Today, an amazing thing happened to my family. It may seem kind of corny to some of you, but I don’t think it could have come at a better time.
We’ve been struggling with finances lately, what with the coming of Christmas and my mom getting a new job. To say the least we’ve been behind, and hardly scrounging up the money to pay the bills, much less groceries and other things.
Most of you probably don’t know this, as I am new here, but our highschool choir is going to be the State Representative at the Lincoln Bicentennial Memorial Celebration (what a mouthful!) Which means singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. We will spend three days in Washington DC seeing the sights and such things, but as you can imagine, this is going to cost a lot of money. Besides paying for the bus and everything each person has to raise 500 dollars. For both me and my sister.
Like I said, money’s tight. But I’ll get to the point now. Today my Dentist (a small one, no major company or anything) called my dad up there to have a meeting. He thought it was about a problem tooth that he had that needed a crown. But when he spoke to them, it turned out that my dentist was starting this new thing where they would pick a family out of all their patients and try to give them a better Holiday. That happened to be our 6 person family who has gone to them our whole lives. (they watched us kids grow up)
They paid the down payment for my sister’s braces that we couldn’t afford. They also put 100 dollars into both our electric bill and gas bill accounts. Then they handed him 4 Visa cards with one hundred dollars on each. And a huge basket of Groceries.
I cannot say thank you enough for such a gift. And I really truely feel blessed. It brought tears to my eyes I was so happy.
And I think, if all of us would just help at least one person out, give them a smile, show just a little bit of kindness, this world would be such a better place. So this Holiday season I encourage you to give just a little bit. Donate clothes to a local shelter, help a family in need. So that the true feeling of Christmas is not lost, and everyone can feel as blessed as I do. You may even find it will make you happier, and perhaps you will find that you want to do it all the time, not just the Holidays. Which would undoubtedly be amazing. Thank you so much, and Happy Holidays!
