I have been in the mood to give and have thought a lot about how to word this posting exactly. I still don’t know quite how to word exactly what I’m thinking…but I’m going to give it a shot. A lot of people give A LOT..especially at Christmas time. Not only to our families, and to friends, but to those in need. We think of people on the streets at Christmas time who don’t have family to turn to, who don’t have a warm meal on their plates (or for that matter – don’t even have plates!). As a photographer, this past year I offered holiday mini sessions where if you brought a toy for a toy drive, you received $25 off your session fee. A lot of photographers did that this year, a lot of photographers also do a photography give-away where they ask you to email them with a person who you think would benefit from having a professional photographer photograph their family for free – someone who couldn’t afford it for whatever reason. This, however is a bit different. While I think that photography give-away is still an AWESOME way to GIVE…I KNOW there are things that people really need who may not come forward. This is where my heart sits today. If you know someone who is in need of something like groceries because they have kids and lost their job…or someone who can’t pay their hydro bill this month…someone who can’t get their bus pass in order to make it across the city to their job…someone truly in need of something that will make their day by having it done (anonymously) for them…please email me. Tell me their story…how you know them, why you think they should have something special done to help them out just this one time. Together – we are all family. We need to reach out, to help those who are in need. I look around at my home, my family’s home…my friends…we are a society that has at least 2 cars per home, computers in every room, television’s all over the place…we can just get up and go to the movies when we want to, go out for dinner on a whim…we can go buy new clothes, and replace silly things like ripped socks and old torn up jeans. Yet somewhere out there tonight, a child will go to bed hungry, a single parent will stay up crying trying to figure out how to survive the night, a teenager will sleep on cardboard boxes somewhere on the street…I want to help. Even if it’s groceries for a family for a month delivered to their home…or a sleeping bag given to someone who’s cold at night..just SOMETHING! Please, if you know someone who could greatly benefit something like mentioned above, please email me at tkinch@delicateimpressions.ca and title your email “IN NEED”. I will email you personally if we have chosen your story. Nothing will be blogged about it, nothing will be mentioned to the family who was chosen…it is going to be done in total and complete secrecy.
So where can you “pay it forward” (you have to see that movie if you haven’t!!)…after sharing your story with me, just listen to your friends, family, co-workers, someone who comes into where you work sharing a story of someone they might know who NEEDS…and help out. Pay It Forward. Help those in need and just watch the circle of help begin! If you know the Lord…and the day comes when He says to you…”why didn’t you feed me when I was hungry” or “why didn’t you clothe me when I was cold”…or “why didn’t you give me water when I was thirsty”…now you can say “but Lord…I did”….
Thank you for helping! I’m so blessed to be able to give…and I hope we can all try just a little <3
Amen.