tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664379680037827148.post4160724722397763535..comments2023-10-31T02:02:32.577-07:00Comments on Heart to Heart: Blood DriveAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420030932710393197noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7664379680037827148.post-57709240994400143432009-07-05T10:38:46.467-07:002009-07-05T10:38:46.467-07:00Blood donation is a cause I am so supportive of. M...Blood donation is a cause I am so supportive of. My grandma had open-heart surgery just before my 17th birthday, and I remember her telling me so clearly, "Every time I woke up it felt like they were hanging another bag of blood for me." When a blood drive was held at my school just a few months later, I felt so compelled to donate -- but I wasn't old enough. I was still 16, and then you had to be 17 to donate (I think it's 16 now with consent). So imagine how excited I was when I found out that the last day of the blood drive was my 17th birthday. I signed up right away and have very rarely been as proud of myself as I was on that day. Every time I speak out to others about blood donation, I tell this story and I cry. Even now, just typing it, I'm crying. Someone -- many someones, in fact -- saved my grandma's life, and Drew's, and thousands and thousands of other people who are loved. Thank you for posting this on your blog and sharing it and for organizing the drive in the first place!!! What an incredible, truly heroic thing to do. :)Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189730940386403176noreply@blogger.com