Happy Birthday To Me!!!!!!!!!!!

Good news: IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Not-so-good news: I feel like crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, today I'm just taking it easy with my sweet doggie.  I just took a much-needed bath and am about to go and get some fresh soup (hopefully, chili!) at my local supermarket plus some yummy frozen yogurt!

Tournament of Roses Parade--Donate Life

One more thing!  Just a quick reminder that the Tournament of Roses Parade, in Pasadena, California, will air LIVE TODAY, January 1st, at 11 AM ET/8 AM PT on various channels!  You can watch it on the following networks:

ABC
NBC
Univision (Spanish channel)
Hallmark Channel
HGTV (Home & Garden TV)
KTLA5 (local channel in Los Angeles)
RFD TV (a channel for rural America)
FamilyNet (a religious channel)
Rural Radio/Sirus FM
Sky Link TV

Also, here are the key international outlets:
MVS Television (Mexican TV network)
AFN (American Forces Network)
Zcafe (Indian/Hindu cable & satelite network)
China Movie
HD1 (French TV channel)
Sky Pacific (South Pacific TV network)
Teletica7 (Costa Rica TV network)
MediaCorp (Singaporean TV network)


The Donate Life Float has been around for 10 years and numerous friends of mine have been lunch enough to be chosen as float riders or walkers or have their loved one represented as a floragraph. This year's theme is "Treasure Life's Journey" and, as one might imagine, those of us within the transplant community certainly know how to do just that. Here is the design for this year's float--keep an eye out for it this morning!

Things that make you go hmmmm.......

Here's something strange that happened last night:

While I was in the middle of eating my pasta, I had the sudden, overwhelming feeling that I should pray for my donor family. I've never had that feeling in previous years but last night, around 9 PM, something said, "Kim, pray for your donor family and the coming year!"

I was taken aback and don't know if it's because this year is a big anniversary (for me and them) or because I'm trying to reach out to them or what. So when I was in mid-chew I sent up a silent prayer to them.