If I gave you $100 or $500 or $10,000 dollars, just because I thought you were lovely, how would you feel? Would you accept the gift, feeling expansive, honored, and gracious? Or would you shrink from the gift, feeling uncomfortable or even ashamed? Would you ask me to please pass it on [...]

I have taken this phrase to a whole new level! I used to feel a negative vibe when I heard these words, like there is loss involved. But now I hear it and think about abundance, sharing, and giving.
Today when I was in a coffee shop I was journaling and sipping on an iced mocha. [...]

Do you know what I’m going to do today? I’m going to tell you all about the extraordinarily excellent, effusively effervescent, and exceptionally enthusiastic Elf Elviolith. Partly just because I wanna, and partly because she has decided to do something wonderful… for YOU.
Elviolith was one of the very first Elves to sign up [...]

Hello dear Elves!
It’s lots of fun to give anonymous gifts to strangers but I also LOVE to give gifts to people I know and love – especially when it is not for any “special” occasion but just because my heart feels filled-to-bursting and I want to make some attempt to convey my love and gratitude.
I’ve [...]

I was all set to gift my eleventh recipient this morning, when I decided to do something totally different instead. I spent the rest of the day developing and implementing my new idea. I am very excited to share it with you, and a little nervous too.
The big development is this: As of [...]

This is so fun — I’ve been interviewed! I was interviewed this weekend by Stacey Curnow over at the fantastic “Midwife for your Life” e-zine and blog, and it just went live this morning. I’m half expecting the paparazzi to be down by my mailbox when I go to pick the kids up [...]

Holy Heavens, is it Tuesday again? Here in the US, yesterday was a holiday, which means that today was the first day back to work and school, which means that I’ve been cruising though all day today thinking it’s Monday, which means that it is now nearly dinner-time, I’m heading out the door in [...]

I am so excited to finally have a story to share and to be here sharing it with you.  I’ve been walking around with the $50 and cards in my wallet for weeks just waiting for the right opportunity(s) to elf someone.
This evening, we went out for dinner and when I walked in, my eye [...]

(Note: I have altered some of the details in this post in order to conceal this man’s location, but everything I wrote about him and what he has done to the area under the bridge is 100% true.)

There is a man in a nearby town who lives under a bridge. It’s a four-lane bridge [...]

Having been officially signed up as an elf for about a month and a half now, I started wondering what was holding me up in the giving process. I knew it didn’t have to be anything big, but I felt like it had to be special at least. I kept waiting… I was opening my [...]

Happy Tuesday everyone! Before I announce this week’s $50 giveaway winner, I have a couple quick announcements.
First: You may have noticed that the home page changed again. Instead of having a static Welcome page, I have a “sticky” Welcome post, which means that it is always on the top of the [...]

Hello all!
I’m delighted to report that I made my first gift as a bona fide elf today! I woke knowing the day was going to be extra-special because of the gift I planned to make.
I completed my usual morning routines with a sense of happy excitement. As I drove into the parking lot of my [...]

I’m finding myself strangely apprehensive, beginning this post. I had intended to tackle it first thing this morning, but instead, I’ve been finding every excuse to put it off. First I took a long walk (even though the streets are covered in black ice, and I slid more than I strode). Then [...]

I’m soo excited to be here! My friend and fellow elf, Willow, told me about ABM when it first launched and I loved it. I have been quite busy with other pursuits and passions, so it fell off the radar until Willow mentioned it to me again last night.
She described the excitement and joy she [...]

I’m back, I’m back! I hope you all had wonderful holidays? I did, but I’m glad to be home again, and feeling so ready — almost itchy, really — to get back into the swing of giving. I was seeing people I wanted to gift while I was away, but I was [...]