MEET CHRISTINA

This is what success looks like — this is my inspiring, fabulous friend Christina.

I first met Christina at the very beginning of the Kindness Card movement. Times were extraordinarily tough for her and her family. She was stretching to make ends — and pennies — meet.

We ran into each other again a year later in another town forty miles away and things were improving … slowly. 

We met again on my birthday in 2024, and she led me around her city to distribute Kindness Cards to others in need.  

At the time she had moved into a motel, and while it wasn’t glamorous, it provided the safety and stability she needed.

We ran into each other again last week and I can’t stop thinking about her perseverance.

Christina has a good job, an apartment, and though times are still trying and she’s facing some painful health challenges, she’s more hopeful than ever!

We talked for quite a while about how she truly inspires me. So many people in her position would have given up by now. 

But over and over and over again, Christina leans on her faith and her belief that things will get better.

She lives in a relentless pursuit of God!

Someday I hope to have this kind of attitude about my own trials. 

In case you’re wondering — yes! I gave her some of your gift cards. 

Not because she doesn’t know where her next meal will come from, but because I knew all of you who support the movement would want me to be generous.

To everyone who has donated since the beginning, including our friends at the Kelly Clarkson show, I hope you’ll remember this photo, this face, and this smile forever. 

Christina is precisely why this beautiful movement matters. Because SHE matters.