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| I'm totally burned out - just stick a fork in me. |
DH usually has filled the house with cookies by this time. He's been watching his weight, and I've been watching mine, so this year he tried something new. On Thursday he started making caramels, then he made some chocolate covered caramels, and then he added cashews to others of them.
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| CH's truffles aren't this pretty, but it was the first time he made them. They taste lovely, so I'm totally in favor of his playing with chocolate. |
Yesterday, however, he continued the trend with something he's never made before - truffles! OMG - so good! He made apricot-brandy dark chocolate truffles and Irish Cream dark chocolate truffles. They are amazing! He wants to learn how to put a hard crust on the exterior of the truffle for next year. It's good to have goals - LOL.
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| It's hard to decide where to donate. Do you want to keep things local, or would you rather donate on the national level? What causes are important to you? |
So, shifting gears. Unlike many others in the world. we're very fortunate. We won't be starving, cold, or alone over the holidays. I wish that would be the case for everyone, but I know better and so do all of you, my readers and friends. After much research, I have determined where I am donating for charity this year, in the continued hope that one day we can all live without fear, with a roof over our heads, and without worrying about when/where our next meal will come.
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| The Trevor project is a crisis intervention center, suicide hotline, and outreach program for LGBTQ youth - a group with one of the highest suicide rates nationwide. |
My four charities for 2018 are: The Trevor Project (click for link). As a crisis intervention center and information distribution center, the Trevor Project fights to eradicate the high suicide numbers of today's LGBTQ youth.
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| Higher education is expensive and every little bit helps. The Point Foundation's scholarships for LGBTQ students can make a difference in buying a book or getting a meal when needed. |
The Point Foundation (click for link) is a scholarship foundation focusing on providing financial assistance to LGBTQ youth attending college. One-third of all LGBTQ students drop out of high school. I guarantee there are some very sharp people among them who deserve a hand to achieve their goals, and I'm proud to donate again to them.
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| I've been contributing to HRC for many years now. They do great work on the political front. |
The Human Rights Campaign (click for link) is a political action campaign that I've donated to for several years. If we don't like what's happening politically, then we have to work to change it. HRC fights for LGBTQ equality.
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| Although there have been some controversies re Trans Lifeline in the past, I feel pretty comfortable choosing them. |
My final donation will be made to Trans Lifeline (click for link) - a phone link resource available for transgernder people. Although contacting Trans Lifeline is free of charge for people in the USA and Canada, people calling from outside the USA still have to pay, and they still call. There is a great need in the world to help people who are fighting to be the people they deserve to be.
Now, it's not that I'm giving a great amount to any of these charities. I'm comfortable, but my personal funds aren't great and I haven't pulled a paycheck since the early 1990's. But I can't stand on the sidelines and let people - valuable people of all ages and genders - be wasted or be made to think they are unwanted, unloved, and useless. Thus, my small bit to help the world improve.
Happy holidays to each of you. I'm taking a few days off to spend with DH and decompress before my four-day-sale at the shop commences (scream!!!). Have a safe and joy filled holiday and I'll be back on Wednesday morning, the 27th.
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