Blog — Charity

I don't know if your childhood was like mine but right about now I'd be really enjoying summer.  Playing in the sprinklers, riding bikes in our 20 foot driveway, falling on my head from the neighbors monkey bars (trying to hang from my feet like I saw that acrobat do).  Mom heads to K Mart and I tag along.  Everything is perfect until I'm accosted at the front doors by those wretched signs that say "Back to School Sale".  Suddenly I realize that it is coming in a couple of weeks.  I get a sick stomach immediately.  Well... a "few"...

Imagine living in a remote village where there is no running water, no electricity and the buildings/structures around you are made from mud.  It’s hot and sticky, no electricity means no air conditioning, if you even know what that is.  If there is no electricity... there is likely no gas, so you have no stove.  You’re cooking outside with those pesky bugs, trying to create something small for your family to eat.  Vegetables, rice??  Did you grow the vegetables in that pot… the only pot you own?  How did you buy the rice?  Where do you get the money from?...

Triple axel, end zone, goal posts, side out, super bowl, sweet 16, home run, 1 and done??  Not sure about that last one.  Those are all the sport words that I can come up with in about 15 seconds.  So, it’s a wonder that the charity that we’re supporting this round has to do with sports.  We’re not known in our household for catching the big games.  I've known Rob and Amy Castaneda since they were in 9th grade and I was a senior in high school….never mind when it was.  Don't be nosey.  Amy wasn't a Castaneda back then...

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Fade back to the 70’s or so… What do you see?… Lots of olive green ovens and and rust colored carpet… maybe we went too far back.  Come forward a little, oh it’s me.  My mom just made me a beautiful blue and white striped skirt.  I love it so much, I want a shirt to go with it, but mom thinks there is not enough material left to make a shirt. I’m a child, how much material can it take… and really how hard can it be?   It takes just a few straight lines of sewing.  While she is not looking, I...