One Life One Legacy Shirts are the kind of Mother’s Day gift for a Mom who is interested in causes, philanthropy and real life heroes. For every shirt that is sold from One Life One Legacy, one is given away to a child in need. Plus each shirt creates a reminder for a special person by presenting their “slogan”.

My shirt, the Ladies Live, Laugh, Love tee is inspired by Mackenzie

She was a straight-A student, a black-belt in karate, an avid skier and snowboarder, a swimmer and an inspiration to so many. Even in her physical absence, Mackenzie continues to encourage us to live life to the fullest and pay-it-forward. Dr. Benjamin Papoi, Mackenzie’s dad, has opened a free health care clinic to honor his daughter and her dream to provide first-class health care to those who cannot afford it. Mackenzie’s Place will provide the opportunity for many to live, laugh and love longer through good health. Just the way she would have wanted it.

OLOL was founded by Scot Aubinoe, whose daughter, Zoe has had 5 heart surgeries already. She has a shirt in her name also, Live Passionately, Love Deeply, Believe in Miracles. You’ll get a “letter” from Zoe, or your hero with your shirt that is heartwarming.

My Review: Each shirt from One Life One Legacy (OLOL) is touched with love. You can feel it. I’m not kidding you. I have goosebumps just thinking about it.  When I wear it, I am an advocate for Mackenzie and I feel empowered to share her message. The shirt is fashionable, stylish and fits perfectly. You’ll feel proud owning one.

Purchase: Choose a style, color and either a men’s or women’s shirt and purchase from OLOL. There are 3 different types of shirts. You can also purchase from four Washington, DC area boutiques and one in Miami, FL.

Giveaway: One OLOL shirt of your choice

The Rules:

1. Contest starts now and ends May 1st midnight EST.
2. Open to adults 18 and over from US.
3. One entry per household.
4. Winner will be chosen by Random.org.
5. Winner has 2 days to claim prize via email.
6. Have fun and tell your friends.

How To Enter:
For One Entry For Each Below: (please leave a separate comment for each entry)

1. Visit One Life One Legacy and leave a comment about what shirt you would chose for a Mother’s Day gift.
2. Leave a comment about a cause your Mother or a special woman in your life cares about.
3. Let me know if you shared about my Mother’s Day Event by commenting here.
4. Follow 1Life1Legacy on Twitter. (Please leave your Twitter ID)
5. Follow me, ConnieFoggles, on Twitter. (Please leave your Twitter ID)
6. Follow One Life One Legacy on Facebook. Leave a comment that ConnieFoggles sent you.
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8. Write a blog post linking to this blog post. Leave a link to your post. This is worth 5 Entries. Please leave 5 separate comments such as I wrote a blog post #1, I wrote a blog post #2, etc.
9. Enter another giveaway and leave a comment on which one.
   
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For this event I am not suggesting that children make their own purchases, especially online, without the approval and guidance of an adult. Please remember single mothers in your life for Mother’s Day. Help their children make or buy gifts so that their Mother’s Day is special too.

This Mother’s Day Gift Guide event will continue throughout April. Stay tuned for more suggestions, reviews and giveaways.

I was provided with a shirt from OLOL.  All opinions are my own.

Giveaway Ended.

The earthquake in Chile was a magnitude of 8.8 and will cause tsunamis in Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia, among other places. I didn’t sleep well last night and heard about the earthquake live. I watched a bit of CNN and dreamed about it for the rest of the morning.

When I awoke I again turned to CNN and was glued to the TV. It’s hard to tell what is exactly going on in Chile. Of course there is destruction and loss of life, but it seems that it is not as damaging as it is in Haiti, probably due to the better construction of buildings and roads. I pray that this is true.

Since traveling to the Big Island, my heart belongs to Hawaii. We fell in love with the people, the culture and the beauty of the place. Right now I’m watching CNN about the Tsunami that is currently hitting Kilo and praying that there is no damage and that no one gets hurt.

Haiti has suffered another tragedy. The earthquake that was 7.0 on the Richter Scale also had about a dozen aftershocks. The aftershocks were just as bad as an earthquake. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

I’ve been glued to CNN and watched in horror what was unfolding. I had to take a break because I couldn’t handle it any more. Think of the people living there who can’t turn away. The government is in shambles and it is leaning on other countries to help. There are many including the US sending aid but as President Obama and President Clinton said, we need to lend some financial assistance too.

Please go to the White House Blog, 12 For 12 Supports Haiti and Google’s Support Disaster Relief in Haiti to learn where you can make a donation. Right now the best way to help Haiti is to make a financial donation. There is no need for clothing, food or medical supplies yet. And please pray.

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Today we met our insurance deductible. The first day we visited one doctor for Samantha and whoosh it was done! She saw the allergist because she had to start a new vial for her allergy shots. Because we needed a new vial, we had to pay for that up front, for the doctor’s visit and for the shots.

The office was nice when they saw the amount of the bill, they offered for me to make payments. What was the sense? We had a dentist appointment next and my husband Shawn has a cardiologist appointment tomorrow. The bills will just keep coming in. We may end up meeting our family insurance deductible this week the way things are going.

As much as I don’t want to plunk down all that money, the quicker we meet the deductible the better. By October last year, we actually met our catastrophic deductible. After that we didn’t have to pay for anything. This is with a great medical insurance policy and with me having a secondary insurance. I pray that something gets done soon overhauling our health insurance in the United States. If this is an issue with us, can you imagine what it’s like for the unemployed, the disabled, those living in poverty?