Haiti

On Tuesday I was out running errands after dropping preschool carpool when I heard the radio announce the death toll in Haiti had reached two hunderd thousand. I was stunned. I knew about the quake, but hadn't realized the huge numbers of deaths. I immediately started bawling, right there in my car in a Target parking lot. Later that day Trevor arrived home from school saying his school was collecting money to send to help the kids in Haiti and he wanted to get all of his coins to take in. Later when I picked Ethan up from play practice he told me the same thing. Brent was out of town and Trevor had basketball practice 1/2 hour away so I hurried them through homework and dinner and practice. By the time we got home it was almost 8pm and time to get them to bed. I had forgotten about the money, but they hadn't. They both ran to their rooms and counted out their coins to take to school the next day. I'm so impressed with them for wanting to freely give to others in need instead of hanging on to this money to save up for a video game.