“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
Oh my goodness! What a wonderful give away. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
ConnieH
What a lovely gift!
I read the blog here and there and am always so encouraged by all of you! My summer this year is spent attending the weddings (4 to be exact)of some of my dearest friends, which is bittersweet when you are single with no prospects in sight. Trying to be loving and prayerfully supportive of these people I love so dearly, but the little joys sometimes help. I am resolved to remain faithful and content and receive my sunshine from the Lord : ) But this little package does look like so much fun!
This is my entry for the drawing to be held tomorrow. We were blessed to go to White Lake, here in NC for the day on Saturday, but that will be the extent of our summer “vacation” I am sure. Praying God’s blessing on the drawing and may the best woman win!!
Thank you for this chance! We are Dave Ramseying our debt away and this would be lovely.
A perfect idea! Would love to give this to my daughter. Thank you for thinking of this and Happy Summer even if your toes don’t touch the sand.
Oh what a joy this treat would be.
This is a really cute set.
I close my eyes for a moment, and I can almost hear the waves breaking on the shore! The sun’s warmth beating on my face…Now, back to work! Thank you so much for thinking of us. This is truly a lovely idea…Blessings!!
Such an exciting giveaway!
So, it looks like a few people would like to win this little giveaway… 😉 Such a fun idea! Thanks!!
What a great idea!!!!!
Andrea
Shipwrecked on the island of misfit toys and learning to be content.
Yeah!! What a great way for a teacher to start her summer!! Crossing my fingers!
What a lovely idea!
Thank you.
What a great idea! And since I live in Hawaii and get to go to the beach twice a week, I don’t feel deserving of the gifts. But do applaud the concept and hope those who win enjoy them all!
I also already have a China Glaze polish on at this minute…it’s called Ruby Pumps! And yes, we aren’t in Kansas anymore!
You are simply delightful!!!!!
Wow! How exciting! Always thinking of us, such a blessing you are!
Thanks!
This is so sweet! Andrea
What a beautiful idea, Melissa! Thank you.
Wonderful giveaway!!!
Having a baby on July 2nd. Definitely will not be traveling to exotic beach locations any time this summer.
Melissa, this is so cool – great idea! 🙂
A terrific giveaway … longing for the crystal blue Carribean.
Oh pick me! 🙂 I could ALWAYS use a little sunshine in my world!
Yay for pink nail polish and beach scented parfum and sunglasses!
YOU are dearly loved too!
Happy summer Siestas!
I am not sure what my summer holds…I do know that it is my 25th Wedding anniversary in July and my 50th birthday in September and nothing on the horizon is planned. Could be for a VERY LONG summer. Praying God has a “good and perfect gift from above coming down from the father of the heavenly lights”.
Such a cute & generous idea!
Fun, fun, fun!
THANKS!!!
Pick me 🙂
Great idea! My summer will entail spending as much time as I can with my youngest son before he leaves for college in August — soon to be an empty-nester, which I’m not looking forward to at all. I would love a little beach and sunshine to make it better! 🙂
leigh renn
Oh how I would love to win. There will be no beach for me this summer but I am grateful to be retiring on July 31st. Please pick me. This would make a great going home package!
How fun! And what a blessing to whomever wins it!
How kind to think of others this way! Have a wonderful summer.
Would love a pick-me-up up here where its not quite summer yet!!
I found out this week that I have to have a pretty complicated surgery. My summer will consist of recovery and lots of down time. So, no vacation for me unless you consider that I won’t be able to do house work!
How fun! Sometimes it doesn’t take much! Thank you for thinking of others.
A relaxing and renewing gift to begin the hectic summer season.
Kristal Moore – What a great gift! God Bless!!
What a great idea, Melissa! I hardly ever get to go anywhere exciting. The last time was in 2005. LOL. I like to live vicariously through your family! Not that I mind. I am kind of a staycation kind of mom.
PS. Which NET bible did you give to your mom? Would love to get one.
You are dearly loved,
Sabrina
Oh my goodness.. How cool! Thank you for blessing someone this way. 🙂
What fun!
thanks for the smile!
Looks like a vacation in a box! Awesome!
I’m so happy that you were able to have some time away…and that you came back with gifts. 😉
Will not be going on vacation this year or the last couple of years for that matter! I’ve been at home for the past 8 weeks trying to get over shingles. The giveaway sounds great. That is such a nice thing to do!
Yoo Hoo!! Love giveaways!
What a wonderful giveaway – Thank you!
I am very blessed that God has given me a boss who allows me to work from my home during the summer school vacation so that I may be home with my boys. (I am a paralegal.) We won’t be going away for a vacation this year, as my hubby works tons so that I can work only part-time. That doesn’t mean I won’t be dreaming of the tropics, though! What a nice idea for a giveaway.