her thumbs work

Just texted Teresa and she texted back! "They got it all," she says. Hallelujah girl, hallelujah.

mary ann

the word is good

Teresa's husband just called: she's out of surgery and the doctor says the surgery went as planned! Whew.

let the healing begin.

This morning, Teresa's facebook update reads: "HAPPY LET'S GO GET RID OF KIDNEY CANCER DAY!" Here's to that. Here's to Teresa. And here's to a successful surgery, which begins exactly now. We're holding her in our hearts.

Ready for another peek? Go here and think gift certificate. Thank you, Sherry!

prepping. thanking. peeking.

Our darling friend, Teresa, is preparing for her surgery - tomorrow morning she'll be having her kidney removed. She's scared, but she's amazing. She will persevere, especially with her wicked sense of humor to back her up!

Many thanks to all of you who are giving of yourselves to help Teresa. Each and every one of you are amazing and selfless. Join us often for updates on Teresa's progress, and make sure to be here on Monday, May 3rd when we kick off our raffle! Lots of delicious goodies in store!

"What kind of goodies?" you might ask. Daily sneak peeks will give you a glimpse:

love: mary ann & jen

because this is what you do.

Last week I found out one of my dear blogging friends and fellow artist Teresa of Maggie Graces Creates has kidney cancer... and has to have her kidney removed... and has a $5000 insurance deductible. She went from thinking she had a kidney stone, making the best of it and joking about it on her Facebook page to this. My heart sank when she told me the news. I felt so helpless clear across the country, with no resources to help. Or so I thought. Then I chatted with my dear friend Mary Ann who knows and loves Teresa like I do, and we came up with a plan.

First and foremost we don't want Teresa to have to worry about the money this operation and treatment is going to cost her and her family. We want Teresa to concentrate on getting better, taking care of herself. So Mary Ann and I have decided to start this blog as a way to help. There are two ways to do that.

Number one is to donate any amount you see fit to a paypal account we have set up for Teresa. The button above will link you to paypal. Any donation is appreciated.

Number Two is during Mother's Day week, Mary Ann and I will be hosting a blog raffle to help raise money for Teresa's medical expenses. We're hoping you can help us with a donation of artwork, a vintage item, a gift certificate to your etsy shop, or even a gift certificate to a retail store like Starbucks or Target. All donations will be divvied up during Mother's Day week and

posted on the blog.

If you choose to this route, we ask three things of you:

1) email us at healingmaggiegrace (at) gmail (dot) com with a picture of your raffle item by April 24th 2) send your raffle item to the winner (winner's address will be emailed to you)

3) spread the word about the raffle and/or donations.

Please spread the word. Link to this blog, post about it, Facebook about it, Tweet about it.

We bloggers know how powerful we are when we come together for a good cause. I can't think of a better one.

If you have any questions at all please contact us.

love and hugs,

jen and mary ann