My husband and I have a few different ways that we support ministries and causes that are important to us. We also have a few places locally that we regularly donate to.
My kids know that donating is a regular part of our life and the funniest thing happened the other day with David that I have to share.
I gave David my Instax camera to take some pictures, which he excitedly did, and when I asked him to show me his pictures he pulled a folded up and crumpled polaroid out of his pocket and reached for the trashcan.
“David, wait! What are you doing, are you throwing that one away"”
“Yes, I do not like that one.”
“Let me see it, buddy!”
He handed me the photo and I held back my smirk because I didn’t want to embarrass him. It was a selfie shot from about waist level looking up toward his face and apparently, he didn’t like how his face looked in it, so he wanted to throw it away. “Okay, so you just don’t like this one" You can totally throw it away!”
Then David said, “Wait, maybe we can donate it to a kid that may like it more than me!”
I had to explain to him that while I appreciated his generosity that sometimes there are certain things that we can donate and others that we don’t.
I was truly grateful, though, that he thought about potential other uses for an item before just throwing it away. Both of my boys see me donating clothes, shoes, toys, baby items, and other things regula...