National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

2021-01-03 Miss Poison Charities, Human-Trafficking Charities, Human-Trafficking, Slavery, The Blue Heart Campaign

For the month of January, we’re going with this shade of blue to support The Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking (Linked below).

Each month, as I change banner colors, we will be representing and bringing awareness to a different charity. Some months, we will stand in solidarity with as many as 4-6 charities. Awareness is crucial, even if it helps just one person.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if you feel awareness for something is necessary, especially if I have not addressed it. It would be an over-sight on my part, not a form of ignorance.

https://www.unodc.org/blueheart/

**Charitable donations to organizations we highlight and/or feature will be made collectively under the name of this website. We encourage you to support those closest to your heart.**

Peyton Porter – Sigma Pi Team

Link 2017-01-11 Miss Poison Charities Charities, Pediatric Blood Disease, Pediatric Cancer, raiseRed, University of Louisville

https://elevate.louisville.edu/project/3406

This is for a dear friend’s son. The $200 goal has been met, but any additional contributions, however large or small, would be awesome and going to an exceptionally good cause.

Love Yourself First Campaign

Link 2016-06-26 Miss Poison Charities Always Keep Fighting, Charities, Jared Padalecki

https://represent.com/jared/padalecki-i-am-enough-live-yourself-first-for-orlando

This is a good cause and a great design.

Overdoing It

2015-05-06 Miss Poison Charities, Exhaustion, Musings, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Uncategorized, Writing Editing, Fibromyalgia Pain, Musings, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

When you feel good for even a split second, you try capitalizing on it by squeezing in things from your “to do” list. Mine is more like a “must do” list. I am currently packing things up from my home for donation. There are plenty of people who need home goods and other things I will never use, so I’d like to get about 10-12 boxes ready for any charity that is willing to pick them up. This always helps me feel good; purging things I will never use that can help others. I choose a different charity each time, that way I’m helping more people. I believe that the good you send out into the world is a reflection and will be there for you in times when you most need it. It’s very much the “Law Of Three” for me. “That which you send out into the world returns to you threefold. Send it again and it returns in ten.” I think that’s a really nice way to spread positivity and hope.

Unfortunately, having that brief moment yesterday where I felt okay means I can barely move my upper body today. I fully intended to do a few more boxes this afternoon, but perhaps I should take some Aleve first. It’s sad that I’ve had to depend on Aleve for Fibromyalgia pain for well over a year now. Sometimes it helps for short periods of time, and other times it’s as if I swallowed Tic-Tacs. How promising. 😦 I definitely need to go back to herbs on a semi-regular basis.

I was able to get some editing done yesterday, despite being ticked off and despite the migraine from hell. I found so much wrong with the work though that I continued to over-analyze it. There are times when, as an editor, I have to step back and remind myself that it’s the writing, and it’s not MY work causing the issues. I think the best idea is to move forward and get it done. Whatever isn’t perfect will be re-done during the final round of editing, after revisions and rewrites. I know she has several other things she wants me to edit once this one returns to her for rewrites, which will be extensive, she has no idea how serious I am with my notes, and despite wanting a brief respite to focus on my own life, I think continuing with the same client is a good thing.

One of the new things I am getting ready to do is design my book cover. Even though I will be pursuing traditional publishing, I still want to have an idea of how the book will look. I’m going to draw up a rough sketch and talk it over with a graphic designer. Branding yourself properly is never a bad thing. In fact, it’s quite smart.

And so, I am off to tackle a few boxes and then do some charity research to see who needs what and how quickly they can come.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Blessings For Kiara

Link 2015-03-14 Miss Poison Cancer, Charities, People Helping People Brain Cancer, People Helping People

http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/blessings-for-kiara-the-warrior-princess-paypal-version-/259916

Towards the end of my father’s life, the cancer he originally started out battling spread to his brain. In turn, this sort of thing hurts my heart. If you can help, please do. If you can’t, reblog this and hopefully someone else can.