Dear Valentine,
I was pondering whether to give you roses this year and all I kept thinking is; but roses die. Sure they will look good for a little while, but roses die.
Surely I could find a better way to spend some money than just giving something already cut, and already dying.
Surely we are both beyond the limit in our sensitivity to diabetes. The impact in our lives has been earth shattering, But yet, what we go through is nothing compared to other regions of the world that a diagnosis can also mean a death sentence. Some countries are THAT FAR behind in caring for their own people.
Roses are pretty, but roses die.
I hope it’s okay with you, Valentine, but this year I’m going to allow the roses meant for you to stay implanted in the ground and donate the money to help a child who is not as lucky as ours. Every five dollars donated translates to one month of insulin for a child in need.
It’s a simple program called Spare a Rose, Save a Child. No one should die from not having insulin and the International Diabetes Federation will take our donation and make sure that insulin helps those children in need. Anyone can do it, just by clicking right here.
Let’s hope others give a simple $5 as well.
A rose does not have to die, and neither should a child. Please help today.
I am a diabetes dad.
Please visit my Diabetes Dad FB Page and hit ‘like’.
2 replies on “Dear Valentine………..A Child’s Life Over a Rose……Is that Okay this Year??????”
Yay! Thanks for sharing the word Tom. We d-dads know helping give life to a kid with diabetes is a turn on for our d-sweetly.
LOL…..sure hope it helps a little bit for this incredible program.