This is beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBZ-kJ6XAc

In honor of all the precious lives that have been touched by HIV

See the new AHOPE for Children video here:
http://www.ahopeforchildren.org/index.html

World AIDS Orphan Day

Here is a link to one of my most frequented blogs with a post concerning World AIDS Orphan Day which is tomorrow May 7th. I am passionate about this issue and this post says it all. Please read it and consider how you can help in some small way.

http://fullhousehandshearts.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Do you think they do this in public school??

One of my favorite clips from Sesame Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDJsgtoizj8

Hope this makes you smile today!!

In Memory of an Amazing Woman

Haregewoin Teferra, foster mother to hundreds of Ethiopian orphans, has passed away. You won't recognize her name unless you have read the book There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene. It gives you hope in the difference one person can make in the lives of an entire country and beyond; her story is one that will never be forgotten.This is a great loss to so many children. If you wish to help provide care for the children she left behind, Worldwide Orphans Foundation has set up a special Emergency Fund for Haregewoin's children.

A prayer from the Franciscans

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in the world so that you can do what others claim cannot be done to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.