Good Deed For The Day
So today I am not going to talk about fashion faux pas, or tanning your flab, or even about the annoying folks I encountered on my way to work. Today I am going to attempt to do something nice...yeah, I know this is a little out of the box, but bear with me.
You may have received an email on this from someone, it's making its way around the Internet, it's about a little boy named Shane. So Shane has this horrible kind of leukemia (as if all kinds of cancer weren't horrible, but this one is particularly hard to get rid of) and he's been in treatment for a long time, but it's come back. You can read all the details at Shane's Wish
...have your tissues ready, something about little kids with bald heads really gets me.
So the deal is, the Make A Wish folks came in and instead of a trip to DisneyWorld, Shane's wish is to break a world record by receiving the most birthday cards ever! His birthday is May 30, so we've got just over a month to help him out and I am just sure that my readers are the kind of folks to help.
Now I don't care if you don't send birthday cards to anyone else, your sister can have one next year, for Shane I think you can make the effort. I bet you even the Queen Mum, who has never sent a card on time in her life, can get herself together for this one. I have already done your homework for you, as he lives in Canada....a standard 1-ounce letter needs 63-cents worth of stamps. Many a nice gesture has been lost to insufficient postage, so pay attention! According to the US Postal Service, Airmail Letter Post takes 4-7 days to arrive so plan accordingly. In fact, just go today and mail the card.
It's funny cause you often get these chain emails and you never read them cause they're usually a bunch of crap, but once in a while you come across something unexpected. I mean imagine, an elementary school kid whose one wish is to collect birthday cards, to be touched by millions, and touch them in return. You forget sometimes in the madness of modern society about the enormous capacity of the human spirit, and the capacity of a child's spirit...well, there seem to be no bounds.
So let's do this little thing together, our good deed for the day (or for the month, whatever). People think being a good person is about the grand gesture, but so often it's the small gestures that define the kind of person we are, and this one only costs the lick of a stamp.
You may have received an email on this from someone, it's making its way around the Internet, it's about a little boy named Shane. So Shane has this horrible kind of leukemia (as if all kinds of cancer weren't horrible, but this one is particularly hard to get rid of) and he's been in treatment for a long time, but it's come back. You can read all the details at Shane's Wish
...have your tissues ready, something about little kids with bald heads really gets me.
So the deal is, the Make A Wish folks came in and instead of a trip to DisneyWorld, Shane's wish is to break a world record by receiving the most birthday cards ever! His birthday is May 30, so we've got just over a month to help him out and I am just sure that my readers are the kind of folks to help.
Now I don't care if you don't send birthday cards to anyone else, your sister can have one next year, for Shane I think you can make the effort. I bet you even the Queen Mum, who has never sent a card on time in her life, can get herself together for this one. I have already done your homework for you, as he lives in Canada....a standard 1-ounce letter needs 63-cents worth of stamps. Many a nice gesture has been lost to insufficient postage, so pay attention! According to the US Postal Service, Airmail Letter Post takes 4-7 days to arrive so plan accordingly. In fact, just go today and mail the card.
It's funny cause you often get these chain emails and you never read them cause they're usually a bunch of crap, but once in a while you come across something unexpected. I mean imagine, an elementary school kid whose one wish is to collect birthday cards, to be touched by millions, and touch them in return. You forget sometimes in the madness of modern society about the enormous capacity of the human spirit, and the capacity of a child's spirit...well, there seem to be no bounds.
So let's do this little thing together, our good deed for the day (or for the month, whatever). People think being a good person is about the grand gesture, but so often it's the small gestures that define the kind of person we are, and this one only costs the lick of a stamp.
posted by Queenan at 6:40 AM
7 Comments:
i love you for this. thanks for making me cry, yet again, this week.
I do what I can;-)
I am crying at my desk...and you know how well that will go over where I work! I love you both :)
love, you're dead on :) cheers to you.
Felt guilty it is in the mail
Katie
have you check urbanlegend.com. most of this stuff is crap. i'm really surprised that you would fall for it. so disapointed in you cuz. Just a reminder, though, my birthday is actually May 30 (same as our fictional cancer patient) so feel free to send me one.
Yes, Cousin, we've checked it out. Have a little faith and don't worry you'll get a card too
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