I Cried All Day Yesterday

Yesterday and today is the annual Cat Country Cares for St. Jude Radiothon. Every year I cry for two days listening to the stories about kids with cancer and all the good things that St. Jude does. Every year we become Partners in Hope, which means we contribute $25 per month to St. Judes. I took the boys to the Hamilton Mall last night to donate their little $2. I wanted them to understand that these kids are kids just like them and for them to realize that we may not have a lot of money and we may have had a really suckey few months, but they are healthy and they can go out and learn how to ride a bike or play with Tech Decks or whatever. They were so proud to put that $2 that they had saved from their allowence in that little box. In First grade, Justin's teacher asked the kids to write down what they would do if they had $100. Justin wrote that he would give his $100 to people with cancer. He knows that my mom died of cancer and he thought that $100 could help some other mommy not be sick.

Money, big houses, big cars, they are just things. I am so proud that my sons know that helping people is more important.