Photo Credit: Black Rifle Company
Earlier this month, the people of Mayfield, Kentucky were among those who felt Mother Nature's wrath. The worst tornado event Kentucky has ever endured simply ravaged their town, leaving death and destruction in its wake.
It turned out, however, Mother Nature did not make the trip from Clarksville, Tennessee to Mayfield, Kentucky an impossible one to make. And for the people of Mayfield, that proved to make all the difference.
Jimmy Finch, 42, lives in Clarksville, Tennessee. He was neither born nor raised nor ever resided in Mayfield, Kentucky. Yet, on Sunday, December 12, Jimmy Finch drove from Clarkville, Tennessee to Mayfield, Kentucky, fired up his smoker, and spent the day feeding its residents and the rescue workers on site helping them.
The smoker he transported to Mayfield is not his. He borrowed it from a cousin. He gave up a night's sleep to head over state lines in the darkness in order to have the coals fired up by 4:30 in the morning. Why did he do what he did? "I'm just here because not everybody has money. But people want food. People need food."
Well said, Mr. Finch, and thank you. Thank you for reminding me - and others too - of the true meaning of Christmas.
-AK
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