Amma's blog: "I Am"

I am playing Monopoly with a vast number of other North American citizens, which means I have an opportunity to give my change to the Ronald McDonald House charity practically daily. I have never seen the television show Numb3rs, but I am told it is very interesting, and since I lose my glasses like Velma, the precept of crime solving mystery shows is fitting. Ot3p FREAKING ROCKS!!!! I was never in to female lead singers in a hard core band and I was just about to ask my husband to get me off the sidelines of the mosh pit (my favorite place to stand, close enough to get the energy, far enough back to not get head butted) when I heard this most lovely primal, deep roar, then a lighter female voice and all of a sudden I put two and two together and realized that the roar came from the woman - who liked hats. Win Win.

Perhaps you too are playing Monopoly. Here are your odds:

One in Six chance of winning a food item.

Here is the list of items that odds are you will NOT get:

8 - Twenty Five Thousand Dollar Cash Awards

100 - Five Hundred Dollar Shell Gasoline Cards

250 - McDonald Arch Cards

3000 - Xbox 360 Awards

5000 - Fifty Dollar Shell Gasoline Cards

As for me...

I need:

1 - out of the 1 Boardwalk pieces

1 - out of the 4 Pennsylvania pieces

1 - out of the 8 Ventnor pieces

1 - out of the 6 Kentucky pieces

1 - out of the 10 Tennessee pieces

1 - out of the 75 Virginia pieces

1 - out of the 750 Short Line Railroad pieces

1 - out of the 2000 Mediterranean pieces

I still am a WINNER every day, in every way - because I give back to the Ronald McDonald House charity that sheltered my oldest daughter and her family while my grandson fought for his life against leukemia. In a fit of creativity, because I could not see the enemy - leukemia - but I wanted to be able to feel it with one of my senses, I used the crushing pain in one of the Ot3p songs to represent. Lots of people need help beating the odds and with a true generosity of spirit - even if you have no working knowledge of the trauma endured - you can make a difference. I believe that I am. I believe that I can. I believe.

And be kind to horses, and all pets. I once scared the road apples right out of my horsey friend Dusty, by pulling his hay bale out of the barn, with him happily following along to get a tasty mouthful - but then I backed up too far and got the thin line of the electric fence right across my bare back. I screamed, I jumped - he whinnied, he ran. Not odd at all, perfectly logical.