Attempt at teaching thankfulness and awareness

Tomorrow my sister will go into a hospital early in the morning. She will be tended to by many nurses and doctors. She will sleep in a sterile, comfortable, quiet environment with monitors attached to her telling everything about her and her unborn son. She will be watched closely and slowly put into labor to deliver her son into sterile gloved hands that will carry the baby to a warm bed where he will be washed clean, weighed, checked all over and eventually wrapped and handed to my sister. She and her son will be doted on for the following 48 hours. She will be brought the food and drink that are best for her body to nurish her son's body. They will have dim lights in the room for comfort and safety. She will have sits baths and showers to freshen herself and feel comfortable. Visitors will scrub before touching she or the baby. We will take photos of their first moments after the birth. When mommy and baby are ready, they will safely travel home to their comfortable, clean home. In Haiti women often give birth in their dirt floored homes where there is no running water. This afternoon my kids and I put together some birthing kits for the women giving birth in Haiti. We will deliver them to church on sunday to be added to the collection for the Haitian mothers giving birth. The kits consist of the following: -a 3 foot by 3 foot cloth for the woman to sit, lie on. -2 towels -2 wash cloths -a baby t shirt -a baby knit cap -a receiving blanket -a bar of soap -2 pieces of yarn to clamp the umbilical cord -a razor blade to cut the cord -rubber gloves As I was explaining to the kids what we were assembling, they looked so confused. They could not imagine anyone giving birth in these conditions. They have all been to the hospital to meet their younger siblings right after their births. Although they had come reluctantly into the Art room to help me, once I explained to them more about what we were doing and why, they could not begin to show any signs of reluctance. They loved helping, and hopefully became more thankful for what we have.