Today I loaded my car with bags and bags and bags full of baby blankets and hats. Packing and unpacking my car day in and day out can sometimes seem like a bit of a chore but, today, I couldn't help but smile to myself each time I loaded another very full (and heavy) bag.
For almost a year now, our LUNA Mom's Club has been collecting receiving blankets and newborn hats to donate to a very special charity, "Blankets of Love." These blankets and hats will be shipped to Uganda and various other impoverished areas where the mothers can not afford to provide a blanket and hat to keep their newborns warm after birth. In some cases this leads to hypothermia. The reason I was smiling- I know that the bags and bags of blankets and hats I was loading into my car truly have the potential to save the life of a newborn baby. What an amazing experience this has been!
I would like to sincerely thank the moms who helped make our blanket and hat drive a HUGE success including the LUNA Moms in Jacksonville and Wilmington as well as our local moms here at the Crystal Coast. As I was talking to Sonja, one of the midwives organizing the drive, she made a very good point- Moms are an amazing force, they can truly do anything!!
