Where in the world had the past week gone?  I don't think I even blinked my eyes and it was gone.  It was another busy week for me.  I helped Brook by taking her to her doctors and physical therapy appointments.  I utilized the time that I sat waiting by working on the paper Christmas ornaments I'm making for the Christmas Box House.

I went to the Concerts in the Park, at the Brigham Young Park on June 14th. "Octappella" was playing.  I enjoyed them a lot.  I'm always surprised at how even though they sing octappella, how they sound like there are instruments accompanying them.  There jokes, and just messing around on the stage got old, but they sounded great.

On Thursday, June 13th, I did my first volunteering with the children at the Christmas Box House.  I had a lot of fun.  I got tons of hugs from the children, and played more than I ever had since my children were that age.  I am grateful to Larry B. for all the prep he did inside of my body so that it could endure the physical stuff that I would put my body through that night, that it's not use to doing.  I was sore and exhausted when it was all over, but it was the good kind, not the kind that fries my brain and takes weeks to get over.  I will be doing the same thing on June 27th.

On Friday, June 14th, I did my first volunteering with the Children Center.  They held their Summer Gala Fundraiser.  I worked in the Silent Auction area.  I was a "Table Attendant", and after the Auction was closed I was a "Winner Announcer".

I enjoyed the evening very much.  I have never been to any kind of event like this in my life, let alone, to a formal event, or around this kind of of people, meaning influential people, and ones that have a lot of money.  Doing this event was a huge step for me, and was hard, but I did it, and I did it well, and I believe that I have grown from the experience.  Before the event started, there was an Volunteer Orientation, and after that all the Volunteers got to enjoy the $150 a plate meal that everyone else had to pay for.  It was delicious and probably the first and last time I have a $150 meal.

Thanks again to Larry B. for all the prep work he did with me.  Because of it I was able to feel at ease and like I belonged among these people.  I was able to be friendly, smile, joke, and pay them compliments during the night.  It was a lot of fun and I laughed a lot.

I had several opportunities to tell my story of how I ended up in a wheelchair, and the miraculous miracle of being healed from my fibormyalgia, and the new life I am creating for myself, and how important serving others have become in my life.

There was one lady that kept bumping into me, and as she passed me as I was announcing the auction winners, she stopped and said that I was like an angle, and that she just had to give me a hug.  It was a touching moment.