Who doesn't love a great gift? Most women would love to rip the paper off a little blue box emblazoned "Tiffany." For many men, a massive flat-screen TV to catch the upcoming football season would be a dream come true.
But what about the plaster-cast handprint your kindergartener gave you for Mother's Day? Or the family portrait your First-Grader produced for a class project? Or the hand-crocheted afghan your grandmother shipped across the country just in time for Christmas?
Which gift will be locked away in your memories forever? My guess is the handprint, portrait and afghan will be lovingly stored in a hope chest someplace as a keepsake for years to come, while the Tiffany box will eventually be recycled and the TV dumped for the next 'great' thing.
It's the small, sincere jestures that are the most heartfelt and have the greatest impact.
That's why we've always advocated $20 donations for Team Shelby. Of sure, we welcome the $100 gifts, and surely won't turn away even more. But it's those $20 gifts that represent a real sacrifice or purposeful action that really make us stop and thank God for our family and friends.
If you do the math, $20 is pretty easy for most of us to budget on payday. How many $5 lattes a week do you really need, anyway? Maybe you could do without four this month and donate the 20 bucks. If five people donate just $20 each, suddenly we have $100 going to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. It adds up in a hurry!
We certainly understand the financial stress many of us are under these days. And we wouldn't ask anyone to blow out their budget (Dave Ramsey would kill us; or at least revoke our FPU Coordinator status!).
But consider putting a little aside regularly for Team Shelby, and join dozens of others in making real strides toward a cure!
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