Yes, I know, I know.  I’ve already posted today and more than one post per day is annoying.  But this is important.  This actually means something.  If you don’t read anything else today, read this.  Well, and I mean click the links below and shit…they’re all about the same thing.


A few weeks ago, you may have seen this around the internets blogosphere:

My name is Brandy. And I have a blog.

And a plea.

I use my blog to showcase the crazy I meet everyday, share the stories of the kids I teach, and document my love for tequila, dairy products and the abdominal muscles of Ryan Reynolds.

Rarely do I talk about personal issues on my blog– as personal as the dude that I adore. But I need your help. And it involves my dude.

He’s a guy who made math comics for my class, so they would love learning about addition. He’s the guy who sends my friends gift cards when they are having hard times, who remembers every story I ever told him, who was the first person I celebrated with when I got a teaching job.

He’s the guy who sent flowers to me at school– dozens of my favourite pink roses just because he loves me. He’s a guy who has spent a year patiently explaining (and re-explaining) everything there is to know about football during the important games when silence is preferred.

He’s made me word puzzles and comics and stayed up late playing Scrabble with me (even though I beat him almost every time). He’s listened to me cry about school and family and jobs. He is everything I never knew I needed and everything I always knew I wanted.

I realize this all sounds dramatic, a Lifetime movie in the making– but this is life. Right now. And I’m throwing away any hint of ego and am humbly asking for you to pray or think kind thoughts. If you are able to pass this on, thank you.

This isn’t a call for sympathy or a plea for pity. It’s just one girl hoping you can think positive thoughts for the person she adores. If my current heartache provides you with anything, let it be the reminder that life is short, love is unbending and no one knows what could happen next.

Thank you for reading this, and if you haven’t already? Please tell someone you love them today.

I did.

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I didn’t because I was too busy with my head up my ass trying to learn CSS and the business.  I wasn’t reading blogs and I missed out on an opportunity to help someone that, honestly, I barely know.  But what I do know about Brandy is this:  She is smart, witty, adorable, quirky, and kind.  Oh, and she loves Faded by Soul Decision (shut your face, I love that song).  Reading her blog makes me giggle (unless she’s being serious, and even then I still probably giggle, because based on her Twitter picture, which I can only assume is actually her, I can’t picture her putting on a serious face at all).  And she finally found a really amazing guy who makes her happy.  And he’s sick.

Brandy didn’t ask for money.  She didn’t plead for sympathy.  She simply asked for thoughts and prayers.  She requested that we all remember how precious the people in our lives are and how easily they can be taken from us.  She reminded us to all show our love for those people in our lives.

Of course, our darling LiLu and crew couldn’t stop with that (there’s a video and links to everyone who helped).  With the help of Laurie, whose blog always makes me think (in a good way), they’ve created a fund for multiple myeloma research in Brandy’s Hot Awesome Dude’s name.  Please go check it out.  Donate if you have a few extra dollars and you think this is a good way to spend it.  If you don’t, just remember Brandy’s request for your thoughts and prayers (if you do the praying thing).  Take this message as a reason to get involved in something that you care about, if it’s not multiple myeloma.

At the end of the day, the message is Love Harder.  Don’t wait until tomorrow.