Realise the value

 

To realise
The value of a sister/brother
Ask someone
Who doesn’t have one.

To realise
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.

To realise
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realise
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.

To realise
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.

To realise
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby.

To realise
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realise
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realise
The value of one second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.

Time waits for no one.

Treasure every moment you have.

You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.

To realise the value of a friend or family member:

LOSE ONE.

Remember….

Hold on tight to the ones you love!

 
(Author unknown)
My addition….
To realise the value ofhope

Talk to a cancersurvivor.

 

To realise the value ofsupporting breast cancer research
Please don’t wait untilyou’re effected by it.
 
 
You can donate online to the NBCF here
Well, as you can see from the above image, I’ve officially exceeded my fundraising target of $20,000. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to each and every person who supported My Road to Paris challenge! I could not have done it without you!
 
I wanted to share those amazing words by “Author unknown” to remind us all how precious life is. And while ever I have breath in my lungs, my aim is to continue supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation any way I can, as it’s research that gives me hope. 
 
I will never, ever give up…so please don’t give up on me. Expect future blog posts or emails asking for support. Delete them or ignore them if you wish or must, but as you do, please send positive thoughts my way, rather than negative. And if you’re able, maybe you could even go one step further and join with me in some way. Walk the City2surf with me next year. Dare me to do an international marathon with you 🙂 Have a cupcake bake-off pink ribbon fundraiser (& don’t forget to invite me…you know I love cupcakes). Or ask me to hang out at a Pink Ribbon Breakfast with you and all your friends?!
 
Together, we can help NBCF researchers reach their goal of “no more breast cancer deaths by 2030”.
 

Let’s not lose hope!

If you’re planning a fundraiser for Pink Ribbon month coming up in October and you’re interested in having me speak at your event, please email an enquiry re availability to jen@jenniferreid.com.au. Or you could email the NBCF Outreach Bureau directly at linda.guiance@nbcf.org.au to engage myself or another NBCF Ambassador to speak at your event.

Before I sign off, I must share something troubling I read in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning, in an article titled “The ten things you need to know about food now”:

Doughnuts are the new cupcakes: Forget macarons, New York has been seized by doughnut fever. Think pistachio-encrusted doughnuts with lemon curd, square peanut butter filled doughnuts with banana cream, strawberry jalapeño doughnuts and peaches-and-cream doughnuts. 

All I have to say to that is….

Shut up!!

Now I admit doughnuts are pretty good, but nothing has ever or will ever, even come close to replacing the beloved cupcake! Take this cupcake skilfully crafted by a dear friend’s teen daughter for example…

Image courtesy of Elenna Khouri Cupcakes

Pistachio Delight Cupcakes….huh, beat that DOUGHNUTS 🙂

And “Life’s like a Doughnut!”???? Well, that’s just stupid!!

Jennifer xo

P.S. For Elenna Khouri Cupcakes trade enquiries, please email aesthetic.tiling@bigpond.com.

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