The Front Steps

Decembear is looking on the front steps today.

Appropriate, I think, since many of us are focusing our attention on our outside decorations for one and all to enjoy. Isn't it nice that the Season brings out our hospitable side?

We not only decorate for our neighbors to enjoy, but we give to our local charities to help those in need of food or shelter as well as those international groups providing education or medicines to our global neighbors.

We admire the work our local Food Bank does in providing food for families. My scrapbook store is helping them by collecting food for babies (apparently this is an area that not many people think of when they are contributing to a food drive) and I had a blast in the babyfood aisle in Safeway. Doctors Without Borders is also getting a contribution from us this year--a well-run group providing essential services in places throughout the world. I am especially drawn to their work in Africa. I feel so helpless when I hear of the tragic events that have been much in the news this year and Doctors Without Borders has provided me with a way to help.