[Sachita]

with everything going on I am sadden by the commercialism with Christmas. I actually turned the TV off watching Black Friday incidents. I have been following a garage sale on Facebook to buy Mia toys, clothes and items for myself. I think it's great to do this because you help someone else and save money. Anyhow, I meet a girl to pick up a 5.00 block set for Mia. We chatted for a few moments, a young girl, maybe 26, and she was almost shaking. I asked her if she was ok and she literally broke down and started crying. I held her for a while until she stopped.

She was crying because she didn't have enough money to buy her kids toys for xmas. She started naming off toys that were easily 100.00 or more. She was upset because she thought she as a bad mother because of this and that she didn't want her kids feeling left out while other kids got expensive gifts.

WTF? Now this is just bullshit. It's gone too far and I wonder why we have slid so far away from core values. Who is to blame for this? parents? media? marketing?

I sat with her a while and talked about the gifts she could give her children is to teach them NOT to feed into this. To take them to some shelters, volunteer and help them to feel gratitude and pride. To give them the gift of love... all of your attention and joy. To be happy and grateful for the moments that go by so quickly.

Another day, not long ago I'm sitting in Sweet Frogs, a frozen yogurt place. There was a young mother with two small kids. As they sat there the whole time she was glued to her smart phone texting. If one of the kids moved or said anything she screamed at them. I admit that I had to fight hard to mind my own business.

here's one last WTF- our food safety is greatly at risk. There is research, facts and you don't need to know rocket science to see what is going on IF you chose to see it. Why so many americans chose to turn a blind eye is beyond me. Our society is more concerned about instant results rather then the long term. This will cost us all. Wake up!