“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
How fun!
I do hope you have fully recovered from your dramatic welcome home! Better to be ill in the comfort of your own home rather than in a hotel room (or an airplane) far, far away! At least you got to enjoy your vacation!
We never get to get away for the summer, because we work in a very seasonal business we are working about 70 hours a week while many are enjoying a slower time. When my daughter was about 8 she asked, “When will we get to vacation like normal people?” It still makes me laugh, but the answer is never. So many things I wish we could do like normal people, but we must work to keep a roof over their heads!
Would be delighted to win the basket, but would be more delighted if someone who needs it even more than I would receive it!
Happy Summer!
Fun!!
Wow! What a sweet thought. It will be a fantastic blessing for someone.
What a treat this would be! You have great taste!
It looks very nice. I am recovering from
Surgery and would love to get this gift basket.
Wow!! What a wonderful give away!! May u be bleesesed for being so considerate.
Nicole B from Iowa
Love this! How fun!
Brenda
Pamela Shelton
Lexington SC
Fun!!
Thanks for sending love! Even if I don’t win, I know whoever DOES win will be loving this and I hope your neck gets better soon. If the corn thaws, go to peas next. 🙂
Tracy Coyle
I am entering for my sister brooke who is a stay at home mom with 2 little ones, who sacrifices vacations and luxuries to stay home with 2 little ones.
I love this sooooo excited!!!
Sounds lovely!
What a great bunch of gifts! Happy summer, all!
This ministry is such a blessing to so many women all around the world. You most definitely brought a smile to my face with the idea of this most loving, fun, and thoughtful summer giveaway. Blessings!
What a great treat for the summer! Thanks!
–Sherri
Hello!
My name is Erin ODonnell and I could definitely use a mini vacation! I am working 60 hours a week to pay for my education and taking four classes to get my degree. Needless to say, I am pretty exhausted. I even had to work Memorial Day and.Memori Day weekend, so I would adore a night at home right now! 🙂
Thanks for the chance!
Erin ODonnell
You guys are so cute. :))
How fun! Tammi Wilson
oh how i would LOVE to win this!!!
so fun!! happy summer 🙂
I could use a bit of summer. We’re moving in 8 days and my son broke his kneecap.
Since you probably don’t have the ability to zap me forward about 40 days…. a wee bit of summer sounds great. 🙂
Hope you have a great summer Beth!
Thanks for doing this ! It would be awesome to win !
Happy Summer Ya’ll!
Melanie Lyons
Fun!
I was raised summers at the beach for the first 18 years of my life. I don’t live close to the beach anymore and so look forward to a trip there each year. Well, I don’t make it there every year. This summer finds me taking care of our elderly parents (father-in-law had a heart attack this past weekend, so needless to say our Memorial day plans were changed fast)….also will be caring for my nephews 7 children off and on as his wife left him with them to care for them. I am not complaining, just happy to be serving the Lord…..Thanks Melissa for bringing a smile to my face.
Kate Hall
Yvette Snow
What a wonderful and thoughtful giveaway!! Thanks for this sweetness!
Love this!!!
What a great giveaway. I love the beach 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win some fun!!
Beautiful!!
Emily DeJarnett
Hope I win. I could really use a break.
Ok, now I have to find that perfume so I can smell it. I love me some beach =)
Vacation, oh how I dream of a vacation! With one child heading to college in the fall, no signs of a vacation any time soon for me, but this would be a nice treat and allow me to take a mental vacation.
Vacation in a “give-away!” May you be blessed for your kindness of giving.
Katie Rosenbaum
Oh how I would love this! I cannot really travel this summer because I’ve been struggling with health issues that just leave me so tired all the time. But God is gracious & teaching me so much in this season. He is stronger & will act on behalf of those who wait for Him.
Thankful for this blog!
I’m not going anywhere this summer, I would LOVE some goodies to enjoy a stay-cation! Woohoo!
This sounds fabulous and I am one of those who is looking at some long days this summer with two little ones and no plans for a real break or get-away…
Wow – this post hit me in my overly-sensitive heart. So it’s okay to mope a little that I won’t be seeing the beach again this year? I know God will take care of my R&R one way or another but this closet/landlocked mermaid was just having a little pity party since we will be working really hard to get the building our church plant just leased all ready for a relaunch in October. :0) So I’ll enter and ask God to relieve my selfish heart regardless of whether I win or not. Thanks for the idea. Maybe I’ll do this for myself anyway!!!
What a wonderful idea and such a blessing. Thank you.
Heather McKinney
Delightful! No vacation for us this summer. While being a pastor, my husband is also doing his PhD work. Comprehensive exams, studies and finals will take up any free time this summer. To whoever wins, ENJOY!!
What a great idea! I love summer!
How fun! Thank you! Thank you!
Yes please! I could definitely use this giveaway! No beaches in my summer future. 🙁 Thank you for doing this – clearly there are lots of sisters who need some encouragement right now.
Summer is a beautiful thing!
Robin McCartney