It is soul touching to know that something I have written will make a difference in other's lives. I am thrilled to share this letter I received yesterday from Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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Dear Linda
Chicken Soup for the Soul is
working with The Boniuk Foundation, a non-profit organization, to promote
tolerance, respect, and compassion, inspiring young people and adults to
embrace their differences, reject stereotypes, and make good choices. This
multifaceted project started about a year ago and has become a very
important part of what we do.
There are many components to
this program, with the three largest being:
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Books for kids, teens, and
adults
Chicken Soup for
the Soul: Be the Best You Can Be — Inspiring True Stories about Goals
& Values for Kids & Preteens
Chicken Soup for
the Soul: Create Your Best Future — Inspiring Stories for Teens and
Young Adults
Chicken Soup for
the Soul: Raising Great Kids — Inspiring Stories about Sharing Values
Generation to Generation
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A new half-hour weekly Saturday
morning family television show, Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Hidden
Heroes, which starts on CBS October 3, 2015.
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A national literacy-based
anti-bullying program for kids from Grades 1-12, using the stories in the
new books to prompt discussions and provide the foundation for lesson
plans.
The partnership between The
Boniuk Foundation and Chicken Soup for the Soul uses storytelling to
encourage young and old to accept and respect people regardless of race,
religion, ethnicity, and culture—one story at a time.
One of your stories was
chosen for this program and appears in one of the three books listed above.
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To my blog readers, if you are not a writer and do not submit for publication, know that still, your words can have profound impact. Leave your legacy; write a letter of appreciation to someone who made a difference in your life. Write a note to a loved one, a letter to your grandchild, parent or grandparent. Words are far reaching and you never know what impact they will have in the future. I encourage you today to put your thoughts on paper.
15 comments:
Congrats!!!
Congratulations!!! This is well deserved and wonderful!
Congrats! How exciting!
Pat
Critter Alley
Oh, that's wonderful, Linda! Your stories always inspire me and I know you'll do the same for LOTS of folks out there!
And what a worthwhile project--you gotta love Chicken Soup for the Soul!
Linda--Congratulations. Your stories always inspire. This is a well-deserved honor.
You are so right and are giving good advice. Congrats on another pub and being an inspiration to others, which is the best paycheck ever!
This is fantastic, Linda! Congratulations!
Oh, Linda, so happy for you, and very well deserved! Congratulations!
How wonderful! You are a treasure to all who know you, Linda. Congratulations!
Congratulations! Even after teaching, you still go on touching lives forever!
Congratulations, Linda! Such a well-deserved honor! Thank you for all of your encouragement and inspiration!
Congratulations, Linda, on another well-deserved publication!
Hii madam
I had read your stories published in the book chicken soup for the soul.but i didn't know that you had a blog.saw your profile while commenting in terri elders blog.
I am an Indian by birth ,more precisely a keralite.Most of the my writtings includes terms connecting my mother tingue and culture.i had provided as many ecplanations as i can for non indians to understand them.kindly visit my blog when you have time and please do coment.your feedback keeps me move on..
http://neethusreedhar.blogspot.in/
That was wonderful news, Linda. You GO girl!
You know, writing does make an impact. One Christmas, when I had no money, I wrote personal letters to people, telling them what they meant to me and why.
One of my uncles (now gone to the other side), said he kept my letter to him for many years. Said it was the best gift anyone ever gave to him! Imagine!
Take care and Linda, thanks for all the visits. Susan
Hey Linda, I swear I left a comment here already. And I'm sure I even saw it after I hit "Publish"...Hmmm, must be those blog gremlins. Anyway....Congrats! What a beautiful acceptance letter to receive! You're a fabulous author!
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