Book Giveaway | The Beauty of Different by Karen Walrond

I am asian, and depending on where you grow up (I grew up in Madison, WI), it can make you very different!

I have been through a lot in my life and one of life's lessons I have learned "No matter what others may think of you or feel about you it is what you feel and think of yourself that matters" It took me along time to get to this point because I am a natural giver always putting others before myself and learning late in life that it is ok for me to be first sometimes. I have always loved giving of myself to others but I came to realize you need to give to yourself as well or you get used up and then there is nothing left for anyone. So I have made my self as special as I have others. Thank you for the chance to win this beautiful book and if I don't win I will go to my library and still read it. Thanks for passing it along.
Barbara

Something Different: I'm the only me I know!
Something Beautiful: My three daughters

Something different:double jointed shoulders
Something beautiful: I am fiercely loyal to my friends.

I won't wear skinny pants no matter who says they are in style!

My eyes are prone to turn into half-moon slits, like you see on smiling anime girls - because I smile a LOT!

Different: I'm the only me I know!
Beautiful: My 3 daughters!

Something different about me: I'm blind in one eye. What's beautiful: I CAN see all the beautiful things in my life.

What makes me different is that I am not hesitant to do things solo; I follow what strikes my fancy. My grown sons tell me I'm not a "real girl" because I don't spend hours shopping as the females they know do . . . secret: online shopping! Life is good.

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I tend to have an undying sense of hope--even when there's only .5 seconds on the clock and we're down by 10 :)

I'm different because I'm freckly, but I like it! I have beautiful red hair.

I always feel bad when people ask me how many ScrapBook albums I have and I have to tell them less than five and only I complete. Well, what I think is special about me is that I create and keep memories for others, not for myself. I guess I should start "keeping" a few things for my daughters.

Thanks for the give away and for pointing me to Karen's beautiful blog.

It's difficult sometimes to appreciate beauty especially (when we talk about people) when the media really only appreciates a particular type. So thankful that the definition is starting to include other ethnicities. I am beautiful because I am Okinawan.

Beautiful? Different? That's a lot to think about...I do have a talent for Listening.

I can remember everyone's birthday... Even people I hardly know.

Oh my am I different - thank God. Would love this book. Thanks

To me, beauty is about gratitude. It is about being thankful for so many wonderful gifts we are given daily. As a result, in appreciating these moments, these faces, these little objects, we see BEAUTY. By being grateful, the world of beauty unfolds for us over and over again--Even by writing this, I am bathed in a loving moment! Have a beautiful (and grateful) day!

I have survived a year of losing everything I counted on, and I'm still finding ways to smile.

My drive and my inability to give up.