Before I Check Out for the Night

Okay, that's about all the updating I can do for now. I have more coming, hopefully sooner rather than later. Before I go, though, I thought I'd do some update cheating and give you links to personal posts I wrote for my America Jane blog. Since these are more personal, I'll share them here too.

The first link is to my book review of Tear Soup, an amazing book on grieving for kids. This was given to us by a friend. If you follow the link, you can read what this book has meant for the boys.

The second isn't really about the boys, but since you guys are my friends too you might be interested. :) Thanks to my dear hubby, I've now tried my hand at painting and drawing. This post is about my first painting workshop. There will be a drawing post forthcoming. Eventually. Here's a sneak peek at one of my drawings in progress:

Lastly, I want to give a big plug for Ben.

Chances are, most of you have already been contacted by Ben about this. If you haven't, or if you just need a reminder (hint hint, LOL), please follow the link to learn about Ben's upcoming trip to Washington, D.C. and how you can help him raise the funds for his tuition. (It ain't cheap.)

We have a week to go and every little bit helps, truly!

You can sponsor (100% of the donation goes to his tuition) or you can buy raffle tickets for the 70/30 raffle where 70% of funds raised goes to his tuition and the remaining 30% goes to three winners.

Even if you can't make a donation, please do check out his page anyway. It's a pretty neat experience he's going to have. :)