Amazing people

I am a realist and in many instances in my life I am sad to say, have taught me to distrust and be fairly critical of other people.  This negative and unfair view as humanity as a whole changed drastically after the fire.  Complete strangers reached out to us and gave us monetary and emotional support that surprised and impressed me and although there are still those people that make me shake my head and wonder what the world is coming to, I am sill happy to say that I am still continually touched and inspired by amazing people.  Today especially.  You see I have an acquaintance who I have only met a couple of times but have friended on Facebook.  This woman after several and I mean several years at failed attempts to conceive has decided to enter the world of foster parenthood.  First off, I think anyone who is willing to open their homes, hearts, and resources to these children are incredible, but this woman reaches a whole new level in my eyes.  First she went through the entire (difficult) process to be certified.  After months of paperwork and meetings and years of waiting to be the mother figure she was informed that she would have three kids placed in her care.  The kids’ ages are two weeks, fifteen months, and a three year old.  Here this woman has never had the chance of being a mom to suddenly being responsible for three children under the age of three.  I remember what an adjustment it was for me just dealing with my child when he was born and the shock and change that brought to my life and routine, let alone three children being added all at once and did I mention her husband deployed just days after she got the children.  So not only is this woman doing this all on her own, she is doing while dealing with the stresses and loss that comes during a deployment.  Not only has she taken the kids on, but everything that comes with them.  As I mentioned she never had children of her own so she doesn’t have the items necessary for everything the children required.  I donated what I could to her, but felt bad I wasn’t able to give more.

I was so impressed with this woman and her story that I was sharing it with one of my good friends who immediately started doing an inventory of what could be donated from her own personal stockpiles.  In one day she had a car load of items set up and ready to deliver to the new mom.  The generosity and compassion touches my heart and I can’t help but be thankful and grateful to have such amazing and inspiring people in my life.  Life is hard, really hard, and so when people are there to help us when it is needed most is the purest form of love I know.  I know these ladies have inspired me, so hopefully they can inspire you to pass on a good deed to someone in need.  (Warm fuzzies!)