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At a grocery store the man ahead of me was using food bank vouchers, and I paid the balance so he wouldn't have to cash the second one in. It was only a few dollars but it meant he can use his second voucher another time.
A friend of mine is a foster mom and she was doing foster relief for a child in another foster home. The child was arriving Christmas day and staying for a month. I took a Christmas search and find book, several polly pocket sets and a game so that she would feel welcome and have something to play with while she was there.
I went to a private care home for people with severe mental illness who can not live independently. I gave the administrator a willow tree angel. When I was leaving I recognized a man weathered by hard times, with a vacant look in his face. I remembered he had approached me for money a few weeks earlier but I didn't have any on me at the time. I called out to him...and asked his name. I said that I remembered him and had a little something for him... I gave him five dollars. His face lit up, and looked me right in the eye and said really? His smile, was so genuine it makes me smile when I think of it. I said Merry Christmas. He walked with a little spring in his step and so did I.
I am sure there is more but I am short on time this morning.
Merry Christmas all!
A friend of mine is a foster mom and she was doing foster relief for a child in another foster home. The child was arriving Christmas day and staying for a month. I took a Christmas search and find book, several polly pocket sets and a game so that she would feel welcome and have something to play with while she was there.
I went to a private care home for people with severe mental illness who can not live independently. I gave the administrator a willow tree angel. When I was leaving I recognized a man weathered by hard times, with a vacant look in his face. I remembered he had approached me for money a few weeks earlier but I didn't have any on me at the time. I called out to him...and asked his name. I said that I remembered him and had a little something for him... I gave him five dollars. His face lit up, and looked me right in the eye and said really? His smile, was so genuine it makes me smile when I think of it. I said Merry Christmas. He walked with a little spring in his step and so did I.
I am sure there is more but I am short on time this morning.
Merry Christmas all!
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Comment by Kim Latour on December 24, 2008 at 7:44pm -
Thanks so much everyone!
The last "give" really touched me. An insignificant amount of money brightened up that man's world, if for just a moment. What had the biggest impact on me was the way his tired face lit up when he smiled. He looked at me, instead of through me. I don't even know if I can express the magic in that tiny exchange.
Thank you all for letting me share the moment...
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Comment by Angela Green on December 24, 2008 at 7:35pm -
You have touched my heart. You helped so many people and I know that they all appreciate it.
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Comment by Cami Walker -- 29Gifts Founder on December 24, 2008 at 4:39pm -
Hi Kim. Thanks for showing up here on christmas eve to tell us about your fabulous gives. have a merry christmas
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Comment by Shawn on December 24, 2008 at 8:03am -
WOW! Some very touching and beautiful gives by you!
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Comment by Elly Rose on December 24, 2008 at 7:23am -
Kim
What a wonderful giving day you had. You touched many lives today and made a difference.
Merry Christmas, friend
Elly Rose
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