For a good cause

Today is "Nie Nie Day." I learned about this from my cousin Sarah's blog. She is donating artwork, or rather auctioning off her beautiful children's artwork and all the proceeds will help this family out. A couple, Stephanie and Christian Nielson, were severely burned in a flight accident 2 weeks ago. They are recovering from severe burns and in a chemically induced coma in the hospital but it will be months and months and a huge medical bill until they will be able to join their 4 little ones at home again. NieNie is well known in the blogging world and has such a great following that some of her friends have started an auction day just for she and her family. So if you are feeling generous today please check out Designmom's blog and find a blog that is holding an auction that you can bid on. There is a long list of people's blogs of people who are also donating other items.

I have no connection to this family other than I went to school with a man named Chris. It is his sister NieNie. And then I worked on a show w/another Chris and NieNie is his wife's sister. And this Chris and his wife Jane (who's blog is fun to read as well) are the one's who took in the 4 children while their parents recover, and they just had their first baby! There is a lot of love surrounding this family and if you can find it in your budget and heart find a place to donate money. And if you win an auction you may get something really nice out of it, other than the good old feeling of helping another out. Happy Nie day!