Miss me? I know. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A lot has been going on, no I still don’t know anything from the Peace Corps. They said “probably the end of the month”. They have 3 days. I’m not holding my breath.
I will update about the recent goings-on, I promise… but first. Please watch these. They might make you pee your pants, especially the last one. (I’m sorry they’re all sideways, I always forget that you can’t rotate videos like you can pictures when you upload them. Turn your head, it will be worth it. Promise.)
This is Peter’s rendition of “Scurvy Pirate”. He likes to change the “pirate” to a “seashell”. Interesting choice considering Peter has a lisp. Enjoy.
An interview with Peter about his race car. Again, note the lisp. Do they come any cuter?
Here’s Rowan’s interview (Peters twin brother). He’s my favorite. I know your not supposed to pick favorites with children, but they’re not mine or anything so I think its allowed.
And last, but certainly not least. There are just no words.
He wore his underwear like that all night until I made him fix it before getting dressed for school. I love him.
This morning I walked downstairs to my car. Walked from the stadium parking garage to Bellamy. From Bellamy to Wescott fountain. Walked back across campus to the parking garage. Walked from my car to class in the anthropology dept, and back to my car after class. Walked back up my stairs, walked from my car into the grocery store, and back to my car again. Then I put on shoes for the first time all day.
In total, I probably walked about half a mile without shoes this morning. At most. And my feet are KILLING ME.
Seriously, they hurt so bad. I love being barefoot, but even walking across the paved sidewalks on campus all day made the soles of my feet feel raw and sore. All I want to do is stand on pillows covered in marshmallows.
My feet hurt so bad.
But the pain is greatly minimized when I think about the millions of children that grow up barefoot all over the world. Young children that have to walk miles every day just to secure clean drinking water for the day. They walk through burning hot sand, over rocks and pebbles, risking cuts and injuries because they don’t have a single pair of shoes. If I had covered any sort of dangerous terrain today and cut one of my feet I would have put some neosporin and a bandaid on it and gone on my merry way. But these children risk their lives by going barefoot every day. Every cut risks infection, and every infections has the possibility to take a life.
Today, all over the world, people took off their shoes for a day to raise awareness for Tom’s Shoes. For every pair of Tom’s shoes that someone buys, they give a pair of shoes to a child in need. I encourage you to take a look at the Tom’s website, take a look at you bank account, and take a look at what is important in your life. Can you spare a couple dinner’s out on the town? Can you forgo that new dress or sweater you’ve been thinking about buying? Personally, I’m obsessed with frozen yogurt. I have literally been going to Fuzions- the only self-serve froyo place in Tally- every day lately… but not anymore. I’m going to intentionally sacrifice some the frivolous things I spend money on every week and put it towards something that will make a difference for someone besides myself.
We have the opportunity to make a difference. Buy yourself a new pair of shoes. It will make you feel good, because the shoes are really cool. But more importantly, you will impact a child that deserves… in the least… a pair of shoes.
MPH 