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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA California mom saw Syrian refugees struggling to carry their babies, so she did something.
http://www.upworthy.com/a-california-mom-saw-syrian-refugees-struggling-to-carry-their-babies-so-she-did-somethingCalifornia mom Cristal Logothetis noticed. After she saw the viral photo of the young Syrian boy who drowned as his family was trying to reach safety, she like so many of us was deeply moved.
"When I saw that picture, I didn't just see a little boy face-down on the sand," Logothetis told "Today." "I saw what could have been my son."
When we're so overwhelmed with emotion, it's easy to feel paralyzed. What can I possibly do in the face of so much tragedy?
So much! We can do so much.
Logothetis wasn't just moved emotionally; she was moved to do something. "It compelled me into action," she said. And action is what she took.
Logothetis started to collect baby carriers* to deliver to the Syrian families arriving in Greece with babies and young children.
At first, she didn't think her plans would go very far. But she was wrong. So. Very. Wrong.
Tons of people were more than happy to help. In fact, they were honored to do so, with many attaching notes of encouragement and love to the donated carriers.
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)This good-hearted woman is living proof of this.
Kudos to her, and to all like her!
riversedge
(70,311 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)My heart goes out to the refugees.
brer cat
(24,615 posts)Drop a pebble in the water:
just a splash, and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples
Circling on and on and on,
Spreading, spreading from the center,
flowing on out to the sea.
And there is no way of telling
where the end is going to be.
Drop a pebble in the water:
in a minute you forget,
But there's little waves a-flowing,
and there's ripples circling yet,
And those little waves a-flowing
to a great big wave have grown;
You've disturbed a mighty river
just by dropping in a stone.
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Drop a word of cheer and kindness:
just a flash and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples
circling on and on and on,
Bearing hope and joy and comfort
on each splashing, dashing wave
Till you wouldn't believe the volume
of the one kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness:
in a minute you forget;
But there's gladness still a-swelling,
and there's joy circling yet,
And you've rolled a wave of comfort
whose sweet music can be heard
Over miles and miles of water
just by dropping one kind word.
~By James W. Foley~