Some days I can't wait for the night to come, for the sun to set and the envelope of night to wrap around me so that I may be relieved of my daily duties as a mother and wife, and I am able to be selfish for a while.
Almost every morning i have to convince my son why today is going to be a great day at school and why he shouldn't miss it! Really pump him up...so that I can actually get him out the door with out a fake cough or a "please will you pick me up early today". He is enrolled in one of the best public schools in Mass. and yet he takes that for granted just as much as I take all that I have for granted. I forget that I am a lucky person, blessed with a family, and great friends that are a once in a life time find! I have all the luxerys and modern conviences from the flat screens, ipods & designer jeans to massages, pedicures, and gym memberships, and life goes by day by day, and you forget that you are different from most.
My brother and his wife are teachers, and just out of school they made a trip to ghana and taught some of the poorest kids they had ever met, afer their experiences there they started a non profit organization called the Ghana Wisdom Foundation, where they strive to help these kids, by building schools and providing resources (if you have ever read Three Cups of Tea, it is very similar, minus the 100 million dollar donation the man in the book recieved!!!!)
In doing my small part, (10% of my buisness income gets donated to help) I urge you all to make a donation if possible, (a hole school can be built for a few thousand dollars), maybe some of you need a tax deduction this year!!!!!
www.ghanawisdom.org
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