. A friend of mine recently posted on facebook for anyone who could donate leftover school stationery and other items for three kids whose dad recently passed away (he was a single parent). She was blown away by the response and generosity of people who just want to give and it has resulted in more…
At Christmas time my 4 little ones and I would go to the toy store and buy whatever my kids thought were cool toys then we would drive around and look for people that had little kids. We would randomly stop at bus stops where we would typically see mothers waiting with their children for…
My family and I went into the city yesterday (Melbourne). It’s not something we do often as we live an hour or so away, but as my youngest son is highly interested in modern architecture, he loves going to see the tall, shiny buildings. My eldest son couldn’t wait to explore the magic shop and my husband and I…
Last summer we had a friend who needed repairs to her van and couldn’t afford to pay for them. She is a young mother of four children and her husband is in jail. Her parents are living with her and her mom is dying from chronic COPD. We arranged for a man we go to…
When I was 21, I had a car and a job, but nowhere to live, so my boyfriend and I lived in my car. We would drive into a camp ground at night after collection hours and shower, then be out early in the morning before the rangers came through. That was the only reason I…
My daughter Leigh teaches 2nd grade and she heard that school classrooms across the nation are making paper snowflakes to send to the school in Newtown, that will become the new school for the students who went to SandyHook. They will be hung throughout the “new” school to make it look like a Winter wonderland when…
I did not see this, but became very proud of my son when another parent found me and told me what she had just witnessed at our first Cub scout meeting. The kids were making all sorts of crafts and my son was working on a hobby horse on a stick. It was made out…