Living the Life of Holly

Living

the

Life

of

Holly

Collection my Mandate

I've always collected travel stories.... but... now it seems.... my friends have something else in mind......

My friend Ralph started it.

If he’d given me half eaten worms, I’d have been just as upset. “I hate it.”

“Come on. This is just what your place needs: something fun.” He turned the treasure in his hands, showing me all angles. “Now… this is fun.”

I sized up the plastic elephant planter. “Dollar store?”

“Yes! But. You can’t really tell.” He turned it gently so I could see the back. “It looks expensive.”

“It looks plastic. I’m not keeping it.”

He pulled a small potted plant from my sill, and shook it gently till the plant landed with a thud in his hand. “You’ll be glad I did this. Wait till you see your present with a plant inside…”

“No. No. No.”

In less time than it took me to stop him, my plant was sitting in the back of a plastic elephant.

“What a terrible excuse for a planter.” I sulked.

“No. It’s great.” He put the plastic on the kitchen table, as a center piece.

Um. No way. I quickly moved it to the floor.

He stood back, smiling. “You’ll see. You’ll like it.”

Moments later, my manager Dave knocked on the door. Ralph proudly showed off my new gift, carefully pointing out the hollow tusks.

Dave clapped his hands together. “I have just the thing. I didn’t know it was your birthday.”

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for ME

Many thanks to Larry Bigler, of HP, for master minding a 'Holly' donation. Christmas in October? Yes!

HP gifted Holly with a camera, a media vault and a printer... all tools to help manage her lack of visual memory. The new toys have not only given her hours of entertainment and made her the envy of all her friends, but these invualable gifts have granted her the ability to document her life in pictures. Holly's motto: LIVE A LIFE WORTH PHOTOGRAPHING.

HP, thank you again and again for the gift of photographs, which, for Holly, ARE her visual memory.

And. Because so many people are asking, here are the specifics on the new gifts seen in the Fox segment. (To see the segment, click HERE.)

Camera: HP Photosmart R937
Printer: HP Photosmart A616
Media Vault: HP Media Vault 2010

The camera comes preloaded with fun filters that are easy enough for anyone to figure out, even friend's children. Kid giggling interrupts all possible adult conversation: "Look, Holly! Did you know your forehead matches YOUR TEETH."

Again, HP, thank you for caring. Thank you for donating. Thanking you for making one woman's disability easier to manage. If anyone asks, please tell them, yes, you have made a difference.
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