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World Blood Donor Day, June 14, 2016 – #blooddonor @bloodassurance

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June 14 is World Blood Donor Day. It’s a great opportunity to celebrate those who give the gift of life and spread the word about the value of donation.

What we see every day around the world is situations where blood is needed for those in need whether it be for surgery or because they have been in a serious accident and require an emergency transfusion or as we have seen in Orlando the need because of a mass shooting. You never know when you will need blood to save your life or even saving the lives of someone you love. Being a blood donor means saving 3 lives with every donation. If you can donate please consider donating today.

I Gave Again At The Office

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It was past time for another donation so today was the day. Giving blood saves 3 lives and so much more. I feel like a super hero when I donate blood here at Blood Assurance.

Something About Blood, Maple Syrup & Pancakes

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I found this on Facebook. I work for a blood bank, I like maple syrup and pancakes are awesome. However I wouldn’t say they are more important than family.

A Ramble About Blood, Life and Love

Blood is made of cells, plasma, platelets but that is just biology. Everyone has blood flowing through their veins and it looks pretty much alike. However blood is different because of the DNA that is a part of it. That building block of life contains unique traits from unique people. The story of family, kin, people. Blood binds people, it saves their lives and it powers the body.

Your blood is about sustaining life. It’s continuing the lineage and connecting people on a cellular and corporeal level. It takes two to create a unique person who has combined two hearts to make a new heart with its own unique blood flowing through their veins. There are stories in blood passed down from generations and those tales are what make us unique. Blood is about a lot of things, it’s about all of us and perhaps we can use it to help love one another.

3 Day Quote Challenge – Quote 1.3

Part three of today’s quote challenge theme on blood…

It’s good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It’s DNA, it’s in your blood.   Alexander McQueen

Bonus Quote…

Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?   Carl Jung

3 Day Quote Challenge – Quote 1.1

I am doing a 3 Day quote challenge that fellow blogger Dictionary Dutch has nominated me to do. Quotes are an important part of my blog because they help tell my story just from other peoples words. My theme for today is blood.

Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that’s what we are… Mickey Hart