When did all this MonkeyBusiness begin?
2009. I was going through chemo.....watching a lot of videos, and wanting to do something for others with my time.
I found this video: "God Will LIft Us Up." It's about Brittney, a teeneager who makes Sock Monkeys among many other things.
Brittney is dealing with a rare and chronic condition where her intestines are paralyzed. She cannot eat and must carry around a backpack at all times which carries her special food which goes directly into her systerm to keep her alive. She spends months in the hospital. She cannot live as ordinary teenagers do. But Brittney is a girl of Faith, Hope and Charity. And rather than wallow in her problems, she made the decision to look outward and use her talents to help others.
She is an artist and has designed coloring books with a message for children who have her disease.
And she makes sock monkeys. Colorful, wild, crazy sock monkeys.
Here is the link to her video:
2009. I was going through chemo.....watching a lot of videos, and wanting to do something for others with my time.
I found this video: "God Will LIft Us Up." It's about Brittney, a teeneager who makes Sock Monkeys among many other things.
Brittney is dealing with a rare and chronic condition where her intestines are paralyzed. She cannot eat and must carry around a backpack at all times which carries her special food which goes directly into her systerm to keep her alive. She spends months in the hospital. She cannot live as ordinary teenagers do. But Brittney is a girl of Faith, Hope and Charity. And rather than wallow in her problems, she made the decision to look outward and use her talents to help others.
She is an artist and has designed coloring books with a message for children who have her disease.
And she makes sock monkeys. Colorful, wild, crazy sock monkeys.
Here is the link to her video:
I found myself thinking about Brittney, her Sock Monkeys, and children who are in hospitals.
The first sock monkeys were created by my grandkids. They loved making them. As Bella was stitching, she said, "Every stitch is stitched with love." How did a seven year old come up with the perfect theme?
SockMonkeys4Kids was born.
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