my family.

oh how i love the place i’m bein raised! <3

recently, a mom and her two girls were in a horrible and scary car accident. each of them have broken bones, are scuffed up and i can only imagine how it mentally affected them. our community has come together to help this family with bills, work, food, and just caring. sometimes i wonder, like if there’s still caring people out there, you know? is there people who have hearts. well i’m here to tell you, there is in greenwood county. we may not always get along, we have our disagreements. but when it comes to our people we all pull together for our community. but the story i wanted to share and why i share with you about this family, is because i experienced it and was in awe, it’s something little but yet so big. our local mexican restaurant (best mexican out there!) has held two fundraisers, just as many businesses and restaurants have. but as me and my sister were waiting for our tacos in this little restaurant that was PACKED full of people all waiting on there dollar tacos to support this family, the restaurant would get a call for an order of tacos. the person in line waiting to order, as the guy got off the phone would say ‘i’ll get those!’. and so then another person would call and then another guy would say ‘i’ll get those!’ and that’d keep happening. you know what it was like to experience that first hand, to see the love and care in our community. i guess you might say we aren’t just a community but a family. i don’t want to take away the attention from this family cause they deserve it all right now. but i’ve also experienced the love of this community on the receiving side. about 4 years ago our family had a house fire and we were unable to save anything. but our ‘family’ (our community) pulled through and helped us out tremendously and it was a blessing and unbelievable the love and support me and my family had in that stage of our life. our community has also gone through not one, but two, tornadoes that have put a toll on our town. but once again, our ‘family’ comes together and we work TOGETHER and mend together the town. delivering water bottles, clearing streets, picking up branches, making food, and so much more. our community came together to help each other. it was a hard time and there was fear of what was to come and tears of sadness as people just lost everything, there was also smiles of working together, joy that we are still alive. our community has been through a lot. but we always come out stronger in the end. just like every family we all have our differences, but we always come to together in the end. i’m blessed to call this place my home. and to see first hand what we are capable of. it truly is a blessing.

Yours Truly, Me