KAREY SHANE

One Million Butterflies

In my effort to be a part of the Half the Sky movement, One Million Butterflies is about to launch, so let's make as many butterflies as we can to celebrate global education for girls! Just go to Experience One Million Butterflies to find out about the what's, how's, and when's. I believe this will a fun project for school groups and families, and my sister has already started making them with her family. We're on our way. I made five yesterday, so just 999,995 more to go! I'm really looking forward to seeing what will come from this important event. Experience One Million Butterflies.

 

The Future of Education {for Girls}

A little video I put together while I was sick in bed with a cold last week. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think! Thanks. If you go to OneMillionButterflies.org you can see more about this thing I'm doing called One Million Butterflies that I'm hoping others will want to be a part of. You can read stories there about women who are making a difference because of education. Yippee!

The First Butterfly

I'm here because of a small, simple things. Hope. Gratitude remembered. A smile. Laughter even when life is hard.

I'm here because of what happened the day I took my homemade butterfly to a cute 16 year-old new mother in my neighborhood who had just given birth. It was a day when it would have been easier to stay inside my little cocoon. But I had held her baby a few days earlier, and we started a new friendship.

I accomplished the "great feat" of getting outside myself by telling myself, "Just do it now. It might make her smile. Just get out the door." What happened next was amazing to me.

I'm here because of a small, simple things. Hope. Gratitude remembered. A smile. Laughter even when life is hard.

I'm here because of what happened the day I took my homemade butterfly to a cute 16 year-old new mother in my neighborhood who had just given birth. It was a day when it would have been easier to stay inside my little cocoon. But I had held her baby a few days earlier, and we started a new friendship.

I accomplished the "great feat" of getting outside myself by telling myself, "Just do it now. It might make her smile. Just get out the door." What happened next was amazing to me.

Butterfly Sundays

October 28, 2008:

Sunday seems like a great day to get out and do something kind for someone. One day I hope children everywhere will realize how much good they can do by just sitting down with someone to draw a butterfly for them and talk while they're doing it.

We had our first "Butterfly Sunday" today at church. I just want to give a shout out to my girls. Excuse me a moment folks...Hi girls! Thanks for participating today. You'll have to let me know who you gave your butterfly to, or if you decided to keep it and write your "tombstone promise" on the back.