Today was the 98th day of the year. I started my 98 hikes for Elijah. It was a beautiful hike, and I'm glad we found it. The weather was perfect and there were tons of little sweet wildflowers. I love hikes along the water, and this one had water along almost the whole path. I'm glad we started off on a good foot.
What I would really love is to do is do hikes all over the country, but time will only tell, and I think most of them will be happening here in central Florida...which isn't a bad thing. There seem to be lots of beautiful hiking trails here.
Anyways, today we have not raised one single penny or had one single etsy sale...and I am a nervous wreck lol.
I really want to get to this $5000 goal by the end of the month so we can have the means to start strong. I have some furniture, I have some art supplies, I have a space...but I need so much more...and then if I can't even afford to promote what I am doing, I am nervous that it will all just fall apart.
While I am confident in our cause, that doesn't make it less scary.
The kids and I made a promotional video today for our art day camp that we are going to be starting in June, which I think has the potential to bring in a good bit of funds, but I still have to hope that this month we bring in some funding and next month I come up with something clever for mother's day and my friend sales a ton of bracelets and books for me at the farmers market in Louisiana. We have a lot of upcoming costs that we need all of these funds for.
Applying for grants is really a huge factor, but like I said, unless we are showing that we are making effective change and doing our own fundraising, then they are not handing us anything...and we probably won't be actually be doing a grand opening until July, after our art camps...
I know I am freaking out...it is just one day of no sales or donations...not the end of the world...
Everything will be okay....right? Right?
Oh the joys of running your own nonprofit.
And I'm not saying any of this to coax you into donating...this is all very real in my head, and I blog about whatever crazy thing is going on in my head....
It is just so important to me to have all of this done right so we can do something nice in Elijah's memory that could potentially change people's lives for the better.
BLAHHHH!!!!!
I know you guys care. I know you have done what you can. And I really appreciate it. I DO!!!!
Thank you for reading my ranting and rambling.
We will figure it all out.
Tomorrow is a brand new day...and I don't go to work until late in the afternoon, so I am going to try and finish updating my webpage with the daycamp info...even though everything else on my page is so outdated and needs to be fixed...SO MUCH TO DO!
I was going to say I shouldn't have went on that hike today, but you know what...screw it...I totally needed that hike and it is important to me...I will make the time tomorrow.
Okay, enough rambling, I need to get some sleep.
Just keep praying for The Love, Elijah Project. Pray hard. Pray for me. Pray for my family. And always pray for my Elijah...
Oh sweet boy.
I love you so much.
You are so very important and I am trying so hard to do some amazing things in your name.
We will get there.
I will make it happen.
I promised you we would change the world and that is what we are going to do.
I miss you my boogie.
<3
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