Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Day 350 ~ Feed a Family

December 16, 2014
My Instead: I donated to the St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation.

Today in the mail, I received a pledge card asking for help with a donation for the St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation. I stood in my kitchen and quietly read what varying amounts of money would provide. I planned to give $25 as my small Christmas “give back a little” gift this year. I really don’t think I’ve ever done this in the past and I felt that the timeliness of this particular request was a sign for me to donate to them.

As I read the list of ways my gift would help, the $25 - $49 range stated this: A meal for a family staying with their child. I thought about my niece and the hardship for her young family during the last 2 ½ years coping with her stepson’s leukemia. When a child is stricken with a serious illness or injury, it is devastating. The suffering presented to both child and family is unfathomable to me. I never had to endure anything like this in my life and I am so grateful and blessed.


Today, I gave back a little by feeding a family that is not quite so blessed.


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