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Thank You God for Emoji’s
On November 17th at 2:08 in the morning I got a text from one of my besties Kristen in California that read: “Meg- we need serious prayers for Sage. Huge mass in her shoulder by her lungs. Waiting for transport from ER to CHOC. Please….This is a nightmare.” St. Patrick’s Day will be four months…
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Multitasking With Gratitude
My little Mary forgot her lunch today and after I dropped it off at her school and left the building I said to myself “I’m going to see how many things I can be grateful for before I get back to my car. Here’s what i came up with… Thank you for the trees Thank…
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Chocolate Milk and Judgement
So we are about three quarters of the way through our commitment of listing 10 things a day that we are grateful for (with no repeats). This practice forces us to put gratitude in the forefront of everything we do and it has been a heart opening experience. When the Advisory Board arrived this week…
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Heartworks in The Scout Guide
Heartworks was chosen as The Scouts Guide’s non-profit in the 2nd Volume of the Northern New Jersey City Guide. From the Guide “After Megan McDowell’s brother in low John W. Farrell was killed on September 11, 2001, Megan lived at her sister’s home for six weeks and witnessed the world’s kindness that showed up at…
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…and the greatest of these is purpose.
Sometimes I get stuck on things that can seem so simple. Last week the Heartworkers organizing our January 22nd fundraiser asked me for words and short sayings to be displayed around the room on the night of the event. “Short sayings” are tough for me…I’m a talker, a processor and the depth of what Heartworks…
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Thanksgiving thoughts from Megan
I am sitting here alone at the Heartworks House. There has been a flurry of activity here all week getting ready to help families with Thanksgiving that are too sad, exhausted or distracted with illness or grief to care about what type of stuffing they are having or what tablecloth they are using. We feel…
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Why We Honor Our Veterans for a Week
Today’s Show from November 6th Click here to watch the clip This is a story that was shown on the Today Show earlier this week. This story of friendship made in war is why I hound everyone all week to show up for our Veterans. It reminds me of my girlfriends and how much…
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The Day After Veterans Day
Below are the words that Heartworker Jen D shared at the flag raising ceremony this morning. They struck my heart and opened my eyes. They made me feel relieved that Veterans are on our radar and that honoring them is a part of our consciousness at Heartworks. We are blessed to be aware of all…
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The Most Delicious, Healing, Pumpkin Bread
Here is a note that a Heartworker gave me when she dropped off the most delicious pumpkin cake for the Summit football players. I know it is the most delicious pumpkin cake because she also made one for the Advisory Board that we ate at our meeting yesterday morning. The note below (I have her…
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A thank you, 14 years later
The days leading up to the anniversary of September 11th always feel a bit like a reunion. Revisiting emotions from 14 years ago… the terror, numbness, shock and panic all pool together in my mind’s eye with vivid visions of… The call from my brother to turn on the newsCrawling up the stairs to get…