Water for Sky

My little man, Sky, recently started drinking water from a sippy cup.

I would have expected this to be a really small thing, but for his unsuspecting, uninitiated mom, this has been the biggest of things.

When I want to give my son clean water, I walk over to the filter in the door of my refrigerator, press a cup against a lever, screw on the sippy top, and help him as he learns to tip it back to drink.  His pleasure is palpable, and the satisfaction I feel as I watch him swallow and then blissfully gasp for air seems to harken back to some sort of ancient survival instinct.  It's elemental.

I cannot imagine living in a circumstance where I do not have access to clean water for my baby boy.  I'm not sure if I was insensitive before or just dull, but every time I give Sky his sippy cup, my awareness of people who go without is sharpened.

Hurricane Isaac ripped through Haiti this weekend pounding the same population that endured the earthquake two years ago.  I don't usually do this, but if you have five bucks or ten, a few organizations who are helping get clean water to people who need it are:

UNICEF

Charity : Water

The Water Project