Today's Love Bomb Mission

Today we are dropping a Love Bomb on Annie!

Annie is a young woman with two children and 20 weeks pregnant with her third. She and her husband, Jade, just found out that their new little one most likely has Downs Syndrome. Annie's strength and perspective on this news is incredible, but obviously this is still very difficult for them. On top of this news, they found out that their baby has an opening between his or her two ventricles.

Within the next week or two they will find out if their baby still has a hole in his or her heart, which will mean delivering in a different hospital/city and many surgeries, as you all know.

Annie was suggested to us by one of our members, Kaelah - both of us would like to ask you to please join us in coming together behind Annie and her husband to offer love, comfort and encouragement. Prayers and wishes for healing are treasured.

I'm sure many of you know the weight of a stressor like this, and how much it affects the entire family unit. Reassurance from a loving community is one of the greatest things we can provide for them.

You can comment on Annie's most recent blog post here: http://housethatjadebuilt.blogspot.com/2010/10/prayers-for-our-baby.html

Time to drop a Love Bomb!

New Love Bomb Mission

Today we are dropping a Love Bomb on a guy named Tris. That's right, a guy! It's been awhile!



Tris is a young man who has been struggling heavily with alcohol as well as self-harm. He's gone through some incredibly difficult life events; more so than most of us. He recently went into rehab, but it isn't apparent to others yet how much it has helped him.




"Having alienated many people in his life, I think he could do with some support - even if it's largely from people he's never met and never will. We've known each other for a few years and he's been through some pretty difficult times. He really needs support right now."


Through all of this, there is reason to celebrate. This past Saturday he celebrated being 4 months clean, and his personal life is on an upswing. I would love for all of us to come together to recognize his awesome accomplishment, give him encouragement for the future, and give him some genuine, no-strings-attached love.


Thank you guys for doing this with me. I appreciate you every week and love what we do together!


You can join me in commenting on his blog here: http://thetigressandtheking.blogspot.com/2010/09/reflection.html


Time to drop a Love Bomb, guys!



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New Love Bomb Mission!

Hey everyone,
Bonnie lost her second son in a motorcycle accident recently, and she writes,

"Forty Percent....Gone. If I break it down by the numbers that is my loss so far. Five kids, two gone. Forty percent of my posterity gone."

In Rachael's words, "The loss was hard for us, but mostly for his parents. My Aunt Bonnie lost one child a few years ago, so this is her second son to pass away. It's hard to lose one son as it is, and now she has lost another. My Aunt could really use some love and words of comfort at this time."

I've heard it said that there is no pain more excruciating or deep than a mother losing her child, as it is an unnatural and "backwards" loss. No parent should have to see their child die, much less two.

Please join me in showering Bonnie in love, compassion and comfort.

You can comment on her post here: http://bonniesbrainstorm.blogspot.com/2010/09/by-numbers.html

Time to drop a Love Bomb!

Let's Drop a Love Bomb

Hey everyone!

This week we are dropping a Love Bomb on a young woman named Victoria.

Several of you may know that it is National Invisible Illness Week - it is a reminder to all of us that even though we may not see pain or sickness on the surface, we never know how much someone is suffering.

Victoria has Lyme disease, and writes in her post,

"Sometimes I wish my illness was visible because maybe people would be more understanding. People don't understand how you can look normal but claim to be so sick. Many times you will lose friends because they think you are faking it. Doctors will send you away because you look "okay". We just want someone to validate how bad we feel and how hard we worked just to leave the house."

Many of us suffer from invisible illnesses of our own kinds: depression, panic attacks, a broken heart, chronic pain, medical conditions, and so on. We can't walk around reminding everyone how much pain we are in, and we all know how difficult it is to suffer through something without recognition or validation. It is so important for us to remember to love one another generously and express it constantly; we never know how much it is needed.

Victoria said, "One of the best things you can do for a chronic illness is leave random notes for the person suffering that will make them laugh or tell them that you are behind them 100%." Little does she know she's about to get plenty of that!

Please join us in sharing some love, encouragement, laughs or support for Victoria! You can comment on her blog here: http://victoriawilguess.blogspot.com/2010/09/national-invisible-illness-week.html

If you think this whole Love Bomb thing is a cool idea, feel free to forward this message on to anyone who may be interested. They can help with this mission, and also sign up for any future ones here: http://dropalovebomb.com/
You can also follow on Twitter: @dropalovebomb