For me, one of the most challenging parts of participating in the 3 Day has been the fund raising. If you ever want to know how much of a social media presence you *really* have, ask people for money. Ha! 

Luckily, I have a partner this year to help with my efforts. Jessica Constable is the designer and owner of Jess LC Jewelry. Through her Pink Ribbon Ambassador program, Jess has graciously offered to donate 15% of all online purchases* toward my 3 Day goal!

My favorite piece

How you can help:

1. Place an order on JessLC.com.

2. After you order, send an email to jess@jesslc.com with the link to my 3 Day page: http://www.the3day.org/goto/melaniesheridan

3. Enjoy your purchase!

Easy peasy! Thank you, Jessica! I appreciate your generosity!

*Excluding the Soc Chic line

9/11: Nine Years Past But Not Forgotten

Ground Zero, New York, August 2010

 

What makes a nation's pillars high

And it's foundations strong?

What makes it mighty to defy

The foes that round it throng?

It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand

Go down in battle shock;

Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,

Not on abiding rock.

Is it the sword? Ask the red dust

Of empires passed away;

The blood has turned their stones to rust,

Their glory to decay.

And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown

Has seemed to nations sweet;

But God has struck its luster down

In ashes at his feet.

Not gold but only men can make

A people great and strong;

Men who for truth and honor's sake

Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,

Who dare while others fly...

They build a nation's pillars deep

And lift them to the sky.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson