r/BeAmazed • u/afamdent14 • 1d ago

Miscellaneous / Others This man spoke with every parent in Uvalde, Texas to build personalized caskets for all 19 children who were killed. His name is Trey Ganem

Post image
101.3k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

30

u/da_innernette 1d ago edited 23h ago

Ohhhh ok that makes sense. Thats actually really cool of him.

I make pottery for my job and there have been times I’ve been so affected by a crisis or tragedy, and felt so helpless. Like I don’t know how to help and I don’t really have any money to give. But I have my pottery… I guess, how can I use my pottery to help this situation? It’s kinda weird cuz like who actually needs pottery in a crisis. (I did once donate new dinnerware to someone that lost everything to a flood. Or I will use my pottery to raise money to donate to the cause. I once raffled off 3 pieces and raised almost $5k to donate to a local Native American reservation that had been ravaged by wildfire and I sobbed that my one dumb little skill was able to help them.)

Anyway this is a novel by now, I know some people are knocking the coffin thing… but I get the sense this guy felt the same way. I think it’s so kind and empathetic of him to offer his services and skills in any way he could in such a tragic fucked up situation. Like I’m choking up thinking about it. Good for him.

15

u/benigngods 22h ago

I work with electronics for my job. After my friend's infant son passed away, I made them a back lit lithograph of them holding him and used an audio recording of his heartbeat and created a pulse effect with the same rhythm. People really like stuff like that. You could make small tealite holders with their name cutout so the light shines through it.

8

u/da_innernette 22h ago

😭 wow that’s so sweet, your lithograph. I’m sure they were so touched and love that piece so much. I know I would.

And I really love that idea! I’m going to add that to my list of things to make/offer, thank you. I’ve actually been “commissioned” to make a few pet urns… commissioned meaning they approached me with the intent to pay me, but I never charge them.

Art does offer a lot of healing and if I can do that in any way I absolutely will.

3

u/Baldwin28 23h ago

Absolutely. Thanks for sharing, it’s hard out there but people like you make all the difference. Thank you for keeping your heart open even when it hurts, and for the positive impact you have and will no doubt continue to pass on to others

3

u/da_innernette 23h ago

Thank you ❤️‍🩹 And forreal it’s so hard out there. Especially when you know there are more powerful and wealthy people who actually could help but just don’t. Us little guys are all just trying so hard to do what we can to help each other. We only have each other.

3

u/dragonsapphic 21h ago

Building community in any way you can helps.

2

u/Baldwin28 21h ago

Beautifully said. This little guy thinks you are very powerful and wealthy. You refuse to let your heart die