Decision

I have been doing some thinking today, while putting together more packages for CARE Package to donate to the local children's hospital.

I have come to the realization that this is my last year to run the charity. My motivation has been waning for the past year or two, as I've been wanting to work on other projects.

It's not that I don't love doing it; I do. I have put a lot of myself into running CARE Package, and the point has come where any more, after this calendar year, would start to be too much.  I love and miss my son with my whole heart, and my soul hurts whenever I am called upon to send out another package. But I have three living children who need my focus, and I have other passions that are not getting enough of my attention. It is time to go in another direction.

It hasn't been an easy decision. Every time I have broached the idea that I might be finished, a lot of people remind me of the good we have done and the need that is and will continue to be so unfortunately great. But my heart is not heavy with this decision; rather, it is lifted knowing that we have done good in this world, and there is more good out there for me to do.

So, CARE Package will continue through the end of 2010, with all of the time and effort that I am able to give to it.  If donations come in after that time, I will make sure they go where they were intended, and see this endeavor through to its natural end. I thank you for your support in this journey.

Fin.