~Miracle At Material Girl~

This year the Material Girl family has adopted a family in need through the Salvation Army to make their holiday a lot brighter. In an effort to give the Sanchez family the best possible Christmas and to put smiles on their 5 children's faces, we're asking all of the Material Girl family to participate. As the owners, our incentive to you is for every item you bring in from the below list or anything else you come up with, we'll give you a 25% off discount on one regular price item. We know you are already buying holiday gifts this year, so this is our way to help you maximize your purchases and benefit a family in need, without spending any more money. Please email me personally with any questions about this worthwhile project. Thank you in advance and happy holidays!



With appreciation,

Scott & Erica Moller, Owners platinum@materialgirlinc.com



• 3 tickets to a Creighton basketball game, including food and drink

• iPod Nano

• Nintendo DS games - appropriate for ages 8-14 both male and female

• Groovy Girls dolls and accessories

• Barbies and accessories

• Young girl’s clothing - sizes 12-16 (the girls ages are 12 & 14)

• Winter hats and gloves for girls and boys - ages 8-14

• Kid’s Winter pajamas/Winter clothing - Girl’s size 12-16 (m-l), Boy’s size Medium

• Shirts for young adult male - size large

• Oklahoma Sooners football winter jacket for 8 year old boy

• Family board games

• Family DVD’s

• JC Penney gift cards - The family enjoys shopping at JC Penney’s

• Movie theatre gift card for the family to attend a movie

• Meal gift certificates - Anything from McDonalds to Applebees

• Household items including: toilet paper, paper towels, kleenex, laundry detergent, dishwashing detergent, multi-surface cleaner, toilet cleaner

**Everything must be new and in original packaging or with tags on and unwrapped**



Material Girl is also accepting monetary donations to go toward a grocery gift card and gas gift card.

Learning and Un-Learning

So. . .many times in life, there is not a book that tells you how to deal with a situation - your first kiss, what to tell a cop the first time you get pulled over, the first time your first child pees on the carpet because you thought it was cute and hilarious to run around without a diaper, or when you lose a friend your age unexpectedly.

This past week, unfortunately, the latter happened to me and naturally you take time to reflect and at times, your life truly passes before your eyes. You are reminded about what is important in life, well, what is important to you personally, not necessarily what is important to others. That is what you aren't taught - that what means the most to you doesn't necessarily translate to everyone else. This leaves you to deal with your loss in your way. Through the tears, reminiscing over past stories, laughing with friends, I realized a lot of the things I have learned in life but also what I need to un-learn...so often we get into a mode of I have to do this and I have to do that without realizing what is passing before us. I'll do it tomorrow, right?

One of those things that I've always valued but have gotten away from as of late is to do more for others, protect those who can't protect themselves. There is a tattoo on my back shoulder that means, "strength protecting innocence", it's of a lion holding a rose. Translation - help those who are more fragile, help those who truly need it...protect them when they need it most.

This holiday season, the Material Girl family has adopted a family who has come upon troubled times this year and it has given me great joy to know that the sacrifices we'll make for this to happen will bring significant more value to the family we are helping -a family with 5 kids and a dad who just lost his job - hoping to give them a Christmas that will put smiles on their faces. With the hard work of our staff and additional generosity of our customers, this will be a special holiday for all of us and for those involved and more importantly for the Sanchez family.

I dedicate this post to my friend Neal because I can tell you he would definitely say it's okay for my son to pee on the carpet and run around naked - partly because Neal would want to run around naked too but that noone would want to see that so he has to live the moment through my son but mainly because the joy of a baby running around naked is one of the little joys in life that makes everyone smile and laugh and we never know when those times will run out. Please un-learn one thing in honor of Neal that you wish you would have done but keep telling yourself you will do it tomorrow...and please enjoy your loved ones just a little bit more this holiday season.