We must take a break from ball today, and that is saying something since SO much ball has happened since Friday’s Daily Happen. We will be back that that tomorrow. But…

Perspective. It is hard to be upset over a 19-year-old missing a read or being overpowered by a defensive end or dropping a ball when you consider that we live in a world, as wonderful as it is, that’s still a place where magnificent human beings like Maggie Lee Hanson can be taken from it in an instant.

Today is Maggie Lee For Good Day. Pay it forward. That person behind you in the drive-thru? Pay for their meal. Pick up the check for the person next to you in the restaurant. Show up at La Madeleine on Fern in Shreveport tonight at 6 for the Party for Vets and Pets. Bring razors and socks and dog food.

For a few years now, Maggie Lee has been “doing good” through her legacy. She’s spread the news on national television, on Broadway, and all over the world. The place makes no difference: the attitude of the heart does. Pay it forward today. Do good. Maggie would…

This from the MaggieLeeForGood.Org website:

Maggie Lee Hanson was a vibrant 12-year-old who died from a traumatic brain injury she suffered when the First Baptist Church of Shreveport Bus flipped and landed on her on July 12th, 2009, while on the way to youth camp. Because she was so generous in life, her parents decided to allow her to be an organ donor.

Moved by the generous life and tragic death of Maggie Lee, over 18,000 people performed ONE ACT OF KINDNESS in her honor on October 29, 2009, which would have been her 13th birthday. Thousands more have followed in the years since.

Water wells have been dug in Africa, a home has been built in Haiti, food delivered to the poor in Chicago, L.A., Paris, New York and Carracas. Money has been raised for organ donation services, women’s shelters, food pantries, animal shelters, and countless other non-profit organizations. Please join us in doing a good deed on October 29, 2018. We believe in doing so you will be changed for good.

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