“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
You are super sweet and thoughtful! Thanks for a chance to win!!! Have a great summer! Sharae Crouch
What a beautiful gift! I’m turning 50 this year and having a hard time. It seems like such a big leap. But looking forward to my next 50! God is great.
Hi Melissa,
What a sweet thought…thank you for your kind heart. I’m writing in the hopes that my name might get picked for my sister. She just finished 4 rounds of chemo, and, after our mama who also fought breast cancer, is the bravest person I know. It would be such a lovely treat for her…and with her cute little bald head, I know she would rock the Ray-Ban Aviators!
Blessings,
Michele
HI Melissa!
We are still waiting for beach weather up here in Calgary Alberta!! Hoping it will be here for Beth’s Conference in a few weeks!!
I would love to win this for my friend, Brenda. She could seriously use a vacation, but finances aren’t even permitting her to take a necessary business trip. 🙁 Here’s hoping I get to give it to her!
God is so gracious that He puts on the hearts of others to bless and encourage those who can’t do a vacation this summer. Thank you ladies for your generosity!
First, I don’t want this for myself, but for my 15 year old daughter who is battling Bulimia and Depression. We have had a really hard spring and this would be a wonderful treat for her. She is planning on going to Young Life Camp (Castaway) and we will be at the lake.But YES she could use some sunshine in her life. If she doesn’t win- prayers are coveted.
🙂
Thank you for remembering those of us who vacation vicariously through other peoples photos and memories!
Victoria Milam, Greenbrier AR
How exciting! Like a much needed vacation in a box (or bag) lol!
How exciting. I would love to win!!!
Mexico or any beach sounds like it would be a refreshing change to sitting in this office all summer. lol What a sweet idea for whoever wins!
What a great giveaway! Loving the bag, sunglasses, and nail polish! (Such a girl 😉 )
Miss those days when we could go on vacation!
Christin woodbridge
I seem to be daydreaming often these days of the beach :)The beach in a bag, what a great treat!
How sweet of you to do! I won’t even be able to take a stay-cation this year.
Oh! Me please!!
What fun would that be!
What a nice thing to do. Thanks for the opportunity to win such a fun gift package.
What a nice giveaway! So sweet of you to do this.
Are you over your bug & the crick in your neck? I pray so.
Thanks so much for blessing us with the opportunity for this fun give-away.
You have great taste in favorite things!!
What a fun giveaway!! I’m hoping for a little R&R this summer but nothing is planned at this time. Thanks for thinking of us with this fabulous package of goodies!! My name is Kimberly Moore. 🙂
U ROCK!!!
Pick me! 🙂
That’s such an amazing gift!! I love the “girly” side of this blog…you all are so sweet!! 🙂
We are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary this week!!! And I LOVE the color PINK! 🙂
Can’t pass up this one! I’m building sand castles in my dreams too!
What a nice gesture to give your readers and who ever wins will be very lucky. May God continue to bless you.
No vacation for my family this year with money more than a little tight. It would be so fun to win this & split the bag with my mom! Love y’all at LPM!
Thank you for such a fabulous giveaway!! Have a wonderful Summer! 🙂
Blessings….
Julie
I’m in!
Anything that smells like the beach has got to be good! (even in the backyard with toddlers and a plastic pool!) So fun!
Pick me, pick me!!! 🙂
Ray Bans and Votivo candle please!!! I wanted to enter myself into the contest =)
What a sweet summer treat!
Love it!
Thanks for offering this fun summer treat!!
Cute!!
Allie Powers
Oh! oh! pick me! 🙂 how I long for the beach….. 🙂
How sweet of you! Thanks!
Toni Ramsey
We will not have a vacation this summer, it will be work, work, work, oh, did I mention I would be working this summer, all summer, no break, no vacation. But God is still good! 🙂
I won’t be vacationing this year because my husband & I just moved to the beach. Although that sounds wonderful, I had to leave all my family & grand kids behind so I’m struggling with loneliness & depression. 🙁 if I should win, I’ll use the items to tempt my daughters to come visit me! 🙂 thank you for trying to brighten someone’s summer!
SO FUN! We are fundraising for a ministry in east asia this summer, but hopefully will get to squeeze a break in during September.
Fun! Thanks for thinking of the summertime/full time workers!!
How fun!!!! With a baby, there is no way I will be taking a trip to Bora Bora, ha, ha!!!
That looks so fun!
How fun!!!! Love them all!
Very sweet of you!
This is so great!! Can’t wait for summer!