Confession time – are you ready?  I have a hang up about children realizing how fortunate they are.  Not to the point where I want them to feel guilty that they have food on the table and a roof over their head, but just to realize that there are children out there who are less fortunate than they are.  I am sure this all stems from my upbringing – lets just say I am a poster child for what is good about public assistance – my childhood of receiving wrapped gifts from the church at Christmas is almost surreal to me now.

So I am a huge proponent of doing what one can with the talents one has and if you have no time or talents, then open thy wallet.  You may ask what talent does a 3 year old have?  Have you ever seen a 3 year old ring a bell and sing Jingle Bells?  Talk about talent!  Not a single person could walk past us without making a donation into our Kettle!  We had a blast – for about an hour, then the system broke down – no embarrassing moments, but the girls became board.  My husband showed up with 20 minutes left in our time slot and rescued me by taking the girls to lunch.  I finished the last 20 minutes of our “Bell Ringing Extravaganza” alone.  But I must tell you, bell ringing is not an easy task.  It’s a lot of work to stand there ringing that bell – especially when you are alone and you don’t have 3 year olds to entertain or to entertain you.  So give what you can when you see those wonderful people ringing bells.

Use your Bell ringing talent and ring some bells for your local Salvation Army.