Help Me Bring Hope To WV

Written by Ivy | 22 June 2010

What can 40 Cents Buy You?

Written by Ivy | 25 May 2010

So what can 40 cents buy you? Well, for a person with HIV or AIDS, 40 cents a day buys life.

This is a promo from the Lazarus Effect Campaign. I stumbled upon this last night in Twitter post from my favorite band No Doubt. If you watched the video above, you saw the smoking hot Gwen Stefani taking part in the campaign.

The Lazarus Effect was inspired by the story of Lazarus, the man Jesus brought back from the dead... literally. If you're not familiar with the story, check out the book of John Chapter 11.

It's a story people in Africa who are affected by HIV/AIDS can really relate to. More than 20 million people have died from this disease that is not only preventable, but treatable. That message is what this campaign wants us to know.

I have to be honest, I thought HIV/AIDS medication cost much more than just 40 cents a day. That makes me want to donate. I can't donate much right now, but every 40 cents is a day for another person. Literally, every donation big or small makes a huge difference.

The Lazarus Effect Campaign was announced in April. It's a multi-platform campaign that will roll out on the 29th of this month on TV, online and in print publications. There was also a documentary produced by Spike Jonze that aired last night on HBO. It showed a series of true-life resurrections after patients on the brink of death were given the antiviral medication. I'm sure will show up on OnDemand and be replayed soon.

This is all part of (RED), of which the primary objective is "to engage the private sector in raising awareness and funds for the Global Fund, to help eliminate AIDS in Africa."

I think it also raises awareness about the disease here in America. I hope that it helps prevent the disease here too.

For more information, visit www.joinred.com.

What An Unscripted Life Attitude

Written by Ivy | 18 February 2010

A friend sent this to me, and it is so inspiring. This couple, who has been married for 62 years, spotted this piano as they were walking into the Mayo Clinic. This couple encompasses the attitude of Unscripted Life with their impromptu performance:

Happy Valentine's Day

Written by Ivy | 14 February 2010

Hello all you people out in the world of Unscripted Life!

This is SweetD, the husband of the founder of this website, my lovely wife. Being that my beautiful wife has been asking me to post on her site ever since her launch a few years ago and it is Valentine's Day, I thought that this would be a perfect gift. Now cue up the cheesy music and the white background while I hunt down the e-Harmony pH D guy to talk about how his 800 questions can find you a mate.

Let me start by telling you a little bit about her. She is hands down the most wonderful, exciting, loving, beautiful, thoughtful, wild, sexy, smart, inspiring, funny, silly, goofy, warm, and perfect person I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. It was pure chance that we met. At college, we moved in to the same neighborhood together on the same day, she lived right behind me, we actually shared a yard, but we didn't meet for a year later. I actually knew and hung out with her brother the entire year and not once did he mention his hot sister that lived behind me (he picked up real quick that I was nothing but trouble right from the start). Then the day came when she got her puppy, Sexi Lexi, this little runt beagle with two different colored eyes. Every night I would awake to the sounds of, “BAD DOG! NO, NO, we don't pee in the house!” It wasn't until a daylight version of this spectacle that I got to see the sexy neighbor. And myself, being the Mach 3 genius that I am, came up with an amazing plan, cut her grass, if she thanks you, then ask her out...she passed. I can honestly say that it was love at first sight, it was almost as if I was talking with someone I had known my whole life but just met. Everything was so fluid, so seamless, no awkward silences, posturing, or nervous laughter, just as if I instantly had a new best friend. I can still remember how struck I was with her beauty, how her smile would light up the darkest room, her infectious laughter, and how the slightest touch would fire every synapse in my body. How excited I was to see her again when she was gone, how each moment I would think of her and how I could make her happy, make her proud of me, make her complete. I wanted to learn everything about her, I wanted her to know everything about me, I wanted to be there for her whatever the call or need. She was everything.

Fast forward 6 years later (Wayne's World reference inbound) Didily do, Didily do, Didily do, waving hands fade in.

One year courtship, Five years of marriage, med-school, two jobs, one child, new house, new hometown, 7 different wife hairstyles, +/- 50 pounds in either of our direction, and one website later, here we are. After all that we have been through, I do not feel the same way as I did back then. I feel MORE passionately about her, MORE in love, MORE in awe of everything she is and everything she has become. It is as if everything I felt before now has more meaning and purpose then ever before. She truly makes me a better person. I am more of a man, more of a father, more of a husband, friend, companion, than I ever was before I met her. Everything in my life that I didn't even know that I was missing was completed by her love. I continue to strive to make her proud of me, to make her happy, to show her how much she means to me. I have never been easy to deal with, I am easy to anger, I have more monthly visits than she does and last time I checked...I've got dude parts. I drop big news on her at a moments notice. I have a tendency to make big, hasty decisions without her input. I can be selfish, thoughtless, callous, and cruel. But for whatever reason, she loves me with all her heart and makes an effort to show me each and every day in a new way. I am truly blessed to have her in my life and I have no idea of what I would do without her. She inspires me to be great and I only hope that I can.

In closing, I love you honey, you are my everything, Happy Valentine's Day.

PS: Don't hurt me for posting on your website :).