Book Giveaway | The Beauty of Different by Karen Walrond

Different: I love to take classes and be inspired by great teachers.
Beautiful: I am look for those in need who might need a little cheer and try to reach out.

Toughie Ms. Edwards since I am in the throes of depression just now -- but I can be open about it! Maybe that's beautiful and different at the same time! I hope to be happy and awesome and special someday -- to see that again! So I'm not exactly an optimist -- I don't think the glass is half full, but I don't think anyone stole my damn water either! :)

I am compassionate and have a huge heart for people.

I am very opinionated.

i am left handed & inherited creativity from my mother :)

I love to garden, at night! Something ethereal about digging in the moonlight.

Something different/beautiful: I give people the benefit of the doubt long beyond the point where they deserve it. I'm always trying to see the good in them.

I'm so glad to see you and Karen collaborating. Two of my favorite bloggers working together? Now THAT's beautiful!

What's different? I never argue. What's beautiful? The abundant love I have for my daughters and grandchildren.

I absolutely love the idea of the photo garland!

A few different thing about me: I have taken a picture a day for a year. I got my purse at Toys R Us and when people ask me where I got it, I tell them proudly. Lastly, my work ethic is such that I STILL have over a weeks worth of vacation time to take and ALL of my sick days.

My something different is that I tend to alter any project I make (sewing, cooking, etc.) and usually the end product is decent. I love to have directions, and feel like I need them most times, but I rarely follow them to the letter (unless I'm making pie crust).

I feels like I am the only 31 year old that likes to be home cooking, cleaning and reading. Generally known as a homebody but that is what I love doing. :D

Gosh, the two girls in my family BOTH need this book! Sounds so helpful, encouraging & beautiful . . .

I am different because I was orphaned at 14; I am beautiful because I am now a part of a bigger family full of love.
This book looks like just what I need right now! Hope I win. Thanks Ali!!

Ali - I have just spent the last half hour on the website reading her blog. What an amazing place. I am adding her to my reader so I can get her new posts too.

Even if I don't win this book (what are the odds? LOL) I am going to buy one for me and probably for a few women in my life that could really use it too.

As for what is beautiful or different about me....that is a tough one. I would say I am beautiful because I am confident (even if I ma a chubby, middle aged woman!) and I am different because I just started playing organized team soccer in my 40's having never played as a kid or teen.

I'm quirky and a bit geeky and now find beauty in that :)

This book sounds wonderful. I have always been one of those people that has marched to my own drummer.

I'm odd and I love being odd. :) I'm not sure how to expand on that, so I will leave it at that.

I've recently come to terms with my nose. I always thought it was too big, and it made me really self-conscious. But recently, I realized it was part of what makes me me, and I wouldn't change it for the world!

My always-scraggly hair is beautiful. My nose, which has always been my least favorite feature, is different and beautiful in that it reflects my Colombian heritage.

I am perfectly imperfect. Just the way God made me. That makes me both different and beautiful.