2/12/09 Happy Half Birthday Myra!

As most of you inevitably know, Myra loves her birthday. Judy Perugini came up with a master plan to celebrate Myra's half birthday in style....

Dear Friends of Myra,

Many of you know that Myra is going through a challenging period in her life right now. After her diagnosis of breast cancer at the end of the year, came surgery followed by two of eight scheduled chemotherapy sessions completed thus far.

Her spirit continues to be resilient, and is tested daily by the side effects of her
chemo treatments. Knowing she has the love and support of all her “Peeps”
continues to help her through some tough days.

To continue our joint love-fest for Myra, we can do something special and collective to cheer her along while she wins her battle with cancer. We’d like to ask you to write down your favorite ‘Myra Moment’. The plan is to collect your personal Myra stories via email, print them out and bind them in a scrapbook for her. Since we all know how Myra LOVES her birthday, it will be nice to surprise her and present the scrapbook to her on her HALF Birthday which is Feb. 12!

Everyone has a Myra story they remember: The one that made you laugh out loud.
That embarrassing moment she couldn’t wait to tell you about. The song she couldn’t get out of her head.

There’s not much time so please send an email to Penny Gunn with your favorite Myra memory no later than Monday, Feb. 9th. Please make it easy on yourself and feel free to write your thoughts/stories down in the body of an email and send. Your input will be printed out on appropriate paper. Or if you want to design your own page, you can attach the file to your email.

Thank you for helping give Myra this great big hug wrapped up in the form of a birthday present!

Let us know if you have any questions.

Love,
Robin, Judy Perugini and Penny Gunn

What can I say about Myra’s half birthday scrap book? It surpassed any expectations we all had. Not only was the input from so many people amazing, loving and beautiful; it was HYSTERICAL. The stories made you feel like you were experiencing them yourself. The key themes were love, faith, laughter and singing and singing and singing. Myra’s got her groove back!

Here are a few photos and Myra's response!!

OMG

I got the most precious, crafty, beautiful gift delivered to me today.
HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY TO ME!? YOU ALL KNOW HOW
MUCH I LOVED THAT!!!! :)

I can not even express how wonderful it is. I am reading them all and admiring the smart little quote stickers, it’s great. I swear I have been laughing out loud reading so many family and friends stories! I am a trip huh?? LOL

I am so floored! Tears of laughter and joy are over my face.

Thanks to you all for such a thoughtful gift and
surprise!
Love, Love, Love,
Myra