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Babby Day
Today is Babby Day, where we celebrate all the mothers and fathers who have brought life into this world. Life is a beautiful thing, and we haven't done anything to appreciate it - but now we will.
But first, before we get into what items and pets are available for today, I want to tell you something. In the first few months of Aywas existence, I came across a rant thread made by Springdragon. In it, he told the Aywas community that his cat needed an operation, and that he didn't have the money - so the cat was going to die. Upon seeing that, I decided to run an event to raise money for Springdragon so that his cat may live. By selling some custom-colored hybrids, we raised the money. Springdragon's cat is still with him, and Springdragon's life was changed by all of those who participated. Our community had the power to do this.
See, our site is not like the others. We read the forum threads and care about the people behind the accounts. One of our users, Dana, has kept the Aywas community informed of a tragic situation throughout the year and a half Aywas has been online - she has PCOS, a reproductive disease that kept her from conceiving. But months later, something amazing happened: with the right medical attention, she was able to conceive a baby, no matter how much it seemed she would not be able to. But her fight is not over. In rant threads, she has told the community there are financial problems in her life that will make her and her husband's life tough.
Just like with Springdragon, our community has the power to help her, as she has helped the community. Our goal, beyond all other things, is to help people. We are not a faceless company that only cares about money. We are a family, a community, and when one of our community members needs our help, and the time is right that we can offer it, we help.
Can we help everyone? No - we would go broke, and we would be unable to help anyone. However, if we can help one person, then we're reaching our goal. If we can help two, that is even better. In the future, we'll help three. Four. Five. Making a difference in the lives of a few people is a huge part of what we stand for. It is what makes us different. It is what makes our community special and caring. We are a family, and we help each other.
Today is about honoring the parents onsite. All of you are special, and have brought life into the world - or are about to, and that's a beautiful thing. We chose today for Babby Day, the day that Dana told the Aywas community she'd have her baby shower, but this day is about all of us.
We are releasing these special Baby Hybrid alternate linearts:
One costs $25.00 via PayPal, and upon submitting your transaction, you will get a Pacifier item to submit your custom. The customs are "metal-only," no lineart changes. Why is it cash only? Half of the proceeds will be given to Dana, to help her, like we did for Springdragon, and half of the proceeds will be given to the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association, Inc. so that we can reach beyond our community and help as many people as we can, no matter how small our contribution may be. Anyone who purchases one of these customs will know they made a difference in the life of one fellow member, and in the lives of many unknown people that deserve their help.
However, as you may have noticed, this is not all we have released today. In the Seasonal Shop are a whole bunch of awesome new items and pets, available for BP:
Pretty pretty pets!
Some of the many awesome items in there, including maternity clothes!
In addition to this, if you visit the Advent Calender at any time today, you will pick up a Babby Bag. In it, you'll find an item to change your active pet randomly into one of the Baby Day pets (Babby Potion), a ticket to the twenty five Pacifier raffles (Pacifier Ticket), and a Derp Breeding Coin so you can submit for your own babbys. C:
Neat stuff inside!
If you are a mother or father who has brought a baby into this world during the time Aywas has (and will be) around, feel free to contact us for a Pacifier of your own. You are all special to us.
Today is a day for joy, and to celebrate life - and most of all, today is a day for hope... For any of you out there who struggle with PCOS or any other fertility problem, look at Dana and know that you can succeed. You can bring a new life into this world. There is always hope, no matter how bleak the situation looks. All of us here at Aywas offer you our best wishes and our support. You can do it.
Happy Babby Day!!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Sun Jun 5, 2011 1:54am
- Phantom Butterfly
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:12am
Wish I could support but no paypal for me, I'll happily give my love to the parents or parents to be on aywas :D Slash you are wonderful to do this for all the people with babbys or those who are expecting one. This site is so much better than the other sites I can be found on :3
- nee Lights off
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:13am
yaya.. Thankies
- Zoonotic
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:13am
I'm not a parent (hope someday I will be). But I work in the nursery unit of a childcare centre. We have babies from 4months to 18months (and then they move to the room next to us).
I really hope to donate for a baby hybrid! I'll need some for my Rose collection!
- Moving to #5049
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:14am
What a nice gesture~ Congrats to you, Dana! I hope you baby is born happy and healthy :) Always keep up hope everyone! My mom wasn't able to pregnant for a long time, but she has my brother and I now and everyone I know who has had (or is expecting) a baby recently has had to try multiple times to have a pregnancy last. It can seem tough sometimes, but like Slash said, it's not hopeless!
I also hope that we can do more days like this in the future and that we can possibly donate to more foundations, especially Autism Speaks or other autism foundations. As a sufferer of an autism spectrum disorder I see everyday how little people know about autism and how quickly people are to demean and judge (I've been on the receiving end of some pretty demeaning and hurtful stuff), and the need for advocacy and education is painfully apparent.
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:14am
Congrats, Dana. Hope everything goes well.
And happy Babby day lol.
- Berry
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:15am
I was a parent, But I lost my baby on day 3.
Her heart wasn't strong enough.
Bless the parents that are in here, and thank you aywas for doing this!
Dana, I wanna see pictures when you have that baby <3
Wish I could help, but I have no Card for paypal or anything
- nee Lights off
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:17am
I am very happy for Dana. I have the very same condtion that she has. With the some medical treatment not that I wanted any it was for sugar issues, I became prego with my first and only child. She was a baby girl born nov 13 09. We found out on fri the 13 and had her on fri the 13. Its people like this place that help girls with that beable to have a dream. With helping the PCOS find new ways of helping girls. Thanks again and CONGRATS Dana.
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:22am
My goodness. I wish I could support, but I got some bad news today. I would love to get a baby Kyre, but... funds are lacking.
It's events like this though that really make me feel good about Aywas. This isn't your average VPS, and I'm... really glad to see it <3 Good luck to Dana, and I hope many people can donate to this!
- Garai ♥ Nyxie
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Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:26am
Go team Dana! Rockin out life in general an always goin out of her way to do things for others, it's nice to see her appreciated like this! :) So can't wait to meet baby Brooklyn! -Garai
Posted on: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:11am
Bless my luck, so that it will never leave. After I bought one Babby potion and ued the one from Advent, I got the Baby Lunaris and the Baby Boy Shu, my favorite babies up there. I'm so happy we can celebrate the things like this on aywas. Aywas has the best community ever. ~Conrad