Kendra's Favorite Things

Today my good deed for the day was emulating something by brother has represented his whole life; being generous. Throughout our lives we've never really needed for anything, in fact, we've been lucky enough to have everything we've ever wanted, and then some.

I've had a pair of very gently used Nike's underneath my desk since I started at the Convention Center over 3 years ago. It occurred to me yesterday that I have only had a need to wear them a few times, and considering I have a handful of other running shoes that I actually wear on a regular basis, I thought my good deed for the day could be to give these to someone who would actually need and appreciate them.

Our offices are cleaned on a regular basis by our cleaning staff and I've always taken that for granted. Today one of the ladies that was on duty was an incredibly sweet woman named Maria who I've actually come to know well over the last few years. I looked at her feet and decided she looked like a size 7.5 so I asked her if she wanted to take a look at the shoes and if she liked them.

She loved the shoes, but her response is really what blew me away. She mentioned to me that she collects shoes and clothing for incredibly poor families in Tijuana and that she knew the perfect person that would benefit from these. It amazed me that I could tell she wanted to keep them for herself, but she knows that someone else actually really NEEDS them, and they'd be better off with them. This made me smile and I hope it makes my brother smile too! Happy 30th Big Bro... I did this because I know you'd do the same thing!