a 15 year old boy posted on freecycle that he needed a 35 mm camera to take a special class at school.
I recognized the name of the family and we have given back and forth to each other over the past year...
I had a 35 mm with lenses and fllters and flashes and film that had been my sister's. It was outdated. He would have to learn how to use a camera at its basics. But it was a good camera. And I could get at least a few hundred out of it if I chose to sell it
and I could use the money
but this family always saved things for me...like paper towel rolls and green ice tea plastic jugs and cereal boxes...things I use in my garden and things my kid uses in her classroom...
and I knew the chances of someone replying to him were dim
and I knew his father has had a long laid off period....
it was HIS smile that made me smile...
it was his momma's that made me want to cry...
one of the best ways to get your mind off physical pain is to do something joyful....
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Pole bachit, a lis chuye.
The field sees, the forest hears
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