Giving is Awesome Winner | Athens Texas Photographer

A few weeks ago I announced the Giving is Awesome portraiture giveaway (details here) … and several nominations were received. Over the past couple of days, I along with a couple of elves agonized over which nominee to gift this custom portraiture session to … and this nomination was the one that kept tugging at us …

I recieved word from the chamber that you were offering a photo package to someone that could never afford such a blessing, so here is my nomination..

A wonderful young lady named Susan works at Classy Cuts (on south Hwy 19) is very deserving. On December 1st my wife needed her hair cut since she had just had her very first chemo treatment for breast cancer and was told she should have it cut short immediately in order to reduce the trauma of watching long her fall out. We had never step foot into Classy Cut before or ever met Susan before, but when it came time to pay she refused payment and offered her best wishes for my wife’s cancer cure.

During our time there we learned that she is 25 years old and has two precious children. It was also obvious that she had very little money and while I am sure she could see we had plenty of financial means to pay, she wanted to bless someone with cancer with the only gift she could give.

Please return the blessing to this very wonderful young lady. She certainly touched our hearts at a time needed most in our lives.

Thank you for your consideration,

Richard R

Congratulations Susan! And thank you Richard for helping us pay it forward this holiday season — we hope and pray your wife’s battle with breast cancer is successful as well.