This is an end to an eight week journey(+)! Reflecting on what we have established in "HOW" we accomplish this ministry and the "SUCCESS" of Heavenly Handbags has allowed me to personally understand and grasp the magnitude of what we have accomplished in two years. Although there are numerous success stories left to share, I want to focus on one unique annual Give - December.
Christmas is a great time of year, a festive and celebratory season. In the month of December we ensure every woman staying at the Durango Community Homeless Shelter and the Southwest Safehouse receives a Heavenly Handbag. That entails sewing and stuffing thirty (30) Heavenly Handbags. This is no small task, and yet in the two years we have hosted this December Give we have successfully achieved this goal.
It is my desire that each woman receives a Heavenly Handbag on Christmas morning, a special gift specifically for them. I have no idea what these women staying at the shelter are thinking or feeling, but I would venture to guess in this festive time of year they are overwhelmed by their current circumstances and lack the joy that most of us feel during this season. I know there is some assumptions made in that statement, so please do not take it as fact, but just consider your state of mind if you were in similar circumstances. That is why the gift of a Heavenly Handbag is important to me, in hopes it will bring some joy.
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The feeling of receiving a special gift makes my heart smile and joy enters in, and I pray every year that this is what YOUR gift of a Heavenly Handbag does for these women. I have learned in the two years we have been donating Heavenly Handbags that a little thoughtful gesture goes a long way. Although I cannot capture their expression on Christmas morning, I would venture to guess a smile sweeps across their face knowing that there is a Community who Cares!
Thank you for following me on this journey. I hope you have learned a bit more about HOW and WHY we do what we do. Please follow this Blog as I will continue to post more regularly. We look forward to donating more Heavenly Handbags in the future and hope you will consider getting involved.
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