From: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org (eda-thoughts-digest) To: eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Subject: eda-thoughts-digest V2 #108 Reply-To: eda-thoughts@smoe.org Sender: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-eda-thoughts-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk eda-thoughts-digest Sunday, April 18 1999 Volume 02 : Number 108 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * eda-thoughts-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY * the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: eda-thoughts-digest V2 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- ET: [I] A new arrival [The Masked Orangutan ] ET: Everyday acts of kindness: ideas ["Erin Benoit" Subject: ET: [I] A new arrival Greetings all; This is pretty irrelevant to everything, but I wanted to tell everyone anyway. Feel free to ignore it if you're busy. :) On Wednesday, April 14, at 9:43 pm, my wife, Hyun Mi, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl whom we have decided to name Risa. She weighs 7 pounds 9 ounces, and is 21 inches long. Mike 0:P known as Siece on the Discworld MUD List mod for GL-Changeling ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 14:37:02 PDT From: "Erin Benoit" Subject: ET: Everyday acts of kindness: ideas Halo Angels, I got to researching on the net about various places I could volunteer at for the scrapbook and because I've wanted to for a ong time now...good work experience. So I found a few organizations that I would like to help out at and found their email addy's on their websites and wrote this letter to them: Hello, My name is [your name here]. I am [your age here]. I graduated grade 12 last year and besides working part time I am interested in volunteering in order to further my work experience. [tell them a little about yourself] I am part of a world-wide organization called the Everyday Angels Foundation. We are a group of people of all ages, who are inspired to be kind and help out when ever possible by the singer, songwriter, inspiration Jewel. She calls us the 'Everyday Angels.' (EDA's) Every year for her birthday she asks that we do not give her store bought gifts and things she does not need. Instead she encourages us all to help out in our own communities and commit daily acts of kindness. This year the EDA's around the world are organising a scrapbook to give to her; a record of all the kind acts she inspired us to do. Although Jewel will be given this scrapbook around the time of her birthday, we do not want the kindness to stop there. That is why I am writing to you. I know that your organization takes volunteers regularly, so I have chosen a few select organizations that are of interest to me to apply to as a volunteer. Some of my interests are: [your interests and hobbies here] I will be committed to helping your organization out in which ever way I can. I will also try to get others involved in the kindness chain. If I can be of an assistance to you and your organization please let me know. You can write to me at [address/ phone number] [some closing, maybe a quote from Jewel] Anyways, first off, can I write that? And secondly if it's allowed feel free to copy this or make up your own variation of it to send to places that you would like to help out at. I thought I would share this will you all...hope that sun is shining where you are! It sure is here! Smiles and pink lemonade Erin ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 20:06:47 EDT From: Hotbod2472@aol.com Subject: ET: poems Ummm....I normally hang in the shadows but thought that I would step out and post a couple poems that I wrote. Hope you enjoy them!!!!! Thoughts and opinions are appreciated. Theresa - -------------------------------- I talk and talk and talk but the words crash into the walls you've constructed They lay shattered at my feet and I scramble to mend the broken pieces They cut my hands and I begin to bleed I try to construct the pieces the best that I can to make myself whole again Somehow they've lost their strength and with each repair become weaker I offered you my beliefs, my thoughts pieces of my who I am But you denied them access and instead watched me bleed and did nothing So I took my repaired pieces of my once powerful beliefs and turned to step quietly away and in that moment of silence I heard the door open to allow me in What you didn't hear over the sound of my footsteps was my heart breaking 4-1-99 - -------------------------------------------------------- I absorb his soul as if it were my own His existence is now my existence I greedily devour all that he shows me and invent what he does not I cling to his words as if I were the fog hugging the night. 9-21-98 ------------------------------ End of eda-thoughts-digest V2 #108 **********************************