Making a Difference

I stepped out for a walk last week on a cloudy but mild day.  I liked the look of the sun peeking through the trees.

Then, a couple of days ago, I was hunkered down at home in the afternoon trying to escape a sudden cold turn in the weather, it was icy and cold outside.  I started flipping the TV channels to see what was on.  Well Dr Oz was on interviewing Charlie Sheen, I quickly flipped to the Ellen Show, so much better and more uplifting.  She was gifting a young couple Ashlyn and Brett DeLoach with 5 Ipads for Ashlyn's school.  They swiped the Ipads revealing $10,000 from Shutterfly on each screen.  Ashlyn works with low income kids in Georgia and at 24 it is surprising to see such a young person wanting to make a difference.  Then Hillary Clinton came on!  I love the Ellen Show.   I found a preview of that show here in this video.

Hillary Clinton said on the Ellen show that her mother ended up being raised by her grandparents who didn't really want the responsibility.  By age 14 her mother had to fend for herself.  It meant she often went hungry and survived on the kindness of strangers.  For example, one of her mom's teachers would ask if she wanted to share her lunch because it was too much for her to finish.  That was often her mom's only meal for the day.