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We’re already running late for preschool this morning, but I had to take a moment to give a little “Wheee!” that one of my posts is appearing on Aiming Low today!
“I Love My Type B Kids“, which originally ran here in July, is up on this most-awesome parenting website as part of their “Three Day Weekend” series. Please stop by and say hello and check out their other fabulous writers who always start off my day with a laugh and a wink.
I can’t say I blame her for wanting to lay low. After too-many-days of go-go-go, I think we’ve hit a wall. Other than some school work this morning and a bit of laundry, none of us want to go anywhere. Even D waited until 3:30 to get out of his pajamas.
I’ve gotten to be a bit “bah humbug” about Valentine’s Day over the years. How did a holiday that is presumably about the sweetness of love become so over-commercialized and junk-filled?
This year, I decided to take back Valentine’s Day and do something to share our love with some people who could really use it. So, we decided to make Valentine Day’s cards for some of the Veterans in our local VA Hospital. Using the free and willing help of the kids in our homeschool coop, we sat down one Wednesday afternoon and got to work.
With a bunch of plain white cards, heart stamps and stickers, the kids sat down and made cards for the Vets. Even us moms got involved, writing messages like “Thank your for your service” and “Happy Valentine’s Day” on our own creations.
Last week, we took our stack of Valentine card’s to the massive complex that is the VA Hospital in our area. We delivered our cards to the Volunteer Services coordinator who will have them put on dinner trays on Valentine’s Day.
Our Valentine’s have already been delivered, but I’ve since learned of Valentines for Veterans, a project to boost the morale of Veterans during National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week that runs from February 7-13.
In addition, Bloganthropy saw my Tweets about our coop project and wrote to tell me of donations the website Dollar Days is making to Sew Much Comfort, an adaptive clothing company for wounded soldiers, in honor of National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week. For every blogger who signs their form by February 4th and then publishes a post about their Valentines for Veterans participation by the 12th, Dollar Days will donate $50 in clothing to Sew Much Comfort.
In addition, Dollar Days will donate an additional $50 in clothing for any blog post that gets at least ten comments. So, please leave a comment and help Sew Much Comfort get more items to help Veterans.
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For all the details on how you can help Sew Much Comfort provide free adaptive clothing to service members in need by making Valentine’s for Vets, please see Bloganthropy. Many thanks to Dollar Days for donating to such a great organization.
And please don’t forget to comment here—I need ten of you (and thanks to you too!).
Christina is a married, homeschooling, part-time working mom to three children in Southeastern Massachusetts. She's funnier on Twitter than in real life, unless she's had a drink. You can email her directly at fairlyoddmother@inbox.com.
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