An essential project
My greatest gift is to see the investment, kindness and generosity that emanate from the “Christmas Elves 2021” project. My gift, it has great repercussions because this year, 48 generous people will offer a little treat to as many strangers, that is to say humans who request the services of an organization on the South Shore. from Montreal. Organizing this project gives me immense and precious pleasure and it is for me a gift appreciated well beyond a material good. Happy Holidays time !
Jessica Lapierre, Longueuil
For future generations
My gift has already been bought: a plot of 300 x 1000 meters in a flood zone and in the meanders of the Etchemin river (Bellechasse). The goal is to make it a protected natural environment forever. This gift is for me, my three children, my seven grandchildren and future generations. Grandpa is very happy.
Rénald Lemieux, Saint-Léon-de-Standon
Resilience
The best gift: resilience. And I offer it to my family. Resilience: the ability to cope successfully with a situation representing intense stress as well as to recover, adapt and succeed in living and developing positively despite these adverse circumstances. R = laughs; E = hope; S = health; I = importance; L = light; I = essential; E = exchange; N = feed; C = gift; E = together. To my family for this holiday season and for the year 2022, many laughs, hope that better days are ahead, take care of their health, the importance of always seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Feeding on all these ingredients is essential. The exchange of the gift will be privileged, because we must all share it together so as not to forget. With all my love !
Celine Brideau
Help children discover the dream
May all children, grandchildren and great grandchildren count on us adults. It’s important, adults. To make them discover the dream, because, without a dream, nothing is possible. To draw them sheep in the countryside. To sing them songs filled with energy and playfulness. To make them discover the thousand and one faces of love, mutual aid and bursts of laughter in abundance. Two wonderful gifts would be to give them confidence and love them.
François Robert jr, Quebec
A gift for life
The greatest gift would be to offer my sister the opportunity to receive the bone marrow donation she has been waiting for since the onset of COVID-19 so that she can continue on her life path, albeit imperfect. It is when it escapes us that we understand its importance.
Angela Smej
A new language
I would give everyone immediate knowledge of a foreign language. Speaking a second language means turning to the other, to a different culture and perspective. It is an open door to tolerance and sharing. Isn’t that what the Christmas spirit is? Happy holidays to everyone !
Micheline Brodeur, Blainville
Hope in the face of illness
My daughter, Maryse, my wonderful one, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), with hypermobility. Little known, ADS causes her intense pain 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At 34, when life should be at its peak, hers is a series of mourning, all things a young man. intelligent, beautiful woman, will not be able to live because her body does not follow. And there is little hope medically. As she puts it so well, there are no stars with SED, so no spokespersons to raise millions for research, which is almost non-existent. She is courageous, my wonderful. At Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, there is a pain management center. She dreams of having a place there. Unfortunately, the wait is about five years, it seems. It’s a long time, five years, when you have pain all over your body. My extraordinary gift would be to offer her a place in this center, in the hope of improving her quality of life.
France Lefebvre, a mother filled with admiration for her daughter’s courage
Christmas dinner
The best gift would be for my two sisters to be with me for a Christmas dinner! And all happy and happy!
Madeleine Ethier
Reconnect with the beauties of nature
The best gift I could give someone would go to my younger brother, to whom I would restore sight. He suffered from a degenerative optic nerve disease at the age of 18 that made him blind, and is now 42 years old. He is the bravest, most resilient and inspiring individual I know. With this pandemic that dragged on and the many associated constraints, regaining sight would allow him to reconnect with the beauties of nature, the multiple colors and the simple tangible images of his daily life. It would be, I am sure, an invaluable gift for him.
Sophie Tougas, Bedford