Two weeks ago we all expressed our thanks on Thanksgiving. And now we’re headed for Christmas as we prepare for a time when we again get together with family and friends.
But with the rush of the holidays, the shopping and the get togethers, this time of year can become a very busy time.
As one commentator put it this week, we “Americans are so busy many of us could write on our tombstones, Hurried, Worried. Buried.”
So today and tomorrow are especially important to remember what Christmas is really all about as Linus would say. It's the Rady Children's Hospital Give-a-thon.
Today and tomorrow you are hearing stories of hope and gratefulness of parents and kids and grandparents who know what Rady Children’s Hospital is all about.
I can tell you that my family is very grateful. In 2007, after years of doing news stories about Rady Children’s Hospital, we found ourselves walking into the cancer ward after our first grandchild, a nine month old baby at the time, had been diagnosed with a neuroblastoma tumor in his little belly.
After some very emotionally difficult days, our little grandson left the hospital after successful surgery thanks to the skilled doctors and nurses at Rady Children’s Hospital. And now years later, he’s a teenager; a smart student and a young man with very special musical talents.
And that’s why today and tomorrow, I am hoping that many of our listeners will help support Rady Children’s Hospital, a place where miracles happen, and lives are saved.
(Photo Rady Children's Hospital)