I'm nervous because my advisory does not seem to want to be involved at all. When we talked about our "doll" today, only myself and two others volunteered to go shopping, and I suspect that the others are just doing it for CAS credit, and that they, while caring about providing gifts for this child, aren't as emotionally invested as I am. This is really important to me.
When I was younger, my mom taught English as a Second Language (ESL) to adults, and my sister and I would often play with some of the kids, who often ha better English than their parents. But we could see how poor they were, by their clothes and their toys. We often went over to one student's house, who had a daughter, Nancy, who was my sister's age. They were very poor, their house was dirty, cluttered, and full of obsolete technology, and they often smelled funny, as if they didn't bathe often.
One year, when, I was about nine, we went over Nancy's house, a few days before Christmas. We brought presents for her and her little sister. They were so excited, and happy, and all we had given them was a a Vtech laptop for learning that Addie and I had shared, some barbies, and MadLibs.
Giving them presents, and seeing how happy they were really had an impact on me. I helped to give someone a nicer holiday season. This is why Dress a Live Doll is so important to me. Even if my advisory doesn't care that much, I'm going to do my best to make sure our doll gets an awesome Christmas.
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