WOW!! More Donations For Terry...

Well, I just cannot believe the kindness pouring in for Terry and his family. Someone so sweet who was reading

 on Justina's facebook read her post about

Terry and donated $15.00.

Thank you so much! I am just floored at everyone and I wish there was something more I could do for all of you who have donated as a thank you for helping Terry and his children.

Tonight my neice Jillian and Hallie's best friend Erin are staying the night at our house. Well, Casey, Hallie, Erin and Jillian all got together and wanted to make more of a difference for Terry and his family. I had planned on taking all of the kids bowling tomorrow night and Jillian gave me $5.00 of her money to give to Terry. I mean, how sweet is that? Jill is a really good girl and I am really so proud to call her my niece!! Jill is only 11 1/2 (can't forget the 1/2) but for her to want to give some of her bowling money to me to give to Terry is just amazing to me. She has such a huge heart and I am very very proud of her for that!!

Then, Casey my son who only has $1.00 gave that to me to to add to the donation. I am very proud of them!!

The kids are preparing to do a lemonade stand tomorrow to raise some more money for Terry. Casey, Hallie, Erin and Jillian are really all pumped up to get as much money as then can to help Terry and his kids. Here is a picture of them with their money and signs that they made... So cute!!

Casey is in the back left with his $1.00 oh his hat, Jillian is next to him in the back with her $5.00 on her hat, then Erin is in front with the floral shirt and Hallie is in the orange and they are holding the signs they made for their lemonade stand tomorrow!! I am a very proud mama and auntie right now!!

So that puts us up to a whopping $69.00 for Terry!!!

How AMAZING is that? Seriously, this hopefully will help Terry and his children for awhile and hopefully he won't

have to walk 15 to 20 miles a day, especially in this

terrible heat for a while.

Thank you so much for donating to this really amazing cause!! We are on a roll and we are really going to change Terry's life, even if it is only for a little while. Change is change!! Hugs! ~Terri

Paying It Forward Update & Thank You's....

Well, I just got a HUGE donation from an amazingly sweet friend and I am just speechless right now.

Me speechless? I know right? Usually I am the one who goes on and on and on, but the generosity of you all has really amazed me. I am just holding back the tears because I know how much this money is going to help

 Terry and his children. I want to take this opportunity to thank those who have recently donated to

such a great and important cause.

Thank you to...

Justina of Justina's Crafts for donating $25.00

Justina's blog is at

Justina's facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/#!/justinas.crafts 

Please follow her and let her know that

 Two Pink Peas sent you.

Next I would love to thank Ashley of

The Scrappin' Pink Piglet for donating $2.00

You can find Ashley's blog here

 http://scrappinpinkpiglet.blogspot.com/

And Ashley's facebook page at

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001964068033

Please hop on over to Ashley and show some blog love.
Please let her know that Two Pink Peas sent you.

To this date you all have helped me collect $49.00 for Terry!!

Can you believe that?? $49.00????? WOW!!

Thank you ALL so much. I appreciate every single penny, every single dollar and every single sweet comment

you all have left me so so much!!

If any of you still wish you donate you still have time. I will be seeing Terry this weekend sometime but I will never stop helping him. I just emailed someone who owns a business, a blooming business to see if he has anything that Terry can do as a job. Hopefully this will come through and he will get a job. This is what Terry really needs for long term stability for him and his 2 children.

Thank you again to every single one of you for

caring as much as you do.

You are really changing this man's life as well as his children who I worry about every single day. I am just really stunned at your kindness and how much you all care!!

Many many hugs to you all!! ~Terri

Thank You For Paying It Foward...

Well, the other day I had written my second long post about Paying It Forward and when I went to send it my whole post got erased!! I could not believe it!! Ughh..so here we go again..lol.  This has happened a few times to me before and what a pain. But, today is a new day and I wanted to thank these ladies for Paying It Forward..

Jo sent $10.00 (I mean WOW!!!) and this is the comment she left me.. "Just sent you my little part. Thank you for doing this for a stranger. You took the time to listen and you acted. If we all would do this, what a better world this would be."

Suzy's Crafts sent $5.00 (WOW again!!) Suzy's  comment said "Good for you. You have really touched my heart today and I am making my donation. Thank you!"

Please visit Suzy's Crafts at http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com/ 

Last but certainly not least Roxanna sent $2.00

(so amazing!!) and Roxanna said "Terri, I live in BC, Canada and read your Pay it Forward and wanted to send a little donation for 'the man with the sign'. I will stop sometimes and give people money because I know what it is like to have next to nothing. As you said we do not always carry money anymore but I give what I have."

Please visit Roxanna at:

http://onecraftydame.blogspot.com/

Thank you girls SO SO SO much for be so giving and opening your gigantic hearts to this really sweet man. In the post that I wrote the other day about Paying It Forward (that got erased) I was telling you all his first name. 

Well believe it or not his name is...Terry!! Can you even believe that?? I just thought how weird is this? Just to clarify.. Terry is the man with the sign... I am Terri the person who just wants to help him. We are not the same person...lol.

But isn't that really amazing??

We share the same name!! To me that was a sign and a really big one at that!!   

I don't know if you all believe in signs but sometimes I do. This was one of those signs that I saw crystal clear.  I mean, we have the same name, granted different spelling but we have the same exact first name. Even if his name was different I would still have this deep need and passion to help him and his poor innocent kids. I do this for anyone that is in need!

So after my counseling appointment today I drove around to try and find Terry.  I have not taken any of the donated money out of PayPal because one of the donations is still pending but I did not see Terry anywhere and I could not find him anywhere. The next time I will see him probably will be this weekend sometime. So if you would like to still donate, even if it is just $1.00, which is perfectly fine and very much appreciated you still have plenty of time. You can donate through PayPal if you wish and just use my personal email address which is

Terrico3@ameritech.net. If you wish to send a check instead just let me know and I will email you my address. It is completely up to you. Anything is really greatly appreciated!!   At some point in our lives everyone needs some sort of help. When I see Terry next and I tell him that complete strangers donated money because they care and want to pay it forward he might get choked up. I really want him to know that people do care about him and his kids. Hopefully that will make him feel good inside to know that people do care. Everyone is worth helping no matter their situation. I plan on helping Terry for a long long time. My next goal is to get him a job. That would be the ultimate gift for him!! Today at my counseling appointment the first thing I asked her was what else I could do to help Terry further. She gave me a 2 page list of Community Resource Contacts. So after I send this post I am getting on the phone to see what I can do for him.

 It really made me super upset and sad when Terry told me that he is getting harassed and so is his children. Why people take things out on kids is really beyond my scope of understanding. That has got to be very difficult for his 2 kids. Just imagine being a little 10 year old and your dad has to walk 10 to 15 miles a day just to find a job. Terry told me that his kids are being essentially bullied by other kids because their daddy has to try to find a job every single day while walking with a sign on his back. That has to be really really rough on them. We have to help this family in any way we can, and we are doing that thanks to you all!! You all have really huge hearts and that touches my heart!!

Casey, Hallie and I will hopefully make his new sign tomorrow and we will post pictures of it when we are done.  Thank you for ALL of your support and donations to help Terry and his family. You all are the absolute BEST and you are Paying It Forward in a MAJOR way!! Every single cent will go to Terry on top of what our family will give him.

Thank you, Thank you and Thank you so much!!

Have a blessed day everyone!! Hugs to you all!! ~Terri

Thank You SO much For Paying It Forward To Roxana And Susan.....

Well, shoot!! I made a super long blog post about paying it forward and receiving help and for some reason the post did not show up on either of my blogs. We have to leave because someone is coming to see our house. As soon as I get home I will fix it..I am SO sorry!! Thank you in advance to the girls who have already donated and I will post about you and put a link from my blog to yours!! I really an stunned because I don't know what happened!! I will be back in about an hour!!
Take care and THANK YOU!! ~Terri