For the fourth year in a row, James Harden and his mom took a group of single mothers and their children shopping for Christmas. Unfortunately for high profile athletes, alot of good stories like this don’t get the same attention as one shrouded with negativity.
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The Houston Rockets superstar and his mom took 20 single mothers and their kids, which was about 40 kids in total, all dressed in “Team Harden” T-shirts and blue Santa hats, holiday shopping at a South Houston Target store.
Harden has always paid it forward and knows he is in a blessed position.
“Growing up, my mom was by her lonesome, so I had to do a lot, me, my brother, and my sister,” said Harden. “So I can kind of relate.”
“I was trying to guide the moms in a direction so they can help guide their kids in a better direction,” said Monja Willis, Harden’s mother.
The effect the gesture had on the mothers was not lost on anyone there.
“I don’t want to say too much because I’m gonna get teary eyed,” said Demetrias, who was shopping with her grandson she’s helping raise. “I’m getting teary eyed right now. I don’t wanna cry, okay? But it means a lot to me. It really does.”
Others had trouble holding back that emotion.
“I’m really appreciative of this,” said Tammy Copeland, a single mother of three young kids who was taking part in the event. “I work and I go to school, and I’m a single mother of three kids. Very hard, but things like this, God just keeps on blessing me.”
Good move James!
