The Christmas Bike Conundrum

--by artsyfoodie, posted Oct 3, 2013

The Enzian Art House in Florida was showing movies in the park. One evening, a few weeks before Christmas, they showed The Christmas Story and had a raffle with a girl's bike as the prize.

It was painfully cute with iridescent streamers, flowers, butterflies, an adorable bell, all designed to delight a five year old. But fifty year old me won it!

This led to a bit of a conundrum as I didn't have kids or grand-kids to give it to.

I wanted the bike to go to someone who didn't have the opportunity to own such a wonderful thing. I contacted the shelter (where I occasionally volunteered in the kitchen) and while there was a big need for a sweet bike there was also the potential for it creating strife.

I sought else where until I found out about a couple in our church who had been going through hard times in their marriage because of drugs and alcohol. They walked to our church (they didn't have a car) from a trailer park a mile away and they had a sweet little five year old named daughter.

On Christmas Eve I went to their trailer park. They had already left on foot to go to the candle lighting service. Their landlord was on the property and when he heard that I wanted to leave the bike anonymously he offered to open up their trailer.

There I saw a lone tree, so I put the bike behind it behind it.

It was a great moment for me and, I hope, a little bit of Christmas magic for the family and that little girl.

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Posted by artsyfoodie
Oct 3, 2013
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Readers Comments

å‚…çŽ²èŒè´§ wrote: The passage is so fantastic that i will read it again,warm me deeply

KnitNana4 wrote: Can i give you some karmabucks? Not sure how i can but i want to.

vdo321 wrote: my heart feels pretty happy right now - The story gave me a little everyday magic - thank you

Dobby wrote: A Christmas miracle they all needed! Thanks so much for your kindness!

jsmc10 wrote: Aww wow, this was so amazing of you, I can imagine the delight and wonderment as the opened their front door and saw the bike :)

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