Do you want to hear about a really great idea?

Mom to Mom Sales! This morning my two daughters went to the Mom to Mom sale at our church. (Even though only one of them is a mom, they like to do things together. Sisters, go figure.) Anyway, Angela took 20 boxes of children clothes, most of it from preemie through 2T. She also had assorted baby furniture, cribs, high chairs that sort of thing, all of the stuff one gathers when one has twins. She also brought two little picnic tables her husband Ralph had made.

Angela priced every article of clothing she had a 25 cents. She gave boxes of stuff to Heartbeat (who collects infant needs for mothers who need help and choose life over abortion). All of the big stuff was in a consignment area. The doors opened at 8:00AM and people were lined up to get the bargains. By 10:00AM all of Angela's furniture was sold. At one point a mom and her little girl were shopping and the little girl wanted some Elmo shoes sized for a preemie. Her mom told her, "They won't fit you." To which the little girl informed her mom that she wanted it for her doll. Mom said she was not buying clothes for the doll, so Angela gave the shoes and an outfit to the little girl because "Dolls need to be dressed too." At the end of the day, Angela was selling everything you could fit in a grocery bag for two dollars.

So in this frenzy of second hand commercialism, you ask me, where is the great idea? It is here, for four hours a group of mothers got together and exchanged baby and children items. Some money exchanged hands (Angela cleared over $120.00). Mothers on a tight budget got some nice stuff. Heartbeat got donations and the Council of Catholic Women, who sponsored the event, made some money. Everyone left better off. Even the children, remember the little girl's doll? And Angela spent some of her windfall on buying her three children some new, to them anyway, toys. In today's economic climate that is a very good thing.

God Bless you and yours

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