Today was our big blood drive with the American Red Cross. While the blood drive was going on I helped put together our shul’s new sandbox for the playground. I would have liked to have given blood, but due to some of the countries I visited while on Active Duty I can no longer give blood.
This disappoints me more than you would think. Before I joined the military I gave blood every time I was able to do so. I remember when I got my little gold pin for giving my first gallon. I still have it locked away in a box somewhere, but now I don’t like looking at it. It just reminds me that I can no longer give. Giving blood was the one thing that I could do for free and help so many others.
So I built a sandbox.
