First, I am not soliciting donations…
Received a message from a Facebook friend. A member of our group of renaissance enthusiasts had his home burglarized…Took all the gifts. Yep, just like one of those news stories. Making it worse, the man is in Kuwait serving with the U.S. Army. Three kids, all under six. The oldest ones birthday is 12/26…yep, b-day gifts gone too. Seriously, could it get any worse??? I wouldn’t believe it myself if I didn’t trust the source of the news completely.
Someone started a PayPal account for the family…Turns out I just sold a caboose and earmarked that money to pay for some train parts…Easy come, easy go.
When I think the world is full of despicable people and cantankerous butt-holes I see a small community come together to save Christmas for a bunch of little kids no one even met…Well that brings the spirit back to the holidays for me.
Again…Not looking for money…Just a little story to show there is indeed a reason for the season.