Last night, I successfully added the PayPal Donate button. My Prince, immersed in a cartable of homework witnessed my victory dance as he officially tested the button and donated 5 $ to see how it works. The PayPal donate option had already been suggested by a family friend back when Sébastien was still waiting for a transplant. I was unwilling to install PayPal anywhere on the website because it seemed to me to be too upfront. Since then, I suppose one can call it a change of heart… A button is a suggestion, making a gift so easy to do - a click, a supply of information, and done.
Why do we offer the donation option?
Showing you that you can donate takes some guts. For anyone, receiving in time of need is often harder than giving. There never could seem to be enough “Thank-yous” to express gratefulness. In the end, it’s a matter of trust. The person who gives trusts that their gift will be used for something good, even though they risk not benefiting from it directly. The person who receives trusts that the giver will think no less of them for taking the donation. We can’t say that your donation will further medical research. We can’t even offer you a tax rebate. We aren’t able to guarantee that you’ll be feeding a family for one month. Instead we can try to explain that Sébastien will be needing it soon for the anti-rejection drugs he’ll be taking as an outpatient. Instead, we can hope, along with you, that someday, you will see him walk. We hope, along with you, that you can see his smile in person.
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