The Silver Lining

 
Can you see it? Snowflakes are falling EVERYWHERE in blogland! All in order to raise money for cancer research. I'll never forget when Grace Lin told her fellow yellow board buddies about her ingenious idea to auction snowflakes illustrated by beloved children's illustrators. Why? Because her husband, Robert, had cancer and was in need of a cure. I remember sitting back in awe watching the first snowflakes go up and the money fly into Dana Farber Cancer Institute's treasury. Grace Lin has managed to raise over $200,000 for cancer research since that first auction in 2004. 

Sadly, Robert's battle with cancer ended this past summer. My heart and prayers go out to Grace and her family. And that is why I feel the urge to do something in Robert's memory and the memory of others who have been hurt by this insidious disease. Along with many other blogs, I'm participating in Robert's Snow Blogging for a Cure to raise awareness in our industry about the snowflakes when they go to auction so more money can be raised. I can't wait to bid on one of these beautiful snowflakes! 

I hope all of you visit the auction site when it happens on November 19th and BID! 



Here are today's participating blogs and their snowflake illustrators. I've posted the Winter Blog Blast schedule in the sidebar to the left so you can keep up with it.

Monday, October 15

• Randy Cecil at ChatRabbit
• Michelle Chang at The Longstockings
• Kevin Hawkes at Cynthia Lord's Journal
• Barbara Lehman at The Excelsior File
• Grace Lin at In the Pages

The first snowflake I will be highlighting is by Don Tate. Look for it on Wednesday!

 LET IT SNOW!!!!!!!