Blue Windows

Today I feel espe­cially lucky to own Blue Windows. I am con­tin­u­ally reminded why God gave me this incred­i­ble oppor­tu­nity. Yesterday I met the face of Hearts Without Boundaries, my char­ity for February. I knew I would be affected by this process but I never imag­ined I would have the oppor­tu­nity to come face to face with a lit­tle girl from Cambodia because of it. Socheat, 3 years old, is hav­ing heart surgery next week and I was blessed to meet her yes­ter­day. Another great sur­prise was meet­ing Davik, 11 years old, who had heart surgery two years ago. Both of these girls had this oppor­tu­nity because of the heart of Peter Chhun, founder of Hearts Without Boundaries. He came along with oth­ers who work for the orga­ni­za­tion and fam­ily mem­bers of Socheat. It was quite a sight. Cameras every­where! I have to say I was a bit over­whelmed by the expe­ri­ence. This lit­tle girl is get­ting a surgery she would never have been able to get if it weren’t for Hearts Without Boundaries. I encour­age peo­ple to get involved in some small way whether it’s through this orga­ni­za­tion or another. Believe me you will get moments that you never expected to have in your life. I came into work on Wednesday morn­ing, got a phone call that they would be vis­it­ing and then by the end of my shift I was meet­ing Socheat from Cambodia! Crazy turn of events in one day! The best part is I could share it with my Blue Windows crew. Petra (my man­ager) and Alyson were both there for the expe­ri­ence. I have to give a big thanks to Petra for find­ing this orga­ni­za­tion in the first place. I have a great team and I hope as we con­tinue this jour­ney we will have more incred­i­ble sto­ries to expe­ri­ence and share.

I am Blessed, Heather

…1 down and 11 to go. February’s char­ity is Hearts Without Boundaries. This orga­ni­za­tion, based in Long Beach, pro­vide human­i­tar­ian ser­vices such as vol­un­teer med­ical teams, med­ical sup­plies and clin­ics, as well as human­i­tar­ian aid and live­stock to those in need, mainly in Cambodia and other areas in Southeast Asia. I chose this par­tic­u­lar orga­ni­za­tion because it allows chil­dren a sec­ond chance that they nor­mally would not receive. I think it’s impor­tant to reach out to the imme­di­ate com­mu­nity but I also believe our com­mu­nity can be world­wide as well. However large the world may seem it is rel­a­tively small when it comes to the needs of chil­dren. This month 10% of all jew­elry sales will be donated to Hearts Without Boundaries. I thought it was appro­pri­ate con­sid­er­ing Valentine’s Day.

Heather