every christmas, my church has a couple angel trees with cards on them representing a person we are in direct relationship as a church. i love this and michael can tell you i always make a beeline to pick out my cards as soon as i can. i usually get three cards - a single mom, an elementary girl, and an infant girl. this year, however, i decided to get two little girls and one little boy and i explained the angel tree to my kids and we went to toys r us and they helped pick out the toy present each child on the card wanted - and then to target for the clothes each child needed. i loved doing this and will definitely do it again - it helped take the focus off the "i wants" and made my kids stop and think for a minute about the fact that there are so many children in our world who have so much less than they do!
my favorite moment by far of this whole process was when we were leaving target and LM Giggles says completely on her own, "kiki, on my birthday next year, instead of me getting a bunch of presents, can i take a bunch of presents to some kids who don't have any toys??" now, of course, that may be completely forgotten by the time her bday comes around again...but i love her sweet heart and am praying that God will keep her heart tender just like that. :)
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