cyber monday // give back
cousins on thanksgiving
I've been excited for today for awhile. I'm a BIG online shopper you see. Cyber Monday is like my arena. I love it. But something happened last night. Matt and I were watching 60 minutes per a usual Sunday night and it highlighted the World Food Programme, specifically it's work in aiding Syrian Refuges, and suddenly Cyber Monday seemed like a joke. I was stunned. In the 21st Century, in a world where my family had TOO MANY leftovers on Thanksgiving, people, children, are dying from starvation. I'm not completely naive now. I know there are other parts of this world, other parts of my city even, where people don't live like I do. Where the last thing on their minds is Cyber Monday and the most pressing concern is their next meal. But when the face of a child, a young girl, flashed across my TV screen in the arms of her mother where she died from hunger, I just couldn't shake it. No child should die of hunger today. Especially when food is just a few blocks away (which was the case for this sweet, poor child). I know most of us sincerely try to give back, especially this time of year. And I truly believe your efforts make a huge difference. Whether it's Operation Christmas Child, Salvation Army Donations or baked goods for those in need, your help is needed and appreciated. So I guess this post is just a whole lot of rambling for me to say thanks. Thanks to those who tirelessly work for the good of others. Thanks to the World Food Programme. To their volunteers who give their lives to bring a little hope to families who have lost theirs. You bring Jesus to places that have lost everything. Thank you. Also I want to encourage you ALL to take this quiz. It is COMPLETELY FREE and takes maybe 90 seconds. And for each quiz taken, a meal is donated. Please yall. It doesn't take much. You can also donate to the World Food Programme Here.
**This post is NOT a bashing on Cyber Monday or shopping at all. I believe in supporting small businesses and I love picking out gifts for loved ones. It was just a bit of a reminder, maybe just for myself, that there is a bigger world that we live in. One that needs us to act. And act now.
Happy Monday!
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