Sometimes it’s hard to know that there’s a great big world you haven’t seen. As much as Mami and Papi try to show you, there will always be things we don’t want you to see.
Pain. Misery. Suffering. Sadness. Madness.
We do our best to keep these from you. Sometimes we fail. This year, one of your classmates lost everything shortly before Christmas in a fire. Chances are, you won’t remember. And I know you won’t realize we dipped into the bank account to help that family. I do hope, however, that we teach you that we had to.
We couldn’t sit idly by while someone suffered.
We couldn’t sit on our hands and not extend them in comfort and aid.
It wasn’t about us. It wasn’t even about giving in the spirit of the holiday season. It was about being human and caring for those who can’t care for themselves.
There are a lot of people in this great big world. We can’t take care of them all. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.
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