In celebration of the Thanksgiving season, Hear It First.com has chosen to feature the Ireland based band Bluetree as their pick for a must – hear worship album. Be sure to check out www.hearitfirst.com/bluetree for never before seen interviews with the band!

These are the stories of a few homeless youth in America. They can tell you how to sleep without being seen, how to live in an abandoned house, and how to survive off of a can of peanut butter a week. They each have a reason why they are homeless. Most of them did not choose this life. Take a few moments to watch this video by The New York Times. Hopefully this will change the way you view homelessness in America.

Stay tuned for future posts. We are going to dig deeper into this issue and show you several ways that you can get involved with the homeless in your community.

A GivStory by Marilyn | Illinois

In late July 2004 I was informed after a standard / annual mammogram and immediate sonogram that I had a colloid carcinoma in one breast.  It was biopsied within a few days and was found to be malignant. The strange thing about this situation was that I was not due for this mammogram that month.  I asked for it to be done early so at my next appt. I would be able to hear the results and not have to wait out this process. I feel there were angels around me whispering in my ear to start this process in the summertime instead of autumn that year. 

The three weeks of waiting for the lumpectomy surgery were truly the worst moments of this experience.  Then after 2 more weeks of healing, I had to endure another surgery (using the same incision area) for a follow up surgery to clear the margins of cancer cells.I was one of the fortunate few who (continue reading…)