The overlooked

There's a new movie out ('Instant Family') taking a realistic look at foster parenting and I'd kind of like to see it, but the preview shows a teenaged girl at a foster event telling the lady who eventually chooses to foster her and her siblings that nobody cares about the older kids who need a home, it is all about the babies and little kids.  Our community does a Christmas drive for some of the needy families in town, asking for gift ideas and then allowing community members to purchase the item.  Usually it is things like boots for a little boy or a sleeper for a baby, but something completely different caught my eye this year.  I hung back and let everyone else pick over the paper ornaments with the requested gift, curious to see what would be left.  It was the only one not chosen: a surprise basket for an 84 year old man.  Certainly not cute or adorable, but just as important as the little kids that steal much of our attention this time of year.  I'm rather excited to bring a little joy into the life of this anonymous gentleman when all others might well overlook him this holiday season.  Is there someone in your life or community that could use a little kindness, a smile, a kind word this holiday season?  Someone who nobody else is likely to notice or care about?  Let's make it a merry Christmas for everybody!