We read a great children's book last night--one that got stuck in the bag with our Christmas check-outs. Maybe the snow blowing in the picture on the front cover made one of the kids think it was a Christmas book. But what a great find...great story about charity.
I frequently tell the children how lucky they are not to be eating dinner out of a dumpster (or lunch or breakfast...whatever meal they are complaining about). They always say, "Oh, mom." But after they read the book, I think they understood that I'm not kidding when I say that. It's hard for suburban children to understand true poverty. They never witness it for themselves. A while back I searched the libary catalog for books about poverty and came up with very few. So, what a blessing that this book made it to our bag.
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