what i want for christmas

there's something special that i'd like from you for xmas this year. it's not books (although there are a ton of those that i desire) or movies (ditto) or music (ditto ditto). it's not a pretty pink or silver i-pod, although i do kinda wish for santa to bring me one of those. they're just so neat.

but what i really want this year isn't something you can buy in a store or online or even from some guy in a dark alley wearing a trench coat.

if you can, i'd really like it if you would register to become a bone marrow donor. it's really not that scary unless you would simply rather die than let needles near your precious bodily fluids. they do a simple blood test. it doesn't even take a lot of blood to do it. if you actually match someone in need, they will let you know from the information you provide at the time of your test. they will talk to you about what you'd have to do in order to donate to that person, and then you can decide whether you still want to do it. there are some side-effects for both types of donation procedures, but you could end up saving a life, and what better xmas present is that, yeah?

fortunately, i never needed a bone marrow transplant when i had leukemia, but having been ill keeps me from being able to donate anything now. growing up, my mother was a frequent blood donor. i'd sit there with her and ask her every year whether i was old enough to donate. every year i was too young. i got sick before i could ever donate. so since i can't, i'd like it if you would. if you don't want to donate blood or register for bone marrow donation (or if, like me, you can't), it's okay, but it would make me really happy and could maybe even save another person's life if you would.

or you could just pass the word. it could be like a game of telephone or something, except maybe let's try not to mess up the message. =x

so yeah. i feel like a psa. merry xmas. ♥