I'm really proud of my Bride. She's temporarily restricted from volunteering at the children's hospital, so she's knitting baby blankets. These are going to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
One of our favorite things to do at the hospital is to deliver baby blankets knitted by other volunteers, wrap up the babies, hold them, and talk to them. We miss it, and we aim to get back to it later this year. The RN's in the unit simply don't have the time to dedicate, and sadly some babies have no other visitors. As volunteers, we're encouraged to be professional. Don't tell anyone, but we fall in love with these sweeties every week.
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I get to see my Kindergarten kids tomorrow for the first time since Christmas. I'm allowed to volunteer there if the kids haven't had a rash of absences due to sickness over the past week. The teacher gave me the all clear to show up tomorrow. Can't wait.
Anticipating another trip to Florida next year, I've contacted the local children's hospital there to see if I can help out. Don't know unless you ask, right?
So why do I share this? Three reasons. (1) I'm proud of my Bride, and I love the kids. (2) More help is needed in every community especially from MEN. I've seen it time and again over the past 20 years or so. Women carry the load in working with kids in various functions. Father figures are needed. Not every kid has one that is present. I'm hoping one of my 30DC brothers will see this and feel led to reach out (now or maybe later) and get involved in some fashion. "Showing up" is just about the only required skill. (3) And of course, I want to aggravate those of you that only want to see shave-related posts. If that's you...well...
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