INFINITY.

All of you know that I am a willing slave to social media and networking, and many of you wonder either why I do it or how I balance it all. Balancing my everyday life with my everyday passion requires organization (something that continues to challenge me, but finding dependable tools as I paddle my canoe forward), commitment, and the support of those involved. Today, it’s the support that is the answer to my “why” because “why I do it” changes from time to time as I learn and grow, but let’s focus on support.

I belong to the Twitter community, and one of my neighbors, Susan Reynolds recently shared her diagnosis of breast cancer. The “C-word” of disease is as filthy as the “other” c-word, but the more triumphant c-word is “community.” In her blog, “Boobs On Ice” Susan described that the only comfort she found after being poked and poked s’more, was placing a bag of frozen peas near her bosom. The Twitter community rallied in support of Susan, and began adding “peas” to their avatars, hence my head in a bowl of peas above. One avatar led to over 100 which of course evolved into a Frozen Pea Friday group on Flickr. From there the community exploded fueled by its tech savvy talent, sincere souls, and determination not to appease cancer the Frozen Pea Fund was created.

Beginning today and every Friday through October 2008, the Frozen Pea Fund will be raising money for Making Strides the breast cancer campaign of the American Cancer Society. Be a part of the community, the PEAple community.

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