{"id":1265,"date":"2011-02-15T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/15\/gratitude\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T01:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T01:50:18","slug":"gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/15\/gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjy_ZNQZxN9XdWm_YflfwhlY1e2OioeNFrlAwqD3XtvhlTHabH0DRgPDszw9rQUOriBBWFm0BA3qWXAVn7AXzwQQRqc3PPFmVyhKYa1e3ihV7Az1-CAI1XSTvQ-GnoeGxJx4KLcMYw_oNrB\/s1600\/gratitude-wordle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjy_ZNQZxN9XdWm_YflfwhlY1e2OioeNFrlAwqD3XtvhlTHabH0DRgPDszw9rQUOriBBWFm0BA3qWXAVn7AXzwQQRqc3PPFmVyhKYa1e3ihV7Az1-CAI1XSTvQ-GnoeGxJx4KLcMYw_oNrB\/s320\/gratitude-wordle.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"153\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>On this day, I am thankful beyond belief for some of the fantastic people that I have in my life. After posting my last post, I felt hesitant to share it with people. I was scared of how people would respond to my call for help. I was afraid that they would judge me. I was silly.<\/p>\n<p>I had the most incredible outpouring of support from friends; some that I&#8217;ve known forever and some that I&#8217;ve known only a couple of weeks. In fact, I am super excited to let you all know that we have had a laptop donated! I cannot begin to thank the generous soul who is donating it enough.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, two of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamavation.com\/\">Mamavation<\/a>\u00a0sistas are running a <a href=\"http:\/\/fitnesscheerleader.com\/lazy\/wordpress-blog-installation-hosting-design-giveaway\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=wordpress-blog-installation-hosting-design-giveaway&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">giveaway<\/a> to help raise money for any other items that he will need. Any money raised about and beyond what we need will be donated to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marchofdimes.com\/\">March of Dimes<\/a>. As you may remember, Ben was a preemie (and heck, we induced Roger 2 weeks early!) so this is a charity that is close to my heart.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you would like to get involved in helping our family out, please go through the giveaway. The girls are giving away a prize pack that includes:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #5c5c5c; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;\">Blog transfer to a self-hosted WordPress site or WordPress installation if you don\u2019t already have a blog<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;\">Custom domain name registration for 1 yr if you don\u2019t already have one<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;\">Blog hosting for 1 yr if you don\u2019t already have hosting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;\">Custom blog design or re-design including header and button (Greta is a kick-butt designer)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5c5c5c; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;\">Standard plugin set-up: Comment spam protection, tweet this, facebook like etc. \u2013 we\u2019ll work with you to determine which plugins you need.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Entries are $5 each. All you have to do is make a donation through the paypal button here or on their blog and then leave a comment with your paypal confirmation number.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you again to all of the generous souls who are helping out my family and my son. You cannot begin to understand what it does to a mother&#8217;s heart to know that her son won&#8217;t have to struggle on without these tools. I don&#8217;t care what anyone says, generosity and big hearts are more than alive and out there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/?action=view&amp;current=Name2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i227.photobucket.com\/albums\/dd163\/kroets\/Name2.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day, I am thankful beyond belief for some of the fantastic people that I have in my life. 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