Heads or Tails... "Tools"

Hey, it’s Tuesday… so must be time for Barbara’s Heads or Tails meme... this week it’s HEADS - "Tool" - Make any kind of post using "Tool" as your theme/prompt.

SO, let’s see... Tools… oh I could have a LOT of fun with this one… LOL oh come on.. you know you went there too... Okay, making my brain behave…

I hope I’m providing my girls with the tools they need to be successful adults someday. I hope that the actions that Mr. W and I do in addition to the words we use (actions = tools, words = tools) are exactly what they need to be prepared in life. They need to be their own persons and think (brain = tool) for themselves. And I surely hope that they have seen from my heart how to have a caring heart (heart = tool) too.

I usually try not to be boastful about some of the little things that we do to be better persons. God is in the center of my life and I am not very loud about it (I think). Everyone has a job to do in his kingdom and I just don’t see my job shouting from the rooftops… but as a wonderful sweet friend told me a couple of years ago… you don’t announce your faith… but your actions show it. So these actions are also my tools. I am entrusted to help my fellow man. God gives me the tools I need to do this. Sometimes I need a hearing aid (hearing aid = tool) to hear what he is saying to me… but, that’s another post… LOL

So some of the more recent things that our family does to be good stewards for our fellow man:

- Both daughters donate hair for those charities that collect hair to make wigs for those that have hair loss (primarily cancer patients). April just made her 2^nd donation in as many years just a couple of weeks ago.

- When we are done with things we try our best to donate them… we used to give their clothes and toys that they outgrew to the local Domestic Violence program of the Salvation Army. Now most things go to another local charity for those that need the extra help.

- Mr. W donates his time at our local soccer club… it’s wonderful to have a place for children to gather to play soccer… where in some cases they might be prone to become idle and perhaps get into mischief.
- We also do our best to donate to other organizations such as our church, and some medical associations (heart, diabetes, cancer, etc.).
- BUT the most recent organization that I’ve become involved with is a grass roots type charity... it’s called SPIRITJUMP.

The premise behind SpiritJump is fantastic – to provide hope and comfort to those that are battling cancer one gift/card at a time… to let each cancer fighter know that they are not alone. The co-founders of SpiritJump are Meaghan and Stacy… You really should go see their personal blogs as well as the charity blog. I joined SpiritJump after seeing how they offered such wonderful support to my IRL sweet friend Amy after her diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma just before Christmas this past year.

Now… I suggested you go to their blogs and charity site… now I am telling that you do... because RIGHT NOW… YES NOW… they are having a summer raffle (it’s a new raffle each week… so make sure that you keep going back) to raise funds to support the charity. This week’s items are ideal for summer… go check them out and make sure you enter 100 times (or more if you are so inclined :)). Now I have given you the tools you need to enter the raffle… a link… go.. go now…