Emma & I have been talking a lot lately about how lucky we are to have each other. And also about how there are many people in this world, including children, who are not quite so fortunate. She seemed to really have an empathetic response so I started looking for some ways to help show her more about the true meaning of Christmas and I found "Operation Christmas Child." This is a nonprofit group that sends shoeboxes full of gifts, toiletries, and treats to children all over the world. Any person can fill a shoebox, add $7 for shipping, and drop it off at a collection center where it will be sorted and sent across the globe. So I showed Emma some videos of the group and she thought it was really neat. She agreed to help more at home, cleaning her room, etc to help "earn money" to buy gifts. She doesn't really have a firm grasp of monetary value yet (come on, she barely turned 4 last month) but she gets it that toys cost money and some people can't buy them. So then we took her money and headed to the store to select gifts for a girl the same age as Emma. (By sheer virtue of living in the same house, and my not wanting to exclude them, TJ and Mikayla got to make boxes too. So I bought extras of the fillers.) The kids did well at filling the boxes and Emma was so proud of her contribution when we dropped them off at the church. She was so excited to see how many other boxes had been delivered and to think about how many kids were going to get gifts this year. My little girl has such a good, generous, heart and I am so proud to be her Mommy.
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