“Love, Joan” - a Tribute

She told Julian and I that she arrived at the total of her generous donation based on a certain amount she pledged on behalf of each of her five children, in the name of it making a more peaceful world for them.

That donation to 10 Million Clicks For Peace was from the woman I came to affectionately call, “Love, Joan”. See, over the years, Joan Bramsch signed every email that way.

Thing is, long before she donated to feed the world’s forgotten war refugees in her children’s names, Joan donated to, and helped promote, my Internet Toy Drive, which has helped the U.S. Marines and their Toys for Tots program to purchase toys for needy families at Christmas for nine years.

The connection Joan and I shared ran much deeper than just donating to my causes. She naturally did those things because she believed she could help change the world, and she certainly did that, in many ways. Just one of them was the precious information she freely provided to parents, teens and children. Joan’s Empowered Parent newsletter was one of my all-time favorites because every issue was filled with information that families could readily apply to make their homes happy, safe and nourishing environments.

Here is something, that in my opinion, amounts to the only instructional manual for raising children a parent would ever need, as written by Joan and her beloved husband, Bill, who passed in 2001. I suggest downloading and passing it along to every parent and grandparent you know.

On Monday, March 30, 2009, I received an email from Joan’s daughter, Nancy, informing me that her mother had passed. She is indeed, sorely missed.

My wish for you this Thanksgiving season and beyond is to live a life of gratitude and giving. As Joan did. You have much to be grateful for and much to give.

In honor of my dear friend, “Love, Joan”, I ask that you click the play button to listen to something I wrote called The Legacy You Leave because…

…Joan left a large one:-)

Rick Beneteau
co-founder
10 Million Clicks For Peace