Mad About Macarons Party
Join Kami Cakes at Vanity for a Mad about Macaron Party!
Bring a canned good for the RI Food Bank to receive:
•FREE Macaron Wine Samples
•FREE Kami Cakes Macaron Samples (YUM)
•$5 Appetizer Specials
Kami Cakes will be selling their delicious macarons – they make great holiday gifts!
They’ll also be taking orders at th event.
Complimentary Valet.
( Update: 12/15/12 3:55pm: We are working hard to cite this quote from Mr. Freeman that is working it’s way around the internet. There are no current sources (including Snopes) confirming this was said.) Regardless….it’s awesome whoever said it!
“You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here’s why. It’s because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he’ll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.
CNN’s article says that if the body count “holds up”, this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer’s face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer’s identity? None that I’ve seen yet. Because they don’t sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you’ve just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.You can help by forgetting you ever read this man’s name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem.”
The staff of Glistening Goddesses are holding a Teddy bear drive for the Newtown school kids. They are taking teddy bears to the school Sunday if anyone here in RI would like to donate some teddy bears.
Even if you donate just one it could be comfort for one of the children who witnessed this horrific tragedy. Teddy bears can be dropped off at Glistening Goddesses, 622 Killingly Street in Johnston, tomorrow from 10AM-3PM!
Please contact Zenah Valle at 401.867.1698 or stop by Glistening Goddesses if you would like to donate!
~RB
It took me until a conversation with my mom and almost just a few minutes ago to realize that i’m following in my father’s entrepreneur ways and spirit. I remember when he was still with us and he would have all these crazy ideas and dreams and I would always laugh at him. I look back and think how awesome he was for not settling for what he was doing, almost every dream for a biz he had, he followed his dream and gave 100% no matter how crazy it was. How awesome is that? He dreamed big and he followed through big!
It’s time to stop settling for what we are doing today, if you have a dream, take a shot…give it a chance. If you are not 100% happy with where you are or what your doing. STOP doing it tomorrow! Why not? I know one thing, when my father took his last breathe on August 31st in 2004, he didn’t have any regrets. He didn’t lie in that bed and say “what if”, he lied in that bed and said “Remember That”!
It’s time for all of us to take chances, dream big, and live big in a way that we follow our dreams and keep dreaming. They probably all won’t work but what if one does. This country was formed on people like my father saying I think this is a good idea and going to do it! Follow your dreams, no one else is going to!
-RB
A man sits alone in a doctors office, his doctor comes in and gives him those bone chilling words of “You Have Cancer”. Imagine how he initially feels, mind and heart racing. Imagine all the questions going thru his head from “Will this hurt?”" to “Am I going to die”. Imagine how hard it’s going to be for him tell his wife of more than 10 years, his family, his friends, his boss.
Now…Imagine the doctor tells him that his diagnosis is not a death sentence, and finally imagine the mans feeling when he is told after months of tests and chemo that he is cancer free and will survive.
You don’t have to imagine these last two instances are a dream because it is happening, more and more people ARE surviving cancer. A huge part of it is thanks to the work of Relay For Life volunteers all across the world!
Join me as a Proud Relay For Life Volunteer at a local Relay For Life in your community and imagine the possibilities that if we all stood together against cancer what we could accomplish in the fight against cancer.
I don’t talk about it too often about being adopted (only because it isn’t a topic that comes up often and I’m not one to chat about where i’ve been) . Yes, that’s right for those of you that don’t know I was in state care as a foster child for many years until I was adopted in my teenage years.
Why am I bringing this up? I just watched a Ted Talks on Orphanages and Foster children and it got me thinking. Maybe I need to share more often why I want to help people and what deep down inspires me to do what I do.
Yes I may sometimes struggle to find my own place on this balance beam of life in regards to friendships, relationships, and sometimes more. But if I can help bring one glimpse of happiness to someone else’s life or inspire someone to do something because of my actions or story to help create a better world…well than that would be pretty damn cool. You don’t need a story like mine to make a difference. Just follow your dreams, never give up, and remember experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted.
Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted.
Today I spent the day at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (aka ACS CAN) Leadership Training in Framingham, MA. I’m a proud volunteer with ACS CAN and currently have the honor of serving as Rhode Island Congressional District 2 ACT Lead! In essence I work with my fellow Rhode Island ACS CAN Leadership Committee to do all that we can to make cancer a national priority in every way we can.
When we have great meetings like we do today, there are volunteers from all six New England States that come together to meet, greet, learn, and share ideas. I gotta tell you, these volunteers are some of the most inspirational and passionate people I have ever met. This group of volunteers is made up of cancer survivors, cancer caregivers, and all with the biggest hearts you could ask for.
A fellow friend, advocate for ACS CAN, and very long time ACS Volunteer of mine Deborah Cornwall was on-hand today. To keep it quite short, Deborah and I as most volunteers do for the American Cancer Society see each other often at events and meetings for trainings and speaking engagements. After updating her on life and all that is going on Deborah went above and beyond as a great friend and offered me a copy of her book. I’m still moved by the move.
Deborah recently wrote a book called Things I Wish I’d Known. What is it about you ask? Here you go…
This book is the first to capture the thoughts, feelings, and insights of cancer caregivers on a large scale. Things I Wish I’d Known shares what 86 interviewed caregivers and dozens of others who were consulted informally wish they had known at the outset of their caregiving journeys.
I highly recommend that you pick up a copy from her web-site at http://www.thingsiwishidknown.com if you know of anyone who has been or currently is being touched by cancer.
I really look forward to reading this book and sharing with you my opinions, thoughts, and feelings after. Initially before I open the book and start reading I think of some of the Things I Wish I’d Known about cancer and about being a caregiver when my Dad was battling cancer and for his life back in 2003 & 2004. One of the biggest Things I Wish I’d Known back then that I do know now is that there was this enormous group of volunteers at the American Cancer Society that had been there and done that! Seriously this group has taken me as a family and I can only imagine how much more helpful this second “family” would have been had I had the resources back then that I do now.
That’s just ONE things I wish I’d known, and as an American Cancer Society volunteer i’m Doing Something About It by making everyone I come into contact know of the information, tools, and resources that are available from the American Cancer Society. When someone mentions that they have or know of something that has cancer, one of the first things I do is reach out to them and tell them that I’m here for them, the American Cancer Society is here for them, and we have a very large family that will make sure they have everything they ever need.
If you need the information: http://www.cancer.org & 1-800-227-2345 (A REAL person available 24/7 to talk to you and help you!)
With that said, I look forward to reading this book from my dear friend and I look forward to learning, being inspired, probably shedding a few tears in remembrance, and ultimately understanding caregivers and cancer patients more. Again, please consider picking up a copy of this book. Anyone dealing with cancer or who has ever had to deal with cancer will benefit.
With HOPE,
RB
