Miracles

I love Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

I think there are some flaws with the show, but I think it's important to see the side of America that the show portrays. Sides, actually.

The side that literally lives day to day "right down the street." The side that scrapes by, works late [everyday], shops @ the Thrift store and local food pantry because it's cheaper--and there are 10 mouths to feed, mortgage and bills to be paid each month... The side of America we feel uncomfortable watching and reading about on t.v. The side, that while we may acknowledge exists, we seldom take the time, action or thought to engage and interact with. The side we prefer to keep at a distant gaze rather than arm's reach.

And then there's another side of America that we can watch in each episode. The side of America that remembers. The side that is willing to be stupid and goofy on camera in effort to bring a smile and a laugh to a face that's forgotten how to. The side of America that refuses to settle into the comfy spectator's cushion of the upper middle class. The side that acknowledges circumstance, and is slow to judgment. A side of America that values families, community, education, safety, faith, and opportunity, and Living Alive [as opposed to "just living"]. The side that chooses to give themselves when they have no money, no resources, no materials to donate or offer up instead. The side of America, that consciously chooses to make one person's Miracle--a living, breathing, connected reality.

Volunteering. 2009 New Year's Resolution.

What side of America do you want to be on?