Today is Boxing Day
in many parts of the world.
Boxing Day was historically
a day to box sh*t up
(leftovers, etc)
to give to needy people.
I carry on that tradition
by boxing up
gently used
or unwanted new
sh*t
to give to charity shops.
I clear out sh*t.
I free space
for the new year,
for all the sh*t
that will accompany
those exciting projects.
And I pass along
the unwanted sh*t
to people/entities
that will benefit from it.
Box your unwanted sh*t up.
Give it a new home.
A loved one works
for a big technology company.
He attends a gazillion conferences
every year
and,
at every conference,
he is given swag,
promotional items,
Sh*t We All Get.
Every September,
he donates
the fancy notebooks.
the fancy pens,
the backpacks,
and other school-like supplies
he has collected
to the Little Free Library
located close to
the neighborhood primary school.
I’ve seen a little boy
pick up
one of the backpacks.
Microsoft was splashed
across the front of it
but that seemed to make
the little boy even happier.
And he was happy.
He was the happiest
I’ve ever seen a kid be.
To us,
it is just another
piece of swag.
To a kid,
it could be life-changing.
Donate your excess
kid-appropriate swag.