I Gave

Last Sunday, Tammy and I drove back from Houston as quickly as we could. We were planning on attending the March of Dimes fundraiser in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. It was another event where local chef's get together and cook and everyone samples their cooking. In this case, they weren't competing against each other, but most of them did provide the items for the live auction. There were also silent auction items up for bid. These were donated by local businesses.

The live auction was great, but it was punctuated by a few personal speeches from people who had benefited form the March of Dimes, as well as a video of the chef's and some March of Dimes kids painting the centerpiece.

Those videos were moving. I was in tears after the last one. I had to go to the bathroom and dry my eyes. I was ready to bid on the artwork. And then they started outside of my price range. I was really tempted to bid anyway. I didn't. I don't know where we would have put it anyway. But it was really tempting.

I can do the next best thing, online.


Update: I altered the post time to reflect now, rather then the day I started this post. Also here are a few pictures of the auction book: