So for at least 4 years K has been asking to take gymnastics. Now she is NOT graceful in any way shape or form. This kid is constantly covered in bruises from falling, tripping, stumbling. And for all her asking I've honestly never really looked into it because the closest facility is a good 25 minutes away. But over the past 2 years she has tried Soccer, Basketball, Karate and T ball. Only liking or showing any talent in Karate. This year as the gymnastics requests began I went ahead and began to research.
This sport is NOT cheap! At least not for my wallet. I looked at our budget and tried to find anywhere we could cut back to make it work, and it just wasn't possible. I knew she would, yet again, be disappointed. In a moment of frustration over my poverty level I posted something along the lines of "Would anyone like to donate $370 to me so that K can join gymnastics? Poor kid has been asking for years and yet again I can't afford it", on Facebook. I received lots of feedback on ways to add it to my budget (all of which were not valid in my case - we already don't have cable, land lines, etc) even a suggestion that I start a go fund me. Which I considered. In the end I just explained that we just couldn't afford it, but that I would take her to the open gym times to try it out.
Fast forward a week or so, I go to check the mail. In the box is an envelope, addressed to me, with no return. I open it to find a Cashiers check made payable to me in the amount of $370.00. I couldn't figure it out. Was I expecting a refund from something? A rebate? It literally took me 30 minutes or more for it to click. This was for K to go to gymnastics!! I was blown away. An anonymous donation covering her entire tuition from Sept through Jan.
Faith restored in human kind. And one very happy little girl.
