Something to keep in mind

As we quickly approach the holidays this year I'd like you to keep something in mind.

I'd like to start by asking a couple questions. Does your kids school run a holiday fair that allows outside vendors in?? You know, "outside vendors" as in people who make stuff to sell?? How about the church in the center of town?? Or the community center?? Or the town?? Do they run a fair?? If it's called a festival or marketplace, that counts too.

I'd like to take a minute to encourage you to attend one (or all) of these fairs. Please. Your presence and the possibility of you buying something is a huge encouragement to the people working the fair.

Here's why. (This is the "something" I'd like you to keep in mind.) Whether you attend because it supports your kids school or because I just put the thought into your head or because you enjoy browsing the many handmade items, please keep in mind that a lot of these vendors do this stuff because it's their source of income. Some people need the flexibility of being able to be home during the week and/or making their own schedule. Being your own boss, and having a business that is only online and/or at craft fairs, brings a certain freedom and flexibility that some people need because they are single parents or their home/family can't survive on one income and they can't afford daycare or after school care even with two incomes.

Please attend these fairs and buy from someone. Even if it's just five dollars. That five dollars could be the last five dollars they need to be able send their kid on a special trip with school or it could be all they need to be able to buy that one thing their kid desperately wants for Christmas. Some people depend on what money they can make at these fairs.

Please make someones day in the coming month til Christmas and buy something.