::for nie nie::

Stephanie Nielson (Nie Nie), a friend in this bloggy world of ours was recently in a bad plane crash along with her husband Christian. They were both severely injured and very badly burned. They're in the hospital trying to recover, but it's going to be a long road and very expensive. They have four sweet little kids and this is going to be really tough on their family financially I'm sure.
If you want more details you can go to her sister's blog here.

Stephanie has a sweet blog called the Nie Nie Dialogues. While reading it it's very easy to feel the love she has for her kids and husband. She and I both went to the same high school, and I never knew her well, but nonetheless she feels like a friend.

Design Mom invited us all to get involved in helping the Neilsons through holding silent auctions on our blogs. The proceeds of the auctions will go directly to the Neilsons.
Check Design Mom's site for a listing of other blogs holding auctions. I think there will be quite a few today.

Up for auction here is the following.

One (winner's choice) of the following photos, 8x10 size framed in black.













These are some of my recent favorites. I hope one of them appeals to you.

Just leave your bid as a comment on this post along with your email address. The bidding will continue until midnight Saturday August 30th.
If you'd rather just contribute to the cause, click the button below and you can send them some help through paypal.

Or of course if you could simply say a few prayers for the Nielson family. I know they will be appreciated.

This is one of the things that is so incredibly cool about blogs and the internet. Most of us would have no idea that this had even happened if it wasn't for the electronic connections we have with friends, all over the country and world for that matter. How neat that we can be there for each other in times of need.