Kids can go nude - but not hungry on Willard Beach.
Such a response I’ve gotten from my last post!
Wow. I’ve gone back and reread the thing twice now and am still amazed. It really struck a cord.
First, let me say I am NOT sad, depressed or anything other than prepared. (I love you Uncle Bill. Really – I’m fine! 
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Second, I didn’t, and don’t want to communicate anything other than
a) shit happens and
b) you do your best and forget the rest.
There are thousands and thousands who are in REAL difficulty. ***Non Sequitur Alert***
I just returned from a meeting with John Woods, the new chair of Maine’s Share Our Strength organization. I am SHOCKED at how many children in Maine (and the US in general) rely on the school systems for their food. Last week was Spring break in the Maine public school system and it is heartbreaking to hear that many kids had next to nothing to eat until this Monday when school opened again.
By the end of this year over 17 million children will worry about where their next meal will come from. That is ONE out of EVERY FOUR children… We are among the wealthiest, most generous people on earth. This is just NOT acceptable. A five year old going to bed hungry. THAT is real difficulty.
I thank everyone for your well wishes and atta-girls. I love you all. Whether I live in this little house a block away from my Willard Beach or the littlest Pablo and I have to take a 10 minute drive in the morning – you’ll get the morning beach pics. And I’ll not go to bed hungry. I’ll be donating my time to Share Our Strength Maine and if I’m as good as “they” say – there will be fewer children going to bed hungry because of it.
I’m one of the luckiest people I know.
(Check out the Share Our Strength link to see what we’re doing in Southern Maine. I’ll let you know more ways you can participate – help – donate – rattle the cages soon. If you want more info or share a story before then, lmk.)