Helping--Part two (If we don't give, other's can't receive)

Regarding the last post on receiving help when we need it, there is a flip side to this.  How many times have you seen someone who needed help?  Let's specifically talk about mothers needing help since mothering is what this blog is about.  There's the mother who just needs a minute alone and has no one to watch her children, the mother struggling at church with multiple kids, the mother at the grocery store who has to figure out a way to make it through the store in the motorized chair while she keeps track of her children and struggles to put things in the cart, and many more mothers with many more struggles.

So here's the point.  On my last post I discussed needing to accept help, but it is impossible to accept help if there is no one willing to offer help.  As mothers, it is very easy to get wrapped up in the day to day parts of our lives and the shuttling around of children, and look right past that fellow mother who needs help.  

Recently I have been involved with many different events and classes that are self empowering, including finding my purpose.  I don't mean religiously finding why I'm on the earth.  I know why I'm here.  I mean honing in on a particular skill set and talents that I possess to give while I am here.  Or in other words, the particular work I need to be involved with while I'm on the earth.  And as many of you probably know, I believe that I was born to be a mother.  I get immense joy from just spending time with my son.  People have made comments before about just getting through the time of him being a baby to when he will actually be fun.  And I think they are crazy.  I have enjoyed him and his company since day one.  Being his mom was what I was born to do.

But, all these classes have started me thinking.  Is there a slightly broader picture I can take with this?  Something I can do to give back to more people?  After I thought about it for a while something interesting came up.  Since my thing is being a mom, there has to be a way that I can help others in their journey to be better mothers.  And that is how this blog was born.

Here's the thing though.........

The more I thought about it, there was more that came up.

One day it fell into my head this idea.  A non-profit organization with a two fold purpose.  Purpose one being to raise funds to assist mothers in things that they cannot accomplish financially.  Meaning things like having trouble having a baby and needing money for IVF or adoption or simply just not having the money to provide Christmas for the children.  Purpose number two being development of classes that aid mothers in gaining the knowledge and empowerment that they are looking for.  

This is all a little overwhelming though.  It take time and money to do a non-profit........

The gestation of this is going to take a while.....

But then I had another realization.  I can ask for help.  I have a goal to help those who need help, and ironically the solution to being able to help is to ask for help.  So here it is.

Even though I do not have the non-profit set up yet and won't for a while, I can still help someone.  I can still do something small and decide that I want to provide at least part of a Christmas for a family.  And there is this single mother that I want to help.  She had to get out of an abusive relationship.  Her children's father has the genetics that give him a skin color that the children have inherited and gets them teased and looked down on.  Her son has autism.  Her daughter loves to dance but she has no money to pay for lessons.  So she volunteers at the daughter's dance studio in trade for the lessons.  They are struggling and it has been a while since they have actually had a Christmas.  And I want to do it for them.  I'm talking big, like $1000 worth of a Christmas.  But I don't have $1000.  So I am going to do a few things in the next couple months to try to raise $1000 for them.  

So here's what I am asking for.  I need to raise the money since I don't have it.  So if you are interested, I am taking donations.  I am not looking for one person to give me $1000.  What I am looking for is a group of people who can give in small chunks even if it is just $5 chunks.  Let me know if you just want to donate some money and I will set it up.  Or if you are willing to help out with something else, like a bake sale or something, let me know also.  I think this would be really awesome.

I don't have much to offer in return, the non-profit is not set up so I can't even get you a receipt for a tax write off.  You will get the blessings of serving and if you live close enough you are invited to be involved with the actual purchase and drop off of the presents.

Think about.  Let me know through the contact for that I have added on the right side of the blog.  Let your friends who might be interested know.  Together we can make a huge difference in one family's life.