Yesterday morning Jeremy was eating breakfast and I noticed he was not dressed for work. I asked him if he was going into the office or staying home. He just looked at me, trying to figure out my motive for the question, I’m sure. As I was getting the kids out the door for preschool I told him my plan for the morning was to clean out our closet (it was next on the list) and how I thought it would be great if he could go through some of his clothes and get rid of the stuff he doesn’t wear anymore.
Still no answer.
When I got back home from dropping off the kids I threw in a load of laundry, walked back through the living room, and casually said, “C’mon…it’ll be FUN!” The look on his face was doubtful.
Nonetheless he got up and joined me. And I think his mood dramatically improved once he realized that my part of cleaning out the closet involved taking my clothes on and off for the better part of 2 hours. I tried on everything that I either had not worn in a while or wasn’t sure if it was pre or post pregnancy. By the time I had to leave to get the kids, I had totally reorganized my clothes and shoes and the drawers that hold my drawers! :)
Jeremy didn’t feel the need to try on everything in sight like I did, but he did have a lot of t-shirts, dress shirts, and golf shirts that he had not worn in years. We made a stack of the give-away clothes and talked about what we wanted to do with them. In the end, we decided to send them to Good Samaritans Missions which is a ministry in Honduras that is supported by our church.
And speaking of good Samaritans, I just want to send a shout out for Operation Christmas Child, a program that offers joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through Samaritan’s Purse. This is such an easy way to show love to hurting children. Fill a shoebox with notepads, pencils, toothbrush, toothpaste, stickers and a few small toys and put a boy or girl sticker on it (found on the website). Then take it to a local drop off location between Nov 12-19. They do the rest.
The kids and I will be filling our shoeboxes this weekend. And believe me, after cleaning out my closet, I had lots of shoeboxes to fill! But that’s okay, because we have a lot of toys saved up in our “Samaritan Box” that sits in my pantry. What is the Samaritan Box, you ask??? Well, that is were the toys go, still wrapped of course, that we get throughout the year in the kids meals from fast food restaurants. Here is one of our shoeboxes from last year:
It’s so quick y’all and makes such a big difference in the life a child. I just want to encourage everybody to do at least one. Let your kids get involved, have older ones do a little research on some of these poor countries, and remember, before you drop off the boxes, say a little prayer for the child that will receive your shoebox. May they find peace this holiday season.
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