Mom, don't read this post.

Hey, I said Don't!

; )

Ok, everyone else: one of the blogs I follow, on the right sidebar, is called Sarah's Covenant Homes and is a group of orphanages for abandoned special-needs children in India. Just this past Christmas they rescued 43 children who were languishing in neglect in a state-run institution, doubling their number of children overnight. Most of those children were in dire physical health, and the people who run the orphanage have worked hard to restore them to health; without the rescue, some of the children probably would have died within days or weeks. But when you take in so many desperately sick kids all at once, not knowing their medical history or needs, there are so many ways things can go wrong. So the orphanage has suffered losing two children recently, children who might not have died if there had been emergency equiptment available (Sarah's story of arriving in the "ER" of the nearest hospital is so appalling--no doctors on duty and the attendants there did not know how to help the dying child).

So now they are trying to raise money to purchase emergency equiptment for the orphanage, as well as some medical machines for their special-needs orphans that are not available at any hospital in their area. And they have had the brilliant idea of offering photo "cards" featuring the children who will benefit from this equiptment! As you help improve the lives of children in need, you can thank your mom for how well she raised you! ; )

You can read the original announcement here and if you think your mom would appreciate this loving gesture in her honor, be sure to read this post to find out about the last call for card "orders" in time for Mother's Day.

You know, personally, I think Mother's Day is overrated. I mean, I am a mom every day, and I sure wish my family would show me love and appreciation every day! ; ) BUT I am also all for using any excuse to shower others with love, so if setting aside one day a year to honor mothers gets us motivated, then Amen!