Blue Windows

Today I met 3 year old Bunlak Song. He is here in the United States to receive heart surgery made pos­si­ble through Hearts Without Boundaries, my cho­sen char­ity for January-March. He came with his sis­ter, Bunkek Song, who took the long jour­ney to be by her brother’s side. Bunlak was only two days old when his home­less mother begged a fam­ily vis­it­ing the hos­pi­tal to take her son. By night­fall the mother had left the hos­pi­tal and her child behind. Bunlak’s adop­tive par­ents make a liv­ing sell­ing gaso­line in plas­tic bot­tles. But they have taken the boy in and say he has brought them luck.

Blue Windows is donat­ing 10% of our prof­its to Hearts Without Boundaries through the end of March. Thank you to all my cus­tomers who shopped dur­ing January, February and March. Know that part of your spend­ing will help this lit­tle boy receive his surgery. I know the cost is high and they need all the dona­tions they can get. If you would like to help fur­ther please visit their website.

David Kem, a mem­ber of HWB came along with two vol­un­teers, Petri and Lily. While talk­ing to him about Bunlak and his story he said some­thing that truly made an impact on me. All we need is 20,000 peo­ple to donate $1. Imagine how often we take a dol­lar for granted. This thought made me real­ize how a small amount of money com­bined with a large num­ber of peo­ple can make such a huge dif­fer­ence. He also stated he would much rather it be a com­mu­nity that comes together rather than one indi­vid­ual. So true.

Heather, Holli, Bunlak, Bunkek, Petri and Lily

We look for­ward to updates on Bunlak’s con­di­tion. Keep him in your prayers.

Heather