My little sister Lydia loves to give. Actually, it might just be one of her most favorite things in the whole world. Whenever she gets the chance, she likes to get something and give it to someone else. Shes always thinking of others, and it puts pretty much everyone in the entire world to shame.
For her eleventh birthday this year, she had a couple friends over for a slumber party, and instead of requesting they bring presents for her, she asked them to bring school supplies for children less fortunate who live in the Dominican republic (my dad went there this summer on a missionary trip and discovered that the children he met barely had any school supplies they needed in order to learn). Her friends complied, and she had my dad mail them to the people he met there.
For Christmas, she wanted nothing. Absolutely nothing for herself. Rather than tell my parents what she wanted for Christmas, she told them she didn't want anything. She wanted my parents to buy her some presents to give to charity, and children who don't have anything. So my parents took her to the store, and she picked out around five different presents--some for a girl, some for a boy--and i've never seen her happier. When Christmas came around, we took her to the charity she wanted to donate too, and we dropped the gifts off. She was extremely happy. I've never seen a kid her age so glad to have gotten nothing for Christmas. Of cource, i made sure to get her a bracelet that she loved.
Shes just such a sweet kid who makes us all look bad. And i hope that in the long run it pays off. Anyone who could give that much and expect nothing back should be rewarded someday. It would be such a hard thing to do, but for her, it really isn't. She likes doing it. she'd rather do that then recieve anything at all. It's really amazing and cool and fantastic how she is.
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