More Drips in the Bucket, Love Drop Style

Not that long ago, I told you about my daughter’s kindergarten teacher and how she has been teaching the kids about “drips in the bucket” – how we can add to, or take from, someone’s bucket with our words and our actions. Kind words and actions and love can add to that bucket, harsh and unloving words and actions take away.

After this weekend, my bucket? It’s so full I need a backup bucket to catch the overflow. Yeah, it was that good.

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For the month of March, the kick-azz group at LoveDrop has been working to help out my friend, Katie. I could rehash the details ย – but you can just meander back in my archives and read about it, mkay? I’ve watched their plans unfold as we have prepared video for Katie, sent pictures, and there was scheming as to who would be there in Dallas to surprise her and how they would surprise her and what would happen.

The whole while I was thinking, Man. THIS IS SO FREAKING AWESOME. I wish I could be there. It was making me really sad that I wouldn’t – though I knew that no matter what, this was going to be an amazing day for Katie – people from all over brainstormed and really THOUGHT about Katie, thought about her likes and her interests and what they could do to make her happy, make her kids happy. They made mix tapes, sent books and gift cards, sent her to a hockey game. On top of all that, there were monetary donations to help put a dent in Katie’s medical bills. ย People with no motivation except to do something nice for the sake of doing somethin’ nice.

I mean, really? It makes the heart swell, doesn’t it?

Monday evening, a little birdie asked if I thought I could make it to Texas if the planets aligned just so. Tuesday morning it was confirmed. Friday? I was on a plane to Dallas to join in the festivities.

Of course, Katie couldn’t KNOW I was in Dallas. You have to imagine how much it killed me to not be able to tweet about anything – like when Erica and I drove twenty minutes looking for IHOP when it was just across the street. (That was SO TWEETABLE, and I had to just let it go. Sigh. All for the greater good, y’all).

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L to R: MaryAnne, Erica, Danielle, Danielle, me - prepping on Saturday to drop some luvvvv.

We shopped for Katie, there was cooking for Katie, baked cookies for Katie. There was even a trip to Hobby Lobby. We prepped Saturday and Sunday morning and when the love drop rolled around Sunday afternoon, it was a truly awesome experience. We got to surprise Katie and her kids. We got to shower her with hugs and love – with both tangible gifts and the intangible gift of community and spending time together eating and laughing and sharing hugs.

Surprising Katie with cookies - picture by @AngEngland

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Alli & MaryAnne

It’s been a pretty amazing month watching how a Love Drop comes together. The guys that run the organization, Nate and J Money, are not only tremendously full of heart, but they are funny, sweet and really great to be around. I love the concept of LoveDrop – how a little bit can go a long way – even a donation of a buck a month can do great things. I’m kind of a Love Drop fan girl now. If you haven’t yet read about LoveDrop, check ’em out.

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Nate & J$

After spending a weekend with friends – those who have been in my heart for awhile and those who I have just met but instantly adored – I felt truly lifted and blissed out. It was an amazing weekend – to not only get to bestow love upon a friend, but to watch others showing caring and kindness to someone you love? It’s a pretty good thing. Felt good. Drops in my bucket, baby.

This weekend was full of smiles and laughs and conversation. Time with friends, new faces, margaritas. Kindness, generosity, love.
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All good stuff. Very much all good stuff.

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Sarah is a book nerd, a music lover, an endorphin junkie, a coffee addict. Oh, and a goof ball. She writes, she tweets, and she sings off key.

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  1. <3

  2. Ok, I feel as though I must clear up that whole IHOP thing…

    You see, Sarah and I saw it the night before, around midnight, on our way back to our hotel. All we remembered is that it was close, so we went for a drive next morning, retracing our tracks. Problem is, everything in Dallas is one-way, so we didn’t see the place till we’d given up and turned around to come back. hehe

    It really was hilarious, cause we probably could have seen the sign from the hotel if we’d looked.

    Girl, I am so glad we got to spend the weekend together! I haven’t had that much fun in a long time!

    • Oh, Erica – I’m not passing off the IHOP blame on you ๐Ÿ˜‰ I didn’t exactly notice it was right across the street either! We found it and waffles were consumed and really that’s ALL THAT MATTERS.

      I’m so glad to have gotten to spend that time with you – Blissdom went so fast, and it was nice to chill and hang out at a slower pace. It was SO much fun!!

  3. This is so stinkin’ amazing. Gosh, people are so so so good. Praying for Katie . . .

  4. I think I’ll always have a twinge of regret over not trying just a bit harder to make it work out to be there that weekend. But I’m still very glad that you were there and represented all of us from BD. ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Oh, Malia, would have loved for you to be there! (MISS YOU!) Lots of BD love given to Katie – Ang and Alli and Danielle… <3

      {We need to get together more often though... FOR SURE}

  5. Ok, who owns those amazing purple shoes??? MUST. Have.

    I will also point out it looks like you had a blast and I am SO bummed I couldn’t make it ๐Ÿ™

  6. Sarah, I so loved seeing you this weekend and I think the very best moment was when you walked in with cookies at Katies house! Love love love you.

  7. I love love love this.

  8. This makes my heart sing in such an amazing way – not only that we were able to Drop so much Love on Katie – but that YOU and so many others experienced so much joy in the scheming, the gifting… the LOVE DROPPING! It was so wonderful to see you – I’m lucky to call you a friend….. xoxo

  9. So so awesome of you to share. I’m so proud to be part of the Love Drop team. xoxo.

  10. Thank you so much for showing me what Love Drop is. Going to find a way to spread the love.

  11. You guys just make me smile. I love the pics (and was secretly admiring those shoes as well). It was great meeting you all!

  12. I love the photos in this post… something about them. They are wonderfully candid.

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