You know, I continue to be shocked by people in life. And not always for good reasons. I often am floored by the lack of compassion and sympathy that so many people possess. And then I see a story like I saw today, and it completely blows my mind in another way.
On The View today was a very practical family from Missouri. They are a fairly young religious couple with a 19 year old and a 3 year old. And though money would be a tricky thing, when they got an email from a friend in an orphanage in Peru about 5 children whose parents had died, they couldn't shake a feeling about some connection. A year and a half later, all five children (to avoid being broken up as a family) were adopted by the couple. There are language barriers across the board, but they said as soon as they walked into the orphanage in Peru, all 5 children (some of them 50 feet away) came running into their arms. It is such a beautiful thing. And I wish the news would tell us more about this kind of thing... because I think it would honestly restore a lot of lost faith that we sometimes can't help but fall into.
Additionally, Proctor and Gamble (who I dont' like because they test on animals constantly) provided the couple with a years worth of groceries. But more than that, Avila University present the family with a total of half a million dollars in scholarship money for the kids to use for college AND invited them all to Avila's summer sports camps and home sports games.
As discouraged as I may get at times, I have to admit, I do believe in humanity and that goodness does prevail.
XO
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