Wanna' Buy a Dead Cat?

(I need to stipulate that this would have been “put out there” about a week ago, except our router has stopped working properly. That, or I have continued to not work properly, and the router is fine… either way, this is later than planned)…

I am probably the world’s worst sales person anyone could ever meet. When I was in bands… WAY back in the day, I would pay for people to come to our shows. I was that determined to have people see what we were capable of. Heck, I even gave rides to buddies who lived an hour away from our shows. I’ve had people offer to buy collectibles (y’know, comic books, action figures, etc.) and I would give them out, instead.

So, you get the idea… I couldn’t sell a bottle of water to a marathon runner in the Mojave Desert; of course, that would be cruel to not just give them the water, so I’m not sure it’s a good example. But, hopefully you still get the idea.

Anyway… so have I mentioned we are working on an adoption process? We are, and it’s been a challenge and a blessed lesson. We are surrounded by people who love us, in spite of our many flaws, and many of them also support us in various ways; ways far more generous than financial. They watch our kids while we are in meetings or even in another country; some have even paid to have them flown across the country so we could travel abroad. I think this is partly what makes it so hard to ask for help with the adoption.

How do you ask people you know and love for money? I mean, we’ve done that with our parents; and we do know and love our parents. How do you ask friends, though?

Ironically, this past week a few things came up that were a surprise and a bit of a shock. Two local news channels contacted us, asking about our adoption plans and the fundraising site we are using. Never been contacted by the news before…

The other is a good friend who has offered to set up a fundraiser performance, including dancers (she’s a dance teacher) and musicians, including myself. I’m excited and a little baffled… the support from friends and family is awesome, why would anyone want to interview us about our adoption? I mean, it’s definitely important to us, but we have numerous friends who have adopted, or are also in the process, arduous as it has been. Not to say that we aren’t thrilled with the possibilities; we are. Just a little surprised…

And grateful.