Be Careful What You Wish For!
Under the heading, “be careful what you wish for,” I was thinking I should do more philanthropic work.
Enters Childhelp, http://www.childhelp.org, with a cause you never want to face: child abuse. With so many causes almost all are worthy of our attention. What to pick? How can one turn away from helpless little human victims?
I’ve seen the sad puppy ads, many of those organizations are machines who spend most of their money to feed the machine, not the puppies. (note to self, hope this doesn’t cause a backlash on it’s own. You DON’T want to get me started on PETA; they took us on locally. We won.)
But to face children who through no fault of their own are abused; the statistics are staggering.
Setting Online Boundaries for Elementary School Kids is just one article from their website, and frankly, I didn’t have the stomach to share some of the other stories of abuse, this one is a helpful positive way to set online boundaries for the kids, especially with summer coming up, they’ll be home with you more.
If nothing else, you now know why you haven’t heard from me in awhile. Well that and a girlfriend calling to say, “Do you know anyone who can help me just a couple days a week covering weddings at our local historic mansion?”
That one comes under the heading of, “What was I thinking?” and is another blog entirely, mini-series, comedy sitcom, book turned into a movie . . . oh wait, they just did that with Bridesmaids, but I digress and I encourage you to at least look at this website http://www.childhelp.org, and find a local group who do phenomenal work like the one I found near Washington DC/MD/Virginia area.
When everyone else might be thinking of graduations, summer vacations and the 4th of July, you will, of course, want to do all those things too; but, facing something so poignant makes for much sounder sleep these days. I’ve been meaning to share it with you for some time, and finding the time has been the biggest challenge. So happy graduation to some, happy summer to all, I hope a few of you will consider taking a moment to look at this most worthy organization.
God Bless you all!
Don’t forget to check out Setting Online Boundaries for Elementary School Kids
