Lauren Flake - Grief & TexasHighlighting Texas Strong Women and Texas history
Sometimes I wish I hadn’t made these silly shirts. But they’ve now raised over $132,000 for Central Texas flood victims. Being in the spotlight is a double-edged sword, and people can be downright competitive, greedy and dishonest when they see others succeed, even if that success is raising money for a charity. I’ve been dealing […]
I have never been fashion savvy. In middle school, I lived in preppy clothes from the GAP that were two sizes too big and made me look like a small boy. In high school, I got angsty, discovered eye shadow and blue eyeliner, and wore Batman shirts at every opportunity. By the end of college, I got really […]
Update as of 6-15-15 at 12 pm: We raised over $10,000 in just the first 24 hours of this fundraiser and over $100,000 in less than 6 days. Our “viral” fundraiser for flood relief was featured on both People.com and Austin CBS affiliate, KEYE TV. We have now raised over $131,000 (and counting) for Texas […]
A counselor once told me that my mother would be more “accessible” to me after she died than when she was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease. I didn’t fully understand what she meant at the time. She thought I was going to be able to communicate with my dead mother? Yet, shortly after my mom died, […]
I have an Earth Day birthday. When I was a kid, I wanted to save the Earth. I “caught” my mother’s contagious love of flora and fauna at an early age. And I wanted to protect nature’s beauty for future generations. How I’m Celebrating God’s Creation on my Earth Day Birthday My Earth Day birthday […]