Wednesday, November 19th 2008 at 11:24 AM by Ruth Tynes / Online Editor / InTheTimes.com
"One year my mom organized an outreach. I was in eighth grade and a small group of about twenty of us all piled into a flatbed truck and began to drive around and pass out sack lunches to the homeless. It was pouring rain and we all got drenched as we sang Christmas carols and tried to spread some love in that destitute area.
That memory really stayed with me because it struck me how sad it would be to have nowhere to go for Christmas and no family to embrace in the warmth of the season.
After a while, a police car drove up beside us and we thought he was going to tell us to go home or stop doing what we were doing. Instead, he pulled in front of us and offered a police escort for the rest of the night. That was my favorite Christmas Eve for sure."
* Originally published in the December 28, 2007 issue of In the Times magazine. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted or posted without written permission from the author. Please contact for reprint permission.
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