Shine Bright! It's my life's quote! It's everything I try to do, everyday. We are to be the light in the darkness, we are to be the light to the world. When I started this business, I started it to to help people heal and to also help to shine a light through my art. Some people may scoff and see it as "only shoes", but it's MORE than that. It's bigger than that. If someone requests a scripture on a pair of shoes, then that can open a door for someone to share God's word with someone, or maybe someone else may see it and it will shine a light in their heart or maybe the person wearing it will have a brighter day because of it... I know I have. Or maybe someone asks for a pair of shoes with a design on it that has lyrics to a song that helped them go through a time of transitioning and healing in their life and when they look at them, they are reminded of their triumphs and they can tell their story? Or maybe someone gets a pair for their new baby or their wedding day, or a pair to mark a new marathon they completed, or battle of cancer they beat or to honor the memory of a loved one, or even of a design that makes them happy or just because they see something that they like. It doesn't matter becase ultimately, they get it because it makes them happy and it makes me happy and honored to be asked to do it and the end result is the greatest of all... a child in need as been given the opportunity of being helped and not only that, but the promise of continuing to be helped! You see, once TOMS makes the commitment to help out an area in need, they continue to help out and the chances of that one child being helped just once, means they will keep getting helped! With each and everyone order from YOU, that's a new pair to a child in need! I don't care if I paint butterflies or baseballs on a pair of shoes because the result is all the same- hope! And that is why I do this! I do this because with each and every single pair, a light is shining is 4 places: you, me, TOMS and the child receiving the shoes. It's an increcible opportunity and gift we are all apart of!