Its funny how small the world is, Charlene's daughter (my god daughter) wanted to get a breast cancer tattoo in support of her mother, they go to the shop, while Charlene is waiting, she strikes a conversation with the tattoo artist about wanting to do a coverup, and that she followed a young lady (SHAY) on fb whose cover up she had been admiring.. NELLIE the tattoo artist says "If u hang around, u can meet her shes on her way" Nellie was the artist who did Shay's cover up! Isn't that something!! So she stays, they meet and she tells Shay how she knows of her (me) mind u Shay and I still at this point never met in person. She knew who I was and they took a photo and from this something wonderful was born.
I told Charlene that we should go to the fundraiser and that's what we did and although I knew what Shay was doin, I could have never prepared myself for the event, the stories, the women... I knew walking away that night, that even though I'd been donating, walking and supporting breast cancer, I KNEW I HADNT DONE ENOUGH!
Wheels were turning, I knew I could do more, that I needed to do more so Charlene and I decided to put together a fundraiser and we'd raise money to help Shay grant a wish. So I put the ball in motion, I contacted friends who could possible help with this task. I contacted an old high school friend who promotes parties and ask how could I go about this I explained my cause and he granted my wish! He DONATED a space and promoted our party. Then I contacted a photographer friend, a dj, and graphic designer for a flyer, other folks with small businesses to help with the cause. ALL DONATED THEIR SERVICES. SO NOW WE ARE HAVING A PARTY!!!
yes that my bestie Charlene
So we paid it forward by having this free event and it turned out to be a success, Shay was overwhelmed and a blossoming friendship was born, all because of my beautiful friend Dana who isn't even here to know she is still spreading joy!
here are some pics from our event
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