10. Resources

Harper has this Fisher Price table that she loves. She can use it to pull herself up to standing, cruise, play music, learn to count, learn colors, and even learn spanish! All that for just 40 bucks at Target. It's amazing really.

She loves this thing, as you can see. She has a DVD/flash card set that can teach her how to read...that's right, it's designed to teach babies how to read! She has books, tons of toys, an awesome jumper, a baby stroller that helps her walk, the list goes on. I am so grateful for all these things. Are they all necessary? Nope. But as parents we want the best for our kids.

Then it makes me think of all the kids in the rest of the world who have nothing. Not even food for breakfast. Harper has one of those nice high chairs where just the top tray part pops off for easy washing. It's even dishwasher safe. It's just sad that the differences are so vast. I'm grateful, but it still makes me sad.

Before we lived here in Prescott, Chris and I lived in South Africa for 2 1/2 years. We loved it there. We didn't live a in metal shack, but there were more than plenty of people who did. Whenever we went to the townships (the very poor areas), we would always see some kids playing with something as simple as a stick, and they were so incredibly happy! Those kids were more content than I think I could ever be. Ironic.

Let's help. There are so many ways to help needy children, or even adults for that matter, around the holidays. This morning at our church the bulletin was full of ways that we can help people. We can choose a child off of these cards and send them wrapped shoeboxes full of presents. There was another set of cards of children whose parents are incarcerated. You choose one of them and give them a great Christmas. Those are just 2 examples of things that we can do. As I mentioned in an earlier post, The Freeman Project sends pencils and paper to kids who have nothing. If I can spend $40 on a cool "educational" table for my 10 month old, I can find some money to send these kids. I put a link on the right to the website where you can donate. If you do, please check on the amount that you donate so that we can see a difference over the next month and a half.

I love kids. I absolutely LOVE being a mother. I am so glad that we are able to give Harper so much. But what about those kids who don't have anything?