Instead of exchanging gifts, her mother challenged her to take part in an act of kindness to help a stranger. At first, she hoped to hand out 10 blankets to the homeless. “That good feeling I’ve had the past few weeks, it’s really amplified for me the whole meaning of Christmas,” she said. She was homeless herself for six years and knows what it’s like to feel “completely disassociated” from the rest of society on Christmas. “I had burned all of my family bridges and wasn’t invited anymore at Christmas,” she said.

Source: thestar December 25, 2019 16:07 UTC