86 said
I donate a few times a year to St. Jude and the ASPCA. 20 bucks here and there when I can spare it. I actually think that would be an ideal job for me, taking care of abandoned and abused animals.  

That would be a cool job.  I grew up with pets so having them has always been a part of my life.  

ScottieD said
For over 2-1/2 years, my family was just living on my paycheck, so this wasn’t really an option for us.  She was in school and it’s paying off as she’s flourishing in her new career.

Back to the point though, this wasn’t really an option for us while she wasn’t working.  Just last weekend, I told her that I thought that we should adopt a family.  She went and picked one out from a tree at a local restaurant.  It was a father and 3 children.  We just assumed he was a single dad.  So we went and dropped like 300 bucks between all of them.  We went back to drop off our bags of gifts, and there she was.  Mom was sitting there all alone.  I’m not sure if my wife just missed her, or if they added more people after she grabbed the family we bought for.  So I said fuck it, grabbed her name, and we went to get her another hundred bucks worth of stuff.

I hope it helps their family create some good memories over the holidays.  We probably spent more on their family this year than we did on our own.  

Bro,  that was cool for you guys to do. I am sure you made their holiday into one they will remember forever. 

I love to bullshit around on here and give people hell it helps me escape reality but when it comes down to it I believe in compassion and doing charitable works.  I know how hard it is to just survive nowadays much less provide fun things for an entire family. Someone has to care but caring is a burden it tears you apart to care because you wish you could help them all. From the bottom of my heart homie so much love sent your way for making a sacrifice to help others.