Earlier this year, Matt Logelin lost his beautiful young wife to a pulmonary embolism mere hours after she gave birth to their adorable first child, Madeline. Matt has bravely shared his struggle with the world during these first few months of fatherhood and has received a huge outpouring of love and support from the stranger/friends around the Interwebs. Now Matt is giving back some of that love. He has raised and distributed almost $5,000 to widows and widowers in situations like his. And he is about to help out some children in similarly dire straits. He has partnered with the site, Single-Minded Women, to support My Stuff Bags Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides abused, abandoned, and neglected children—ranging in age from newborn to 18 years old—throughout the United States with personal belongings to help fulfill their needs and lend a sense of comfort as they are shepherded through the foster care system. Using the online gift registry, charitable givers can purchase essential items like clothing, books, art supplies, and toys, which will be forwarded on to the My Stuff Bags Foundation. Click on the link below for more information and to help out.
$140 and 45 minutes later we were on our way to daycare… where I found out that “fully covered” really means “fully covered for all teacher inservice days and other school days off… except Thanksgiving and Christmas, during which you will pay out your nose for our loving care.” That was a nice little surprise. I am taking the day off and heading back to bed. I have not finished my schoolwork. I have not finished my work-work. Don’t care right now. Went to bed at 2 a.m. Must. Sleep. Immediately.
