This week's visit has nothing to do with the lovely song from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," although it is one of my favorite songs from the musical. A little bit of trivia for you here: the song was not in the original stage musical. It was added to the movie, taking the place of another song, "An Ordinary Couple." Many theatre companies now replace that song with "Something Good," which is a much better song for that scene, in my opinion. But this visit isn't about musical theatre history.
I had the thought for this visit as I was writing a story about a family with twin babies who were born close to three months premature. One of these little girls has had to have three surgeries already. There has been a GoFundMe account set up to help this family. Then there was the story I was able to tell about another young woman who is battling breast cancer. A fundraising account has been established for her as well. These kinds of stories are quickly becoming my favorite kind of stories to tell.
I have always been the kind of person who needs to feel a sense of "doing good" from any job that I've had. That has always been much more important to me than any kind of financial reward. Maybe that's one reason that I'll probably never be "rich" in material ways. But I have been blessed in ways that it's difficult for even me to express. I feel as if I'm doing "something good" when I can bring these kinds of stories to light, or simply inform interested citizens about what just happened at the county commission meeting, or "shine a spotlight" on a local athlete who may never find him or herself on ESPN Sports Center; but their work and accomplishments are worth celebrating anyway.
Then, of course, I've heard from many of you who have been kind enough to tell me you enjoy our weekly visits. You have no idea how much that means to me. It has always been my prayer that these weekly visits will make you smile, laugh, maybe think a little bit, or just make your week a little "sunnier." If I can accomplish this on a regular basis, then I will feel that I have truly done "something good."