BE KINDER

Hi Again!  Wow, it's been a long time since I've written.  I've been so busy just living life.  A quick update includes Christopher moving home for a while, then buying his own house and moving out.  It's only about 5 minutes away and a wonderful place.  I'm so proud of him.  My brother Doug came down for a quick weekend visit...oh, how I love him.  Mom and Dad are in Arizona for their yearly snowbird stay and keeping me busy with walks, movies, trips to the casino (at my urging), wonderfuleatsomuchwefeelsick meals, and lots of memory-making moments.  Tayo is as busy as a young man could be.  His girlfriend Genee is expecting my second granddaughter any day now, so I'm planning a trip to Oregon as soon as that happens.  Can't wait to see them and all those little girls again.

Okay, on to the business of BE KINDER.  I am an official business owner and the name of my company is BE KINDER.  As most of you know, I have been creating shoes for friends, family, and others.  It has been a wonderful journey and I have loved hearing all the stories about people's reactions to the shoes.  I have a friend working on my website as I write this and can't wait to get it up and going.  It will be simply bekinder.net.  I'll send out a notice when it's up and running.  The following is my mission statement:

It's not so much about the shoes, but rather the words BE KINDER.  My hope is that with each pair of shoes I create for someone, with all their favorite things on them, that the BE KINDER will also become important to them.  As such, anyone admiring them will listen to the person talk about their favorite things and inevitably engage in a BE KINDER conversation.  If by seeing my painted words BE KINDER causes one person to actually be kinder, then I have made a difference.  That is my mission, to make a difference with one BE KINDER at a time.  Whether on a shoe, shirt, hat, chair, or wristband, to see the words BE KINDER is to be made aware...and that is a good thing.

I am also on a mission to get on the Ellen show to help spread the BE KINDER word.  I sent her T. shirts, wristbands, and car magnets in April 2010 and made her shoes and sent them in October 2010.  I've been writing emails and letters with the hopes to hear from her.  A couple weeks after I sent the shoes to her, she started closing her shows with, "Be kind to one another."  Coincidence?  Who knows.  I am just thankful that the message is getting out there.

So, that's about it.  Not a very exciting blog to get back into the swing of it.  For those of you who have been asking me to write again, I promise I'll be back soon, and thanks for your patience.  

BE KINDER.