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For those that know me, I have a ton of negative traits. I yell (a lot). I am not patient. I'm anxious, all the time. I often take charge when it is not needed. I often try to control what I can't control. But, now, more than ever, I am trying to keep all of these negative traits at bay and focus solely on helping my kiddos in Ukraine. Focusing on that keeps my anxiety in check. I don't feel helpless. But I can't do it alone. These last few weeks, with the help of so many people (people I don't even know), I've raised over $2,000 to go towards relief efforts with my organization Force For Christ (Force For Hope). I created an Amazon Wish List that has been shared across the entire country, and we have SO many supplies that are being taken to Poland this weekend. Tonight and tomorrow, with the financial support of more people, my kids and I will be making care bags for the kids. These actions give me hope. They make me smile. So many people helping.
Yet, at the same time, there is still so much despair. One of the families in our organization is struggling. Their host daughter is in a very dangerous area in Ukraine. They have not been evacuated. They have lost power. I want to take this time to really look at this situation, be grateful for what I have and can do (and continue to do), and pray for the lives of everyone who is working to help everyone in Ukraine.
These pictures are coming from people that our organization knows and trusts. But there is one picture that has captured many around the world. So many women and children fled Ukraine to Poland. They left their homes, their friends, and their neighbors. They left their husbands, clothes, toys and lives behind. And when they arrived off the trains into Poland, many women saw hope and love. On the train platform were a number of strollers, empty, waiting to be used for the mothers and children who came with nothing. The smallest acts of kindness will shine through all of the darkness in the world.
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