What’s On Your Bucket List?

Just felt inclined to post my bucket list today… So, without further a do:

Top 12:

1. Remember daily to completely and totally trusting “everything” to God. a.) be able to Reflect upon my greatest weaknesses, and realize how they are can also be my greatest strengths/assets because they draw me nearer to God.

2. (learn how to) Evangelize for Christ in my community and maybe one day nationwide. a.) Learn to use a microphone and to speak (effectively) in public.

3. Fall as deeply in love – as one human possibly can another – with my husband.

4. Become the type of Mom that helps her children and family to make life-time memories, which make them look back at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 etc. and smile in happy reflection of days gone by.

5. (Save money to) Take our children to Disney World.

6. (Save money for) A Missions tour for Christ in another country.

7. Have a portrait painted of Juan and me – oil painting family heirloom style.

8. Be able to plant and grow a beautiful garden.

9. Be a mentor to young women ages 18-25 years old.

10. Teach illiterate people to read — what would life be like without the joy of being able to read a book? I can only imagine!!

11. Be able to give to charity abundantly – anonymously.

12. Get physically into optimum health & shape.

Not particularly ordered but still important to me:

~ Re-Learn to play my saxophone with some degree of skill.

~ Learn to sing in tune.

~ Read & Complete one book every 2 weeks.

~ Learn how to take a compliment.

~ Overcome fears of failure.

~ Accept self for who I am… who God made me to be.

~ Send mom a dozen white roses for Mothers Day each year.

~ Look into my children’s eyes, see myself, and smile.

~ Visit the Holy Land.

~ Masters degree.

~ Send a message in a bottle.

~ Learn to ballroom dance properly.

~ Attend at least one major sporting event: the Olympics, the U.S. Open.

~ Continue my language studies — Learn to speak Spanish and/or Arabic with better accuracy – fluently.

Now then that’s mine…… What’s On Your Bucket List?

Be a “Smover”

SMILE & MOVE:
Be a “Smover” (one who smiles & moves):

Can We Talk About Networking Support for Autism?

Dear Family, Friends, Partners and Associates…

Please read the message below that come from the founder (and a friend) of
The Autism Solution Center.

Laura started this center out of her home living room and has worked
tirelessly to assist those in need. Through my nonprofit resources at
http://GuideStar.org I personally not only verified the organizations 501(c)(3)

status but that the majority of funding  is Not being paid out to inflated
employee salaries… in 2005 and 2006 Laura did not even receive a salary for her
40+ hours worked a week. From my own research (ASC tax records) I also discovered that she forwent any monetary reimbursement whatsoever and that the largest majority of funds were used to
establish more appropriate facilities for the families that it serves as
well as programs for those families.

If you would Please take the time to assist with a mere $1.00 Laura states
it could help them to win their Funding!

It is my hope that you will open your heart and a few moments of your time
to helping with such an admirable and charitable mission. This is a Tax
Deductible Donation.

It is also my hope that you will forward this on to your own network of
Family, Friends, Partners and Associates.

To Your Success,
Marilyn A. Magallanes
http://TeachThemToCare,org

This is Laura’s message to me that I am sharing with you:
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From: Laura Corby
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:54 PM
To: MARILYN MAGALLANES
Subject: Hello Marilyn! Could Use Some Networking Help Please
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I hope I am not overstepping my bounds by sending this. I have always been
told to ask when I need help, and we do need help, so here’s my request:

Autism Solution Center, Inc. is in parade magazine’s contest called
America’s Giving Challenge. They are looking at networking skills basically,
and a $50k prize goes to the winning nonprofit organization.

If ASC wins, this could fund a full-time Neurologic Music Therapist for the
children, for one entire year at the center.

The Challenge begins December 13 at 3pm EST and will close January 31 at 3pm
EST.

To succeed at the Challenge, the objective is to get as many unique people
as we can to donate to our cause. It’s not the amount, it’s the number of
unique donors that will win this for us, so lots of $1 donors can make a
HUGE difference! Duplicate donations from the same individual will only be
counted once. Basically, 500 – $1 donations in this contest are better than
3 – $200 donations, as they are looking at the number of unique givers, not
the total amount raised.

Please click the link below to participate (even just $1.00 !!) , or pass
this along to your network of friends TODAY to help ASC win the $50,000
Parade Magazine Giving Challenge! PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING and passing this
along to those you know!

Here’s the link:
http://www.networkforgood.org/pca/Badge.aspx?badgeId=109085

Thank you for any help you are willing to offer! I thank you, as do the
families we serve.

Sincerely,

Laura Corby, Founder/CEO
Autism Solution Center, Inc.
9282 Cordova Park Road
Cordova, TN 38018
(901) 758-8288

http://www.autismsolutioncenter.com
Please visit our website and sign our guestbook! We appreciate your
feedback!

Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals!

Autism Is Epidemic! Currently, 1 in every 150 individuals is diagnosed with
Autism.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there
isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t, and die to find out there is.