The Festival of the Trees has the most amazing trees you will ever see in your life. In encourage everyone to bring their families and see the trees. What a beautiful place to be. Last night after we finished setting up the car and sleigh, I walked around and looked at the trees with my wife. So many people put so many hours into their trees. The car faded into the background as we walked past trees dedicated to children who had lost their lives and others where children were fighting for what feint strands of hope they still clinged to. Trees were decorated in their honor with the proceeds going to the hospital. It really was an honor just to be there among them.
I have been in the position of many of those children at Primary Children's Hospital. I know what it is like to stare at IV lines. I know what it is like to stare death in the face. Yet, I survived; here I am. There is always hope. But hope doesn't come in magic rainbows; hope has to be brought in the door by those who are willing to carry it. Perhaps the car can help some children to have a brighter day. My hope is it will inspire others to give whatever they can. Perhaps when people see themselves in the polished reflection in the car, they can see they are not hooked up to an IV; they are not in a wheel chair; they are not faced with a devastating illness, or the loss of a child. Any one of us could be one of those children in the hospital--but for the grace of God.
As we walked through the trees, I thought how insignificant our cars really are in the grand scheme of things. You could crush one of our cars, yet we can always make another one. Crushed lives are an entirely different matter. Then I thought better...how grateful I am to our customers who really are the ones that make our business possible. Thank you all. Please give this year to your favorite charity and help to make the world a better place for us all.
David
