Shoe on the Other Foot.

One of my favorite sayings of my fabulous Mother-in-Law is, “Shoe on the other foot.” In essence, if you could switch shoes with someone & walk a day in their life…in their situation, you would see things very differently than you do. The other night I was on the phone with my cousin & she told me about her neighbors who are going through a very rough time right now. While she told me the trials that this family is going through, the words of my mother-in-law kept going through my mind…”shoe on the other foot…shoe on the other foot….” I went to bed thinking about this family & I wanted-more than anything to help them. I’ve never met this family, but I can imagine that if I were going through a hard time in my life, that I would hope that people…perfect strangers…would reach out to help. And that’s what I’m asking you to do. To put your shoe on the other foot & help this sweet family out in their time of need. Here is their story…

Jairo Corral is eleven years old and a sixth grader at Peavine Elementary School in Reno, NV.  About a year and a half ago he ended up in the ICU at Stanford University Hospital in California from a very severe case of pneumonia that almost took his life. After weeks of being sick and away from home he was able to fully recover.  However, on November 27th he was taken back to the hospital in Reno, Nv for another severe case of pneumonia.  After being admitted into the hospital, he suffered from a stroke on the right side of his brain which has affected most movement on the left side of his body.  Due to increased swelling in his brain the doctors were forced to remove a part of his skull.  After doing tests of why he suffered from a stroke, the doctors are finding that there may be a problem with how his blood is filtering from his heart to his brain…..meaning Jairo will most likely have to have surgery on his heart as well.  Jairo’s father, Moises, is a very hard worker and was laid off from his job in the late summer.  He was able to find a new job immediately but now he has no medical benefits to cover the cost of his son’s medical needs. Jairo is a very sweet, respectful, kind young boy that any parent would be proud of.  He is the oldest kid in his family with one younger brother and a baby sister born earlier this year.

My heart breaks for this family & I’m hoping that YOU-all my fabulous friends will help out! Here’s how you can help…

I am selling the below photographs for $5/photo. My lovely friend Liz has donated two of her photographs to help Jairo out (hers are the two beautiful photographs at the bottom). Each photograph that you purchase will be emailed to you in a high resolution format. The photograph is then yours to print, frame, give as a gift, use for Christmas cards, use as a desktop photo, etc. ALL the proceeds will go to Jairo’s family to help pay for his medical bills, etc. Thanks in advance for helping this sweet family in their time of need. I really feel that the Christmas spirit is one of giving…helping. I hope that you can help Jairo & his family!