{hanging bird's nest (you will receive 2)}
Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!! When I sat down to my computer today, to check my emails, I noticed a message from my friend Tara...asking for a little help...you see, her friend Gina, of Feather Your Nest, suddenly lost her husband last week to a heart attack at age 39...and now she has to sell everything in her online store, inorder to provide for her family!!! My heart just ached for her and her children...I simply can't imagine how difficult this time must be for her. So the email from Tara asked that we, her friends, take a look at Gina's shop and see if we might need anything. I desperately wanted to help this dear family, but did not really need anything myself...so I decided to buy a few of her lovely things and pass them on to one of you, my sweet readers...I thought a giveaway might help raise some more awareness of Gina's shop, and send a little more business, and help, her way.
{2 beautiful styles of legal pads}
So if you leave me a comment by Tuesday, January 19th at midnight, I will enter you to win all of the wonderful items pictured in today's post, from Feather Your Nest...
{pretty office file folders (6)...to help get you organized}
{big blocks of Savon de Marseille French soaps (2)}
***If you get a chance PLEASE pop on over to Gina's SHOP and take a look and see if there is anything you might need or want...every little purchase helps...and prayers are always appreciated...
Blessings to all of you!!!
Tracey
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103 comments:
Tracey, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. My mom and I are praying for Gina and her family...and are off to check out her shop! My best friend's husband, who is 39 and has a pacemaker himself, lost his best friend to a heart attack this past week.
May God comfort those who have lost so much over the last few days!
Julie M.
I have read about poor Gina's situation from several other blogs. It pains me to think her family's time with their husband and father could be cut so short. Her family is in my prayers!
I can't even Imagine. I stopped into her Beautiful shop Yesterday. This is very Sweet of you Tracey. She is in my thoughts. xo Jamie
How kind of you to do this. Gina and her family are in my thoughts and prayers. Such sad news.
~Amy
Thanks, Tracey, for making us all aware of this.
~Michele
I feel so bad for Gina. She and her kids are in my prayers. Thank you for doing this. xox
Wendy Ü
Thank you for letting us know about this. Gina and her family will be in my thoughts and prayers. I cannot imagine hwo hard this is with small children. I will head over to her shop right now.
Blessings to you Laura for doing this kind giveaway to elp!
God Speed! My prayers go out to Gina and her family. I am sorry for the loss. I will check it out and see what treasures iam sure to find. lulu
Oh what a terrible tragedy. No need to enter me in the giveaway...I'll go to Gina's shop. Keeping Gina & her family in my thoughts & prayers.
Prayers for Gina and her family. I'm heading over there ow!
So much sad news in the world right now. My prayers for Gina and her children, and for God's comforting arms to envelope them.
Blessings!
Dear Tracey,
I will go to Gina's shop as soon as I leave your sweet corner. Gina and her family are now in my prayers and always will be forever. I am so sorry for this. Life is so fragile~
You are very sweet to help, you touch many of us.
XO's
Janet
Prayers and shopping..I can do that! Off to visit Gina's shop...what an amazing idea to have a giveaway! xoxo
Oh, how terrible and so sad. I will go over to visit Gina's shop.
I will be thinking of her and her family. XXXX
Tracey, that is just too sad. Will definitely be praying for Gina and also Tara,that she'll give wise comfort.
Good on you for playing your part!
Angex
Tracey,
Thanks for letting us know about Gina. It is so sad for her and her children. What you are doing is a sweet, caring act of kindness.
I'll be sure and visit her shop.
My first experience in seeing how bloggers could help en masse was with Stephanie Nielson's plane crash a couple years ago. Thank you for the heads up for Gina.
And what a lovely giveaway.
Our prayers are sent her way. God bless,
MMW
Oh heartbreaking... I'll go over there right now! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much Tracey, you are an angel~ Please don't enter me in the giveaway, I just wanted you to know how special you are! blessings, Tara
Oh my--what does one say to this-of course prayers are sent above and well wishes sent that everything works out for them.
My heart goes out to them, I just can't imagine such a loss!
What a nice gesture.
Melinda
I read that blog too I'm so heartbroken for her and her family. I pray that they will find peace in their hearts. You're so sweet for helping to spread the word.
Tracey...thank you for your post today! And thank you for what you are doing..you are such an angel!! I am heartbroken for Gina and her family. My prayers and thoughts are with them.
Oh how terrible. Thank you for posting about this. I will be sure to pray for Gina and her family.
My heart is breaking for her and the kids.
Off to shop her site.
Thanks for spreading the word so thoughtfully.
Hugs,
Cheryl
My thoughts and prayers are with Gina and her family. Just so sad. Makes you stop and realize how small your own troubles really are.
i have been reading about gina on other blogs and my heart breaks for her and her boys! i am trying to get to her blog from yours but it does not seem to be working! i could not imagine.
The sisterhood of blogging in action! Thanks for the heads up and we will head over and see what we need. Cause I mean, who can't use some French soaps or organizatinal tools? Is anyone tooo organized? Or too clean?
And prayers too.
I read about that a few days ago! How terrible! I'm so sad for her.
Thanks for the information. I had not heard. I will definitely stop by her shop.
Jane
Our thoughts and prayers are for Gina. Thank you so much for letting us know. I will head over to her shop now!
My heart is breaking for her. Gina and her family will be in our thoughts and prayers. I am heading over right now and buy buy buy.
Oh my heart just aches for her. How very sad. I will keep her in my prayers and I am headed over to her shop too!!
Blessings~
This is one of the most thoughtful gestures I have witnessed in a long time. Of course I will check out Gina's shop and of course I will say a prayer for her and her family. Thank you for doing such a wonderful thing!
Tracey,
I keep getting a FORBIDDEN message when I try to access her shop. Any help??
Hugs~
So sweet of you. My prayers go out to this family and I will stop by her shop. Thank you for sharing.
Hi again. Just thought I would let you know that I'm having trouble accessing the link. I went to Etsy and typed in Feather Your Nest but didn't see these items and wanted to make sure that I've got the right store. Many thanks!
I too lost my husband suddenly 10 years ago. It was devastating but the Lord has blessed me with a new husband who I now adore. My prayers are with her at this time. Marcia
Her family is in my prayers-I'm heading over to shop now. barbaraboxell@yahoo.com
Tracey
I am not surprised at your kindness and generosity. Thanks for sharing this situation and giving us the opportunity to pray.
My heart goes out to Gina and her family.
Nancy N.
We will keep her and the family in our prayers. Life is so uncertain, we truly need to rely on the Lord to carry us and to share one anothers burdens. I checked the link to the shop but got an error - I hope it is just my computer. You are very sweet to find a way to help her - thats why I love reading blogs. Such a great community of women!
Rebecca
Just heartbreaking to hear this. I wish she and her children strength and comfort during this very difficult time.
How wonderful of you to help her out in her time of need!
Kat
my heart goes out to Gina and her family. It is so wonderful to see everyone rally on her behalf. you are doing such a kind thing by helping her out and bringing awareness.
he was so young, this is such sad news...I would love to help, when the site is back open let us know, it still keeps saying forbiddin.
how sweet of you Tracey. i tried to visit her blog and help out but noticed the links were broke. i will keep trying. what a tragedy. she's in my prayers.
I am so sorry to hear of such sad news. My heart goes out to Gina and her family and I will certainly visit her shop as well as keep her in my prayers.
Carol
You are so sweet to do this..I can not imagine such lost.
Oh my....this is devistating to hear!
We will keep Gina and her family in our prayers and help any way we can!
Thank you for letting us know,
Hugz, Dolly
Dear Sweet Tracey... So good of you to do this for Gina.. Please don't include my name in the drawing... Just wanted to say Thank you! Gina & her family are in my thoughts & prayers..
Sweet Blessings Always
~ Teresa
Thank you for doing this...I can't imagine what that family is going through.
You are a wonderful friend, I will surely see what I can do to help Gina, too. My prayers are with her and her family.
Anne
I will be sure to pray for her family...39 is so young...also I will go check out her shop and see what I can buy for some gifts...thanks for letting all of us know about her lost.
Blessings,
Linda
What a wonderful soul you are, Tracy. It's heartening to hear such news. We pop into blogs all the time, to make our acquaintance, and don't know that we all do have a tiny connection. I'll send good will to Gina...and you've got many connections to help, just the tiniest bit.
And her site is still down. But I'll get there.
Blessings, Lisa
I was so sorry to hear about Gina's loss! I was in her cute little shop last summer when we were on vacation. She was just a doll! I just tried to visit her website to buy a few things myself and the site is down. I will keep trying. So sweet of you to offer the giveaway!
Very sweet of you to do this for her. I am so sad to hear this news. I went to her site but it was down and will try tomorrow.
Prayers for her family.
~Nancy
I'm on my way to see if the site works!
What an amazing call-to-action.
xoxo
Hello Tracy,
I am shocked, 39 is without question much too young ... But it's so nice of you to assist in this way ... Good luck
Very warm greetings
Bine
Please ,please,please enter me in your wonderful giveaway! I'm definitely going to check out these shops too! I'm opening my own little shop on March 1st...I love theinspiration I get here in " Blog Land " !
:o) Sue
That is heartbreaking for Gina. Your giveaway is a sweet gesture, Tracey.
Thank you, Tracey, for telling us about Gina. It is sweet of you to have a giveaway for her.
Will see if I can check her site now.
I really appreciate your post because I lost my husband too,and I would have apprecited,at that time,to find that kind of solidarity and the blogland is wonderful for that and you too!
val
what a kind deed you are doing for this family.
god bless you for your loving heart
and may god comfort this hurting family
chasity
i think it is just wonderful that we all realize that the members of our blogging community are our family!
i do not post very often - and am seriously procrastinating starting my own blog! but i know that our support to each other in times of personal upheaval is very important!
thank you for this wonderful show of support for a friend -- it encourages all of us who read and vicariously know you through the blog!
How very generous of you to help in this way. I was blogging about this yesterday -- we are all so kind in sending aid to Haiti where it is needed...but quite often there is need in our own backyard.
My heart goes out to Gina and while I am unable to access her site right now (keeps saying "forbidden"), I will keep trying to get through.
My thoughts and prayers are with Gina and her family. You are a very sweet friend to be there for her.
I just found your site from a post Low Tide High Style did about your giveaway and support for this fellow blogger. It's so heartwarming to see this outpouring of support. --Lili
Thank you for bringing this to my attention! So sweet of you to address this! Hugs!
I am so sorry to hear of her loss. Heading over to her shop right now.
Janet
My thoughts and prayers go out to her. I hope that she finds the strength to get through this hard time. I will definitely check out her shop. LOVE those soaps!
Tracey, this is a beautiful thing for you to do What a terrible, sudden tragedy.
I love those file folders. Thank you for the giveaway.
Also, I posted your gorgeous clock photo on my blog today. THANK YOU for letting me use it. <3
Oh Tracey, my heart just broke when I read about Gina's loss. Prayers are being said for her and her family.
This is such a generous, kind thing that you are doing. Hugs to you as well for you sweet heart.
Zuzu
I was so sorry to hear of this dear woman's loss. Once her site is up I will take a gander.
Please stop by and enter my giveaway as well.
Thanks for letting us know. I have her in my thoughts and prayers. I'll also check out her shop now.
Marcy
You have a wonderful blog with so many beautiful images and items.
There you go again, thinking of others...you amaze me!!What a sad story...I will go over there later.I did want to tell you I posted one of my lovely curtains...I just love them...I had seen them on your website and knew I could not afford them but wanted them....hope you like where I have them,talk soon,x0
Tracey - you are so thoughtful. Not needing anything yourself but buying things for a giveaway. My heart has been so heavy the past week first with Haiti and now hearing about this tragedy. God Bless You ~ you are truly a wonderful person.
Oh, how awful for her! There's no way I can begin to imagine her pain and heartache. I will certainly go take a look. And how sweet of you to do this!
i saw this, so sad. i will keep her and her family in my prayers. i'm off to her shop. have a nice week. susan
So sad....thanks Tracey...I will stop by her shop!
oh I'd love it!
those soaps make my heart flip ... just like I will do if you draw my name.
your friendship will certainly uplift this dear woman ...thank you for such loyalty
Oh my. I can't even imagine the shock she must be in right now. I wonder if he had some condition that was undetected. I will keep her in my prayers. Poor dear. I will do my part and go visit her shop ASAP. Thanks for letting us know!
Nancy
WOW...Tracey~ what a wonderful thing you are doing {please don't
enter me either} ...I cannot honestly imagine at all...but how wonderful you are!
She can use all the help she can get. You have such a good heart!
So Wonderful of you to do this for Gina! I can't imagine what she is going through. My prayers are with her and her family at this difficult time.
Artful Blessings,
Kathryn
This same situation just happened to a friend of mine....my heart just breaks for these families! I will certainly check out her shop as well as pray for her.
Melinda
Your simple gesture of friendship is lovely and heartwarming. How very sad for her and the family...I will add her to my prayers for the strength to handle all that has been put in front of her.
Debbie
Oh how sad! My father died of a heart attack at age 38 so I can emphathize with Gina's children. Thank you for helping her out. That's what blog friends are for.
Very sad news, off to check out her site.
Bristol
Thankfully I got there and made my purchase first. So sad about her situation. My heart just breaks for her.
Please keep me on the prayer list - life is fragile indeed. Jennifer
Oh my gosh......that is beyond heartbreaking. I will certainly be praying for her and her family. So young and so unexpected. My heart breaks for her. My son-in-law died when he was 31.........it's just tooooo young.
What a sweet idea to offer a giveaway.... You are a sweet chickie with a soft heart... :-)
Hugs,
Spencer
Oh that is such sad news....I will definitely stop by. Makes my heart break, because I know how much she must be hurting...& there is simply no curing the pain. Please stop by my site today...I have something for you!
Shellgh
I am so very sorry to hear about Gina's husband. My heart just hurts for her and her family. If there is anything I can do to help, please email me.
Tracey, you are so sweet to offer a giveaway as a means to support Gina.
hugs,
Becky
Hi Tracey,
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend and her family. That is such sad news:(. My thoughts go out to her. I will most definitely look at her site, thanks to your recommendation.
Blair
This is really thoughtful of you...many blessings for your kindness.
Hi Tracey,
I was so very sorry to hear about the sad loss for Gina and her family.
My thoughts are with her and sending my love, prayers and comfort.
I will go over and look at her web-site. Thank you for you kindness and caring spirit.
Hugs
Carolyn
Tracy, What a wonderful person you are to do this. I will be praying for Gina and her family, as I know what she must be going through. I lost my brother this past week from a massive heart attack. You are a good person. Blessings, Linda
It's so sad Tracey! I don't know Gina, but I'm visiting her shop now!
Big hugs
Vale
New to your blog and love it. It gets my creative juices flowing! Going to Ginas website asap! Thanks for your blog!
I'm praying. What a wonderful community of everyone helping out... it makes this world such a wonderful place
xo,
LuLu
This is what I love about the Blog Community - care and concern. Thank you.
What a wonderful friend you are Tracey. Such a sad situation I cannot imagine the heartbreak and worry... I only hope the problem with her site is that is too busy with keen shoppers... Take care and thanks for sharing this with us... I pop over and take a look...
Sorry I was a bit late.. slightly out of whack this week xx Julie
Hi Tracey,
Oh I'm so so sorry to hear of your friend's loss. Prayers will go up today for her and her family. Please enter me in your give away, and I'm going to pop over now to her store and see what I might find to help. Blessings to you, dear, for spreading the news. We out here in the blog community love nothing more than to help "our friends" in need...
Blessings,
Kitty
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