The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 232, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 27, 2016 Page: 8 of 14
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isler and the lady asked me what I
was doing with all of that candy,”
she said. “I said I was teaching my
son a lesson, and I was going to take
him downtown Houston and pass the
candy out to the homeless people.
So, she donated S20, and the man
standing behind me in line also do-
nated S20 and I bought more candy.
The next day was Christmas F.ve. We
drove downtown and he was excited,
thinking he was going to get a pres-
ent. We parked across Minute Maid
Park and 1 told him we were going
to pass out the candy to the homeless
and tell them Merry Christmas.”
Leacroy .said they walked around,
passing out candy to the homeless
and told them “Merry Christmas”
and “God Bless.” Then, they came
upon a row of people that were sleep-
ing.
“(Will) wanted to place a piece
of candy on each of their beds,”
Leacroy said. “Then, we ran out of
candy and then there were a group of
people standing nearby with an old-
er gentlemen that seemed to be their
ringleader. He yelled at us to come
over to him. It was a little scary situ-
ation going on. It was just us by our-
selves.”
Leacroy said that they approached
the man and then were surrounded by
a group of homeless people who had
been living outside in the downtown
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him, he just went along with it.”
On Will’s birthday, family and
friends were told on the invitation
not to bring presents, but instead
dark-colored men’s socks.
How Layton's Light was started is
a story of its own.
Kimberly Leacroy, mother of Lay-
ton Lewis, a seventh grade Barbers
Hill Middle School South student,
talked about how the program was
started.
“Some years ago, we were going
through a really rough time and I had
just lost my job," Leacroy said. “1
was living back home with my mom
and Layton was in the gimme phase.
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was not going to get everything he
wanted for Christmas. I was in a dark
place mentally and emotionally. So, I
did a lot of praying so God put it on
my heart to teach him a lesson.”
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And we said he makes straight A’s.
And then the man said he wanted
Layton to promise him and every-
one in the group that you will always prospect of handing out the socks to
respect your mother and make good the homeless.
“It is great, great, great" he said.
“It helps other people feel happy.”
Leacroy said they are in need of
1,750 pair of men’s socks. They pre-
fer darker colored socks since they
crying. Then the man asked Layton
and asked if he had been a good boy
that year. He said yes. And then he
asked if Will makes good grades? of people get excited about the Bible
verse and say that is what they really
needed.”
Will himself is overjoyed at the
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Socks can be donated up until Dec.
16. On Dec. 22, Leacroy said they
they passed out 79 bags with five pair will pack up the socks and then place
of socks in each bag. Last year, 2015, them inside the bags.
she said they passed out 200 bags
with a week’s worth of socks in each
bag along with three full sized candy
bars. Also included was a handmade
Christmas card along with a Bible www.facebook.com/LaytonsLight/?-
verse.
“This year we are planning to hand
area.
“They started to surround us and I
was terrified at this point,” Leacroy
said. “Layton was shaking, almost kindergarten students are making
Christmas cards to put in the bags.
And we will do a Bible verse as well.
We do a different one each year. A lot
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one that flips the moment you haw
child. The one that allows you to see el
danger in every scenario imaginable.!
one that allows you to feel extreme!
right along with sheer terror so tough!
feel you can’t breathe. H
I wasn’t warned of this switch wh!
was pregnant. Not even after, when ll
isolated because 1 thought 1 was the !
one. It wasn't until I began talking !
other mothers and hearing them si
their fears, that I began to realize I waH
alone. Looking back, I worked with ml
ers who would think of wild “whatH
scenarios I never would have though!
I used to wonder why they would thin!
such things. But now 1 understand, ■
But do we have to think of such thirl
Ihrough the study of Mindfulness, ■
learned we can’t control our thou J
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ing like clouds. Sometimes those ckl
are bright and thin and other times the!
thick and gray. It’s in our nature to f(l
on the thick and gray ones in order!
survival. But the beautiful thing is thatl
can give ourselves permission to let til
negative thoughts go. Brene Brown, I
thor of “Daring Greatly" and other wtl
of non-fiction, argues that in holding cl
the negative, we are protecting oursel
from vulnerability and robbing oursel
of pure joy. And without pure joy we I
our sense of connection with the work]
But how do we focus on the positl
rather than the negative? In the moml
when our thoughts can easily spiral, 1|
do we get through the pain? in my expl
ence, acknowledging pain in any moml
rather than fighting it is the first stel
know that whenever I feel “negatil
emotions, my first response is to fl
it because it’s uncomfortable. But fl
learned that giving in, being still witll
allow ing myself to exist with it, if only!
a few moments, takes the power froni
and therefore allows me to move on. I
The most important lesson I’ve learl
in dealing with the switch that flipped il
months ago, is choosing to be gratefil
was taught to be kind and thankful I
what I have, to bow my head and th]
my creator for what he has given me, el
when it's hard. But it wasn't until reel
ly that I learned what that truly mean!
means loving every part of me, even I
parts 1 could do without. It means bel
grateful for my past because it has tail
me life lessons 1 can pass on to my daul
ter. It means learning to love others ml
deeply because I’ve learned to love r|
self. I
This Thanksgiving, I was at home 1
my husband and daughter, both of whl
were getting over different illnesses. I
didn’t get to spend time with family J
friends. I'm not going to lie. I cried a I
times. It was my daughter’s first I hanl
giving, my husband and I's first Ihanl
giving with her, and we had to sit at hoi
and miss out on the turkey. The pl
the casseroles, the cranberry sauce. I
smiles, the laughter, stories, and warmfl
After allowing myself to mope a I
times, I've decided to look at this brigh
1 could say, “Oh how terrible it is that
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Will Haas, a 6-year-old from Mont Belvieu, decided to give up birthday presents
I eacroy said she then went to a lo- this year and instead ask his friends to help him make donations to Layton’s
cal Walgreen’s and bought S50 worth Light, which is a local outreach organization that focuses on providing new socks
<’f candy. to the homeless in Houston on Christmas Eve. From left, Kelley Maze, kindergar-
•T brought it up to thej-ash jeg- ten teacher at the Kindergarten Center in Mont Belvieu; Will Haas; Layton Lewis,
~J......' founder of Layton’s Light; and Kimberly Leacroy, Layton’s mom.
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each other is what
grades because if you don’t you’ll
turn out like me and the rest of the
people here. He made Layton shake
his hand in front of those people.”
Leacroy said Layton was so ex-
cited about their experience that he don’t show as much dirt.
wanted to do it again ... but this time Anyone who wishes to donate
with socks instead of candy. socks can drop them off at the Bar-
“I asked him why and he said be- bers Hill Kindergarten Center or the
cause socks make your feet happy,”
she said.
Leacroy said that in their first year,
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 232, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 27, 2016, newspaper, November 27, 2016; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1192793/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.