Why Disney Can Suck It

April 8, 2008 SimpleSugar

Remember Lisa? (If you haven’t read it, go read and come back.)

Well, Whymommy reached out to Disney to help with the trip for Lisa.

Disney had reached out to mommy bloggers in March, offering a free trip in order to collect input on how to reach out to bloggers. Okay fine.

As for Whymommy’s request for Lisa? Well, they responded very strangely.  They didn’t exactly say no, they said “not our department.”  I see red-tape ahead and honestly, Lisa might not have time for red-tape.  She wants to go while she is well enough, to have one special memory with her daughters.

I guess we expect more from a company like this. A family-oriented company.

Daren, the boys and I were planning on going there as a family next year — and bringing my grandparents and his parents. There is NO WAY now. Not a chance. So help me I will never buy another thing that has Disney on the label. I’m beyond furious.

I know Disney doesn’t have to grant the one wish of this mother (with her third run of cancer) to two young daughters. But when they are already shelling out thousands to hear bloggers speak on the very topic of how to connect with bloggers?

Captain Obvious says this isn’t the way to do it, Mickey.

Keeping Up With The Boys

April 7, 2008 Muffintop

I’m over here today kicking punk’s butts.  xoxo

Angry

April 2, 2008 SimpleSugar

I have been really really angry for the last couple of days. Hear me out – this is important.

I cried the ugly cry the other night when I read this. Lisa @ Clusterfook has motherfucking cancer. For the third time. And this time it decided to take her on by being a complete asshole to her organs.

I don’t use the word “hate” very often anymore. I don’t like the word, and discourage my kids from using it – it just has such a horrible feeling to it.

I HATE THIS.

I hate that cancer is attacking a fellow mom, a fellow member of our great big blogging community, a lovely woman who writes from her heart, who battles many things beyond cancer, things that are a result of cancer, like depression and difficulties many of us never see.

Even in her sad announcement to us, she asks us not to offer sympathy. She asks instead that we tell her one thing we are grateful for. I’m crying as I type this ~ I want so much to fix this for her and her family but it’s obviously beyond any of our control.

One of the things that I’ve learned is that Lisa would like to spend some quality time with her daughters at Disney before it’s too late.

This community has rallied many times around bloggers who have needed us. We have had our differences, sure, but we’re all people with families and/or friends who love us.

Here’s the donation button:

I’m SURE that if we spread the word, we can make this happen for Lisa and her girls.

Please go see Miss Ann Thrope for details on how you can give. Even if it’s $10, every little bit helps. Miss Ann and her readers have created a raffle to sweeten the pot. There’s no reason you can’t come up with $10. It really means so very much to Lisa to have this time. I can only imagine how she is feeling right now.

Thanks everyone. xo

p.s. I can’t get a hold of Miss Ann right now (It’s 2 a.m.) but I’d like to offer a gift basket full of stuff you can only get up here in Canada, like certain candy and chips and stuff. My American friends really like that sort of thing and I thought it would be fun.

p.p.s If you want to offer up a prize, by all means, head over to Miss Ann’s post or email her (her email is in the post)

p.p.p.s. Dawn has made up a button to help spread the word. You can find that here. Thanks Dawn!