Tuesday, December 8, 2009

A season of giving


As I have written before, M and I wanted to celebrate this holiday season.  One way we decided to do this was to fulfill the Christmas wishes of a DCFS child.  It felt nice to make the Christmas dreams of a child come true as a way of honoring the memory, albeit privately, of the child we lost.  So, we were given the wish list of a little boy named Keion.  He wanted a skateboard and some GI Joe figures.  We are so clueless when it comes to buying stuff, it was pretty funny, but we managed to pull together 3 GI Joe figures, a skateboard, knee, wrist and elbow pads (safety first!), and a Blackhawks sweatshirt. 

It was fun to do, and I think it is a tradition we will continue.  I hope little Keion enjoys his Christmas.

9 comments:

  1. That's awesome! We always pick an angel from the Salvation Army tree each year and it is always so much fun to go buy gifts for the kids.

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  2. That is sooooo sweet. I know Keion will be very happy this Christmas!

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  3. Very sweet, I bet little Keion has a wonderful Christmas thanks to you and M. Feel good about yourselves!

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  4. We have done this in the past and just LOVE it! I bet Keion will have the best Christmas because of y'alls generosity!

    Y'all Rock!

    Tina

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  5. Wonderful tradition! Merry Christmas to Keion...and to you!

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  6. That's awesome! We used to adopt families at work and we had a list of family members and a few things they liked or wanted. It was so fun to shop for people that would other wise have nothing or very little. It's such a great feeling to help someone out. Good for you guys and I'm sure Keion will have a very Merry Christmas!

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  7. That is so sweet! I just love it.

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  8. I'm so glad that you did that! Keion will be very happy this Christmas!

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