Project: "Snack"

Last night Jayson and I had a chat before bed. Here's how it went...

"Daddy, my tummy's growling" Jayson asked, "Can I have a snack?"
"Are you hungry?" I asked.
"Mmmhmmm..." Jayson replied.
"Did you know that some little boys and girls don't ever get a snack?"
Jayson's lip pouted as he started to realize what I was saying.
"They will get a snack from the Church!" Jayson said in an excited tone.
"But what if they don't have a church?"
"They can get a snack from the kitchen!"
I said, "But who will give them their snack?"
"Their Daddy can give them a snack!"
"But what if their daddy can't afford giving them a snack?"
"Then... their Mama will give them a snack!"
"But what if their mama can't afford it either?" I asked.
"Then they will go to the store to get a snack!"
"But what if they just don't have money to buy the snack?"
Jayson pouted again and got a really worried look on his face.
"They have growling tummys" Jayson replied.
Then I said, "They always have growling tummys. They never get snack."
Again Jayson pouted and looked really sad... so, I decided that I probably got the point accross.
"But do you know what we can do Jayson? We can help those boys and girls get snacks"
In which Jayson replied... "We can give them a snack and some JUICE!"
"I think Daddy's going to pray and look into getting us to do this. Do you want to help give other kids a snack?"
"yeah, we will give them juice and a snack!" Jayson replied. "Then they will be happy and their tummys will stop growling!"

I went on to explain how giving up some of his old toys would also help make some little boys and girls happy. The older I get, the more I hate this world and how materialistic it is. It's so weird though, because my generation is caught in the middle of it. May it never be that our kids value the things in this world too much. May they be thankful and not hoarding, have gratitude and not spoiled like the generations before them. This is a lifestyle change for our family, I know. But you have to start somewhere. (just don't get me started with recycling and land fills)

more stories to come...

-Daddun