The Season To Give

Today my son's preschool teacher (and someone I am honored to call a friend) started a daily "challenge" for the month of December. Now, she uses that word "challenge" lightly because she doesn't want it to be something people feel they HAVE to do. She wants it to be a positive choice for everyone each and every day. She wants everyone to remember why we really celebrate this season and to think of others more than ourselves. Today she's inviting her friends to donate a piece of outerwear to someone in need.

She talked to the kids today during preschool about the fact that it's more important to give than receive. She told them to look around their house for old coats, mittens and hats that they could give to someone who doesn't have one.

Before we left preschool, she mentioned this lesson to me in case my son said something about it. Well, we weren't more than 3 blocks from her house when he asked me if we had any old mittens, coats or hats that we don't use anymore. He wants to give them to someone who needs them! So we gathered a few things and we have a bag ready for him to bring to preschool in the morning to put in the donation pile.

I was SO tickled. Not only that his wonderful teacher was teaching her preschool kids the importance of giving - but the fact that my son was listening and caught on!

What a beautiful day!