By providing for one, we can bring joy to many.

In my last excerpt I talked about the girl who needed a coat, so I put my plans aside for a day to put her needs first. And as always, by putting someone else first I was pleasantly taken care of in return.
I had two locations where my counselor worked out of and I couldn't get ahold of her to find out where to bring the items for this girl. I called my contact from Child & Family Services who originally connected me with her to see if she knew what location this counselor was working at on Friday. She said she wasn't sure, but I could drop the items off with her and someone from her organization would ensure they made it the client. Oh, and by the way, we'd like to give you 200 brand new books from an author who recently visited our organization if you're interested. Heck yeah! And what wonderful books they are! They're titled "So...what Color Were the Dinosaurs, Anyway?". It's a delightful twist to the idea that dinosaurs might have led to the birds we see today and even provides coloring pages at the end for children to create their own uniquely colored dinos. It's a great book about possibilities, dreams, and using the imagination. What a fabulous way to take children away for a little while and let them create their own world of dinosaurs. And now thanks to C&FS I can pass along this temporary relief from life's chaos to 200 children for them to enjoy. By providing for one, we can bring joy to many.