Global Food Crisis Day

I was listening to Air 1 (a Christian radio station for those who don't know) this morning on my way to work and was struck by the stories that I heard. Today is Global Food Crisis Day and they are joining with radio stations around the world and Compassion International to raise money for starving people/children. It truly broke my heart to hear of women in Haiti using shortening and mixing it with dirt to literally make mud pies to feed their children just so they have something in their stomachs. And people digging in rat holes to find grains of rice that the rats have collected or men who are the supporters of their families to have to tell their children they have no food to give them. They say every 7 seconds a child dies from hunger, not cancer, not AIDS but hunger. Something that we can all do something about. Here is the link to Compassions' website. I am not sure how long they are taking money for this but I imagine it will go longer than just today.http://www.compassion.com/global-food-crisis/?referer=98494&utm_campaign=gfcradio-air1-98494

As a mother this just brought me to tears hearing of these children. I just went to the store and spent $80 for groceries - for one week. According to Compassion, this would feed like 8 children for an entire month.
I cannot imagine having to tell my children I had no food for their tummies or to literally feed them dirt. It makes me see my life in a different way. I am truly blessed and need to remember not to take things for granted.