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Sally's post would have to hit the hearts of any parents, who have experienced the pain of being in a children's hospital because of their own child's health issues. Speaking for myself, what I remember the most clearly, aside from my fear, was my guilt. As I begged God to help my son, I saw the other children who were far worse off. I felt very selfish as I begged God to take care of my child. Why should God in his infinite wisdom, answer my prayers? I thought to myself, "There but for the grace of God, go I." We all have our causes. I think what is important is that we do something about them. Whether it is helping children, adults or animals, we need to make a difference while we are on this earth.

Sally, Listening to you talk about Mitt Romney and his speech on religion. When you talk about the Mormon fatih you really need to call the Mormon church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints instead of The Church of the Latter Day Saints. This is very dangerous to our faith because you exclude the name of Jesus Christ and we are already having to constantly remind people that we are Christians. Thank you Sam Morgan

I regret the unkind obtuseness of the commenter who accused you of blurting out your personal experiences as though they have universal significance.

I counter: I care most for your support of universal values at the precise points of their tangency to your experiences of being on the precipice of NONvalue....

....when a teener opened a deathcamp album of photos her Army-general father had ordered his photographer to take--and she could no longer believe that God is good.

....when a mother listened to the wheels trundling her child to a 50-50-chance surgery, & was deeply told that every child is her child & that she was to shout it out, "Every child is your child!"

The flow of feeling from the teener through the mother to the moment of "cause" is well put in Albert Camus's line, "We must be kind, for God is not."

I'm waiting to hear what the mother, now, may have to say to the teener.

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We panelists thank you for your witness and for your enabling ours. / Since it was Ken Woodward who suggested that you add me to the stable of panelists, I'm forwarding this note to him.

AGAIN...If Sally having fault then it her over compassionate nature, where the needs of others paramount. Her life much dedicated in making an better world, bringing much needed hope, to the many of lifes less fortunate, being vulnerable, as the child, dependent on caring adults, the media which can bring the much needed attention. Personal experience of sorrow, can be turned to a blessing, when, enabled to share the sorrow of others, as their prayers, with compassion, in a depth of understanding... .. .

Sally is simply overcome with her own goodness and can't wait to tout it.
Wouldn't this article (and cause)have been better served if there was ONE mention of ONE individual baby in it?
Instead we are graced with, yet another, Sally story illuminating Sally's compassion. (negligible as that is, considering it is her own son and 25 years ago at that.)
Even a cat has compassion for its own, and how does this inspire us to consider this charity?
How about a story on those who may be helped, and why we should help them?

Through interactions in lifes there be periods, some souls dependent upon the other. Where human experience being at levels of developmemt where it unable that experiences clearly be transfered unto understanding. Thus, for individuals, bonds can be very stong, the feelings be very intense. With a wider brushstroke humanity one family.It for all reaching out an helping hand to brother as sister, more so unto the child. Whom at first with faltering steps, then enabled by the breath of life, sharing, very precious moments... .. .

Just a couple question: How much of what I give to a religious charity actually gets to those in need? Are all religions, limit it to Christian and Jewish ones actually charities? Is there another way I can help poor starving, sick, homeless etc people anywhere on earth with a donation to a NON religious charity?

Finally, are there any statistics, how much money collected by individual charities and religions actually gets to those for whom the donors expected their money to go to guide me?