Friday, December 12, 2008

My nephew "Babycakes"

Yesterday my nephew and I stopped into the grocery store to pick up some stuff for lunch. On the way out, I gave him some change to put in the Salvation Army bucket. The kind lady gave him a sucker in return. When we got a little further away, he made a comment about buying the sucker. So, I told him that we didn't really buy it, we donated money to help out people who were homeless or needed help. He didn't really understand homeless, so I was telling him that some people didn't have houses to live in, or food to eat, or warm clothes to wear, or aunties, or grandmas, or moms and dads to help them out. I then told him that sometimes these people have to sleep outside even in the winter when it's very cold outside. He got this look of horror on his face and said "What if they get grass in their mouths?! That would be bad! Will that lady help them get the grass out?" It was pretty much the cutest thing that I had ever heard. At least that day. But I did tell him that that lady will help them with their problems and if their problems included a grassy mouth, she would help with that too.