Be the Change Network

It’s Christmas Eve and my family is all packed up and ready to take off for Cambodia. It’s our first time bringing the kids, and Grady’s first trip back. He’s 7. He is so excited and proud to see the Grady Grossman School. Shanti, 3, is just excited to wheel her new princess backpack around the airport.

Santa sent a magical Elf called Hermie to our house on Friday night…yes, the Grossman children still believe. Santa says he cannot reach the children in Cambodia without them. They are proud to be doing the true work of Christmas. I am proud to be their mom.

I want to wish everyone a very Joyous Holiday Season ! And give my Gratitude to everyone who has supported me this year, buying books, spreading the word, hosting events, sending donations.

Since publishing of Bones That Float on April 17, 2007, we have sold more than 2,000 copies, and we have raised over $30,000 for the Grady Grossman School!

Stay tuned to this blog to follow the story of how this money is spent. We will try to update 3 times a week, technology willing.

There will be plenty of opportunity to participate and help us figure out how to make a rural Cambodian school sustainable and self-supporting, which is, in my opinion, the only way Cambodia can dig itself out of the mess it is in. Maybe we will find an answer that can spread to other schools…that is my dream.

A Thought for 2008…

“Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
Italian friar, founder of the Franciscan order

Wishing you Happiness and Prosperity in 2008!

Kari, George, Grady and Shanti Grossman