aviators, Votivo Candle in White Ocean Sands, a pair of bright yellow Moleskine notebooks, Tea Forte’ Pomegranate Blackberry Iced Tea, and America’s Test Kitchen Best Summer Dessert recipes. See the contents below:
There are really no conditions for this giveaway. My hope, of course, is that this gift makes it into the hands of someone who simply can’t get a break this year and not someone who is heading to the Maldives or Bora Bora next week to stay in one of those little huts with glass floors sprawled across sparkling turquoise waters. But truly, if this gift brings a big smile to a single one of your faces that is quite enough for me.
So, please enter your name in the comments section if you could use a little sunshine in your world. We’ll do a random drawing and announce the winner at noon on this Thursday the 31st.
You are loved.
Melissa
No awesome beaches or vacations in my future!
i love summer goodies!!
how special!
Jennifer Kowalski
Sigh! All of your selections create a “get-away” in a beach bag. How fun and thoughtful of you!
These look wonderful!
What a wonderful blessing. This year with three young boys and all the busy sports this past fall and the home improvements we had to do during our move there wont be a vacation this year. I will be honest, we do have a year plan and would like to take the kids someplace really special next year, but this year it will be the great outdoors of our home. A blessing all the same, but what a wonderful treat the bag of goodies would be! Thank you for thinking of all the LPM readers, watchers and bloggers.
Blessings to the person that wins….in case its not me! Ha!
This is fantastic! Thank you for the giveaway. Here in Washington it’s still a tad wet and there’s no vaca for me this summer. Would love a little sunshine with the rain.
Hi! I’m Amanda from Tallahassee. What a nice giveaway! I read often, but I never post a comment since I seem to always be late in reading them. 🙂 I would love this giveaway – I won’t be going anywhere this summer due to the fact that I am in school to get my RN. My daughter (10) and I will have a staycation between my classes! Thanks so much!
I could really use a physical pick me up this summer. God is always faithful but we are going through so many physical and financial trials right now, just hiding in my room or in the garden with God’s Word and my prayer journal. Having to cancel all travel plans and fun stuff for the summer.
Ah….relaxation comes to mind just looking at all the gifts included in this give away. My summer will be spent at home this year. Thanks for this chance to win.
I would so give this to my sis…she needs a little sunshine in her world right now!
me singing: “It’s summertime, summertime, summertime, summertime…SUMMERTIME OH A OH OH!!”
WhaT a great idea! Somebody will b happy!
How nice! And what a cute puppy!!! I really don’t need the basket, give it to someone else. I just wanted to comment and let you know that your ability to think of others while you have a frozen bag of corn on your neck is a good reminder to me on keeping things in perspective. Thank you!
Yes, please count me in. I am pregnant and grateful to be pregnant… but on bed/house rest all summer (with a 4 year old at home with me) with the hopes of having this little one make it full term. Thanks.
I’d love to be blessed by this gift! A working Mom needs some summer;) thanks for the opportunity
Rebecca Benston-Looks very nice. 🙂
No lovely getaways to the beach in store for me this summer, so please, oh please, pick me!
What a sweet idea! I would love to win and give it to a friend who won’t be taking a vacation this summer.
No beaches for me this summer! Looks great! Thanks for the thought!
Graduating hs senior in a few days, then she’s off to college. No extra funds for any beach time! Stay at home beaches can be fun though!
How nice of you to share with someone! Thank you!
Sarah Bell 😉
OH how fabulous! So sweet of you to think of us! In grad school all summer so no vacation for me!! Love all the girly things:)
Thankful!
Fun! Thank you for thinking of us.
Love the puppy! 🙂
WOO HOO! HOW FUN IS THIS!?
I love Tea Forte!!! And no beach vacay for this busy mom of two!
My hubby is currently deployed to Afghanistan with the US Army until Jan 2013. I am home with two little ones and am dreaming of the time we can really go to the beach as a family again!
Stacey
yay!! I <3 fun summery things. and I don't get to go anywhere fun this summer..
Oh, this is wonderful! I don’t think we’ll get a vacation in this summer (due to finances). What a treat this would be!
Still plugging away schooling my kids. Hoping to find a new house and move this summer and avoid the back pain struggles i’ve had to endure the past two summers.
Sorry about the crick in your neck. Those things are always reminders to me to be thankful for every part of a healthy body, particularly those that we tend to take for granted.
Peace to you and yours!
It’s been a roller coaster year – looking forward to any bright spots God provides 🙂
Christy Vines. What a refreshing giveaway!
I want to tell you thanks for thinking of others who will not be taking a vacation to the beach or anywhere for that fact. My husband and I will probably be one of those couples, due to the fact that my husband will be having major surgery in June. Funny thing about this was we were so busy planning to go somewhwere and then in a moment, our priorities changed. So, I will be looking forward to all the pictures that others will post of their families at the beach or wherever! I pray that their vacations will be safe, relaxing and filled with wonderful memories.
Not for me, but for my sweet friend Sheila who has been through a rugged life-changing event. Her life has been devoted to God’s service, and she SO needs the encouragement.
Very nice!
I could use a little sunshine. =)
(What a sweet idea! Thanks for giving us a chance for a nice “ahh” moment in a world filled with a lot of “ah, man!” moments.)
Would love a little sunshine and beach!
Hi Everybody! I am not vacationing this summer either. But, I am okay with that. I will be with my little ones which truly is a blessing, but wouldn’t mind slipping away to paint my toenails and sip some tea!! Best wishes to everybody!
So completely fun!
Karla Coffey
No vacation planned this summer so it would be nice to win and bring a little sunshine to our home.
So nice!
I am so often blessed by your words and teaching – thank you!
My birthday is actually May 31 – I’m crossing over to the big 60 this year.
Lots to celebrate and thank God for. 🙂
Yay! As a military spouse and a mommy to three beautiful littles, one of whom has some very special needs, I can undeniably say I definitely qualify for this giveaway… 🙂
Pick me! pick me! Love you guys! Have an amazing summer! Love this blog and all the siestas every one. 🙂
Could use a little sunshine, both literally (I live in WA) and figuratively. Great giveaway 🙂
Oh How Cool!!! Sounds awesome.