Once upon a time.....

there was a little girl named Holly...

Holly lived in the United Kingdom. One day her Mom, Jacqueline heard about a woman in the US selling some pendants for an organization in Mysore, India called Operation Shanti..the money raised went to the children of Operation Shanti. For things like food, medicine, education and the basic necessities needed just to live.

Holly's Mom bought some pendants from the woman in the US and gave one to Holly..
they both loved the idea of what the pendants represented. "Do your Practice and All is Coming"....

Holly was turning 12 in December and was planning her birthday party. One day shortly after receiving her pendant, Holly told her Mom that she wanted to make her birthday invitations from the card that was sent with the pendant. It was a card with one of the little girls from Operation Shanti on the front, Sumitra was her name to be exact!

Holly made her invitations for her 12th Birthday Party and told all of her friends who would be attending her party that instead of them bringing her presents for her Birthday, that she would like them to instead make a donation to the children of Operation Shanti in Mysore, India.

(now this is where the author of this story takes a little break, as the tears well up in her eyes and she is unable to see the keyboard for a moment)

Holly's Big Day arrived and all of her friends came to her party..some brought gifts And a donation..but they All brought donations..LOTS of donations...
they brought so many donations to Holly's party that the children of Operation Shanti now have an extra $300.00 added to their "Practice for the children Pendant" money!!!
Now totaled at $1855.00~~~all since September 2009.

And this is where the author of this story would like to take a moment and tell Holly and her Mom and All of her wonderful friends Thank You so Very Much for doing such a beautiful thing for the children in Mysore, India.
You are all such compassionate, thoughtful, loving girls and that I hope you know how much this means to the children and to myself...
you have warmed my heart and made me even more sure that this Big Beautiful world we all inhabit, is really not so big after all...and we are kindred spirits living half a world away and I love and adore you all more than words can say~

Holly is away at a "wee little cottage in the snow" with her friends for the week..but when she returns her Mom promises to send me a photo of Holly wearing her "Practice for the children Pendant"...that little necklace that sparked an idea..and then traveled all the way across the globe to India.

"There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave."
-- Henry Ward Beecher


Namaste~~~