On Monday our store(Salvation Army) was closed due to Labor Day. Tuesday morning, I was there at 8:30 to open the store. I could hardly get in the door! The front was FULL of Donations for Katrina. We had to get 3 trailers to pull it all to the main center.

I remember (among other things) 3 cases of shaving cream and for a moment it made me think of the men affected by Katrina. I had been thinking of the women, children, elderly and animals but the cases of shaving cream gave me a moment to think about all the men...

What filled my heart was when a gentle frail elderly woman passed me a check for five dollars and said it's all I have to give right now but please make sure it gets to someone in need. I assured her that her donation was going to make a big difference in someone's life. Her eyes lit up and she said, "yes, it will, won't it?" We both shared a tender moment of heart love. May God Bless her.

chick