It was a weekend of my girls helping others. Today we went to the Friends & Helpers Holiday Wrapping party. I can't believe the amount of support and giving this organization garners. Hundreds of people show up to donate their time and money to wrap thousands of donated presents given to domestic violence victims. We were given a large box of unwrapped gifts and asked to wrap them. Inside was a wish list filled out by a mother with three boys between the ages of 4 and 8. She has listed all of their top three choice presents. Each one of them had at least 6 nice gifts and my girls and I got to wrapping. We talked about why this mother needed help with her presents. I think it is important for the girls to understand that others are not as fortunate. This is a good way for them to gain some perspective in their short and sheltered lives. And to make my girls feel like participating in the future, after wrapping presents and stuff stockings, the Friends and Helpers organization had lunch, sweets, face painting and games for the kids. I am only sorry that we didn't have more time to help today - had to get to Abbey's soccer party.
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