My heart is smiling...

Hi,

Like many people right now, we have been quite effected by the news of the situation in Haiti. It really hits home since I have two colleagues at work who have yet to hear news from their family still living there. I particularly find it hard to think about all the children over there who are hurt or have lost their families. Apparently the orphanages are overwhelmed...


We decided to talk about the situation to Mathieu in terms that he could understand and absorb. We explained to him that tomorrow we would be going down to a place called the Red Cross where we could give money to help all the boys and girls in Haiti have new homes to live in and food and clothes. Mathieu took a minute to think about this and then went to get his piggy bank from this room. He told us that he wanted to give $100 dollars and proceeded to dump out his change and count out a hundred coins. He asked me, "Do you think $100 dollars is enough to buy a boy or a girl a new house?". If only...

Anyways, we are so blessed to have all that we do and so blessed to have a son whose heart is big enough to want to share the money that he has been carefully saving...