Jack

Over Christmas break Jack saw one of those commercials about helping abandon animals for .50 a day or something like that. He came in with tears running down his face he was so sad about the animals. He asked why they would show that on tv? Why no one would help those animals? He was pretty upset for while; I just hugged him.
Well over dinner he brought up the cause again. He wanted to donate money to help those animals. Well of course he doesn't have much money but he convinced Amelia and Jacob to give him some of their money to add to his few coins. We asked him if he would like to donate the money to the tv place or at the local animal shelter. He said he would like to donate it to the local shelter and pet some of the animals. On Wednesday we are going to drop off $4.53 to the animal shelter.
While we were discussing this Jacob, smart-mouthly, pointed out that most of the money was his and Amelia's. Dada was quick to point out that giving the money was important but having someone round up the money was just as important. I asked Jack if he knew what that meant, of course he said no. I told him someone has to be tell people about problems that are important to them, someone has to lead people to believe giving money to that cause is worthwhile: simply put he was a leader.
Of course that made him puff his little chest up with pride; it makes me proud as well. Jack was significantly moved by those sad animals he saw. No matter how small, he has acted on that feeling to help those animals; an official start, hopefully, to a long line of actions that make the world a more loving place.