True Christmas Cheer

The holiday season has a way of becoming more festive when children come into your life. They have a way of worming themselves into your cynical heart and giving you a fresh perspective on what is truly important.

Today Mrs. P&UW and I were at a store doing our holiday shopping. We saw a mother shopping with her children, one of whom was in a wheelchair. When she asked the grandmother to take her other children up the escalator, the child in the wheelchair exclaimed that they wanted to go up the escalator too. The sadness and utter dismay in their voice was heartbreaking.

Suffice it to say, a new & unwrapped toy seems so materialistic when compared to a child’s simple wish of being able to enjoy some of the most basic things we take for granted. This year our family’s charity will go to the Children’s Hospital Foundation instead of The Christmas Cheer Board. Here’s hoping that one day, medical science will find a way to get that little tyke on the escalator. That is worth more than any new & unwrapped toy…