Monday, May 7, 2012

Mother's Day Daily

 Let’s say your financial situation is not very bright at the moment and you are walking near a grocery store and a woman engages you in conversation. After a bit of chitchat she says, “I’d like to give you something”! “I’d like to give you a gift”. This 50 plus year old woman then shows a 100-dollar bill and continues talking! Is she Roberta Hood? Is she a scam artist? Is she crazy?


Jill Ginsberg spreads Mother’s Day to everyday.  Briefly Jill’s story is she inherited money from her Mother and passes it forward One Hundred Dollar bill at a time. Her Mother worked until she was almost 80 and was also a concentration camp survivor. Jill, who is a family practice doctor in Portland, Oregon, and claims to be a ‘cheapskate’, finds people in her everyday life that would appreciate an unexpected gift!

Jill writes a blog about her gifting. Each blog is unique. Sometimes her blog brings me to tears, sometimes, I laugh but I am always inspired with her generosity. If you want to follow Jill, check it out here: Hundreds of Hundreds  One cheapskate's stories of giving and connection.

What a great way to honor her Mother! What a wonderful thing to do!

Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers and especially to new Mothers like my beautiful niece Hannah and her gorgeous daughter AniRose! Yes I am prejudiced because I am Tanti to this sweet love! 

What Mother’s Day plans to you have?

5 comments:

Susie said...

This is a GREAT story, Haralee! Will share. Happy Mother's Day to you :)

Haralee said...

Thank-you, and to you as well!

Rachel said...

What a legacy jill will have one day!
In the mean time, she is being an unreal role model to your niece.
Happy mothers day. R

Nicole Fende said...

I've been reading Jill's blog for some time - I think Haralee you were the one to introduce me. Her posts always uplift me.

Haralee said...

Her blogs are great about her gift giving adventures. I hope she does write a book compiling her stories.