I’m not that old! Really, I’m not!

And I’ve been doing this stuff for a while, but sometimes just buying a pair of socks can turn into a nightmare!

Whoever heard of creating a password for an online sock account?

And then there’s organizations like Kiva, where you’re really just trying to do some good but again it turns into a nightmare!

And don’t get me started on all those passwords that have to have a symbol an upper case and a lower case and a number and have to be at least 8 digits!

I really like Kiva, as an idea. It’s basically an online charitable donation organization that operates all over the world.

You can read people’s stories and decide to contribute towards giving them an interest free loan. Sounds great right?

But… what happened is that my mom wanted to get in on it, so she gave me a lump of money to manage. Basically I look over people’s stories and donate. Again, no problem. The mistake I made was creating a separate account. Now there’s two passwords to memorize, two accounts to manage from two different emails.

And then trying to coordinate between them, AAAArrrrghh!

And now all the zoom stuff to figure out.

Last night I had a wonderful idea!

I’ve always thought of creating an after school group for disadvantaged kids, where I read them stories and developed their English skills.

I really do think that reading and English skills is the key to unlock all kinds of learning.

If parents simply read to their kids–I know it sounds simplistic but honestly the exposure to language makes ALL the difference!

If they just read to their kids and talked to their kids and engaged with them in terms of what the stories mean, what they’re getting from them, the kids’ thinking would be stimulated, their cognitive processes would benefit and all aspects of learning would be helped out!

But in disadvantaged homes with parents trying hard enough to just survive, there’s hardly any time for that.

There are all kinds of programs for kids in terms of athletics but that’s not what they all need. Not all of them will go on to become star athletes!

Anyway, why I’m talking about this, it occurs to me that this could happen through zoom. Most kids have access to a phone and could engage with me where I could teach them what could benefit them and give them advantages that other children take for granted.

But that means navigating zoom! AAAArrrrggghhh! God help me!

I have good intentions but the frustrations are trying.

But I will see what I can do.

The next few years are going to be tough, I’m afraid, and I want to do what I can to give kids hope.

If you want to be involved in anyway, let me know. I’m reaching out. The technology is a pain but at the same time there’s so much potential!