Jellenholder
December 3rd, 2003, 9:23am
I just wanted to share with you all something I did last night that made me feel really good.
A few weeks ago a friend of mine invited me to a Christmas function that her church organizes every year called Advent by candlelight. Its basically a big group of woman that get together for desserts and coffee, everyone who attends donates a baby gift to be given to low income or teen mothers who are pregnant or have newborns and at the end of the night everyone sings christmas carols by candlelight. Well me not being the very religious type was pretty reluctant to go but i figured what the heck it will get me out the house.
I am currently 5 1/2 months pregnant so coming up with a baby gift was pretty easy for me to do because i have been stocking up on things I will need in the very near future. I donated a new baby bathtub, a newborn outfit, a can of formula, a pack of diapers, and a cute little teddy bear.
Truthfully the whole event was really not my style and I did not have a very good time. This might sound bad but the whole time i was there I couldnt wait to get home to eat the meatball sub I had been craving for the past four hours LOL but when I came home I realized what a wonderful feeling I had in my heart knowing that someone out there that is not as fortunate as I am will be able to feed and diaper thier son or daughter because of my actions. WOW I have given to charitys before but never before have I felt this way about giving to others. Its funny how we forget how good we really have it. I hope others here will be able to help the less fortunate this year so they can experience the same feelings I have right now.
Have a good one!
A few weeks ago a friend of mine invited me to a Christmas function that her church organizes every year called Advent by candlelight. Its basically a big group of woman that get together for desserts and coffee, everyone who attends donates a baby gift to be given to low income or teen mothers who are pregnant or have newborns and at the end of the night everyone sings christmas carols by candlelight. Well me not being the very religious type was pretty reluctant to go but i figured what the heck it will get me out the house.
I am currently 5 1/2 months pregnant so coming up with a baby gift was pretty easy for me to do because i have been stocking up on things I will need in the very near future. I donated a new baby bathtub, a newborn outfit, a can of formula, a pack of diapers, and a cute little teddy bear.
Truthfully the whole event was really not my style and I did not have a very good time. This might sound bad but the whole time i was there I couldnt wait to get home to eat the meatball sub I had been craving for the past four hours LOL but when I came home I realized what a wonderful feeling I had in my heart knowing that someone out there that is not as fortunate as I am will be able to feed and diaper thier son or daughter because of my actions. WOW I have given to charitys before but never before have I felt this way about giving to others. Its funny how we forget how good we really have it. I hope others here will be able to help the less fortunate this year so they can experience the same feelings I have right now.
Have a good one!