Ode to You

Greetings:

I shared that I was doing a card party for my sister last month on the Blog. My sister is turning 47 and I am sending her a card for everyone year she is old. Do you know how challenging it is to find 47 cards that say just the right thing? Well I have done it and the Card Party starts this week, today as a matter of fact.

For fun I have had some of my friends sign the cards. My friend Alyson Stanfield (artbizcoach.com) make a beautiful handmade card. My friend Dee Dukehart (http://www.deedukehart.com/) took a couple cards and is going to write a few poems in them for my sister (writing is Dee's expertise and she writes amazing poems). My friend Julie signed a card from herself and a second card from the Taco Bell Dog!

The first card that is going out today has a poem I wrote in it that explains the whole process. I was channeling Dr. Seuss when I wrote it.

Here goes:

Ode to You

It's your birthday - Happy Birthday to You
To Celebrate I am throwing a Card Party - It's a big to do

For the next 47 Days a Card you will Get
This will be fun so don't throw a fit

Some Cards will be funny - some will be smart
Some will be from people you know - some aren't

Some cards will have Surprises straight from the Mall
Some will be empty with nothing at all

A card party you exclaim - What did I do to deserve this?
Nothing at all - you just happen to have a great sis.

The card with this poem went in the mail today. For the next 46 days I will mail a card. I am excited to see how it all works out. I am guessing some days will be a bonanza with several cards at once and some days there might not be any cards.

My friend Alyson shared with me she did a virtual party for her parents for their anniversary. She had people write down memories they had of her parents and send the memories to them.

Another friend did something similar for her boyfriend where she had people write down special memories they had of the special birthday guy and send them to her and she created a memory album.

My Aunt Linda gave my mom a card party on her last birthday and my mom got 125 cards. What Aunt Linda did was ask everyone to send a birthday card for my mom to her and she put them all in a special box and presented them to my mom on her birthday.

The idea is to share those special days - and make them more special by remembering.

I would love to hear how you have celebrated your special day or helped someone else celebrate theirs.

Here's to taking action,

Rachelle