Crazy lace agate and jasper necklace
Rhodonite EarringsI didn't start out as a jewelry designer. Nothing close to it. At a turning point in my life I went back to school and became a speech therapist. The reason I did that was because I really like to help people. Blame it on the soft spot in me that some loving people created. Just helping kids learn how to communicate was so rewarding that I have no words to express it - sometimes it really did make me high!
But life had other plans, other challenges, and I had to stop working as a speech therapist. My husband has the same compulsion to help people. So when I had my own web site it only made sense to put it to good use and donate money to causes I believe in, to help people, animals, the planet.
It's not that I'm doing it out of guilt or want a pat on the back. It's actually quite selfish, you see, because it's all about what makes me feel good. It's intrinsically rewarding to do even my tiny, insignificant part. You know the feeling because you do it yourself.
There is no end of people and animals who are suffering, it's just life on this planet. And there fortunately are so many people who want to help in some way. My hat is off to the REAL helpers in the world. Those who donate and volunteer - and those who spend their lives as teachers, firemen, nurses, etc.
The world is full of heroes, great and small, sung and unsung.
For an example of how your money is used when you buy jewelry from our clearance/charity page, watch this brief video here. For a brief follow-up report click here. This is an extraordinary and heart warming story.
0 comments:
Post a Comment