Over the past two months I have spent numerous nights filling yards with flamingos while the families inside slept unknowing of what was happening. I spent a night teeter tottering for six hours and made blankets the day after. When I worked at a grocery store I used to stop during my walk back, and return to buy groceries. These are all things I do nearly out of impulse because of how I was raised and who I am. Growing up I learned from a young age that if someone you know needs something, you give what you can. My great-grandmother always devoted her free time to helping at her church, the hospital, and in her community. My father always puts himself last when others have something they need. I used to wonder why he would remind me, “did
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Me and my friend spend the occasional night going out at 11PM to raise this money and sometimes did it multiple nights in a row. Being on a teeter totter for six hours sounds fun at first, though I learned it’s quite the task. I chose to do this because I had over 600 dollars in pledges for Eliminate riding on me riding the teeter totter and why waste time on games when I could devote it to others. When I used to work at Cub Foods I would occasionally see people on the streets nearby with signs saying things like: “lost my job need to feed my family” and “hungry without money.” Whenever I saw these people I asked if they would like to go back in with me and buy a meal on me. The one I remember most distinctly was a group of two men, a woman, and their dog. They were dressed in very old dirty clothes and just enough to cover up. They each had a backpack that carried everything that they own. When I asked about them they told me they hadn’t eaten for days. They had been riding the rails because their friend had died and they needed to get to the funeral in another state. Some consider it a problem that when someone asks me a favor, or seems in need, I can almost never turn them away. I see it as a core part of myself and a thing that brings me the most joy in
Me and my friend spend the occasional night going out at 11PM to raise this money and sometimes did it multiple nights in a row. Being on a teeter totter for six hours sounds fun at first, though I learned it’s quite the task. I chose to do this because I had over 600 dollars in pledges for Eliminate riding on me riding the teeter totter and why waste time on games when I could devote it to others. When I used to work at Cub Foods I would occasionally see people on the streets nearby with signs saying things like: “lost my job need to feed my family” and “hungry without money.” Whenever I saw these people I asked if they would like to go back in with me and buy a meal on me. The one I remember most distinctly was a group of two men, a woman, and their dog. They were dressed in very old dirty clothes and just enough to cover up. They each had a backpack that carried everything that they own. When I asked about them they told me they hadn’t eaten for days. They had been riding the rails because their friend had died and they needed to get to the funeral in another state. Some consider it a problem that when someone asks me a favor, or seems in need, I can almost never turn them away. I see it as a core part of myself and a thing that brings me the most joy in