Dog Food

Last night I had a great opportunity to see a Christmas show. Katie's mom is a music teacher at Covenant School. Its a private christian school who held its annual Christmas chapel. It was beautiful. Lots of wonderful Christmas songs sung by kindergartners and older kids and much more. Katie's mom did a great job conducting the songs. It was really nice and fun. However, I have to admit I felt a little weird.

You see prior to coming out to the event, Katie and I went to serve food at the Center of Hope. Its a women's homeless shelter at Union Gospel Church downtown Dallas. It something we have the privilege of doing for a while now. The women there with their children come out for a nice hot meal. We served beef stew, corn muffin, rice, and cheese veggies.

I couldn't help but notice the difference the kids and mom's are from the shelter and those attending and participating in the play. Some obvious differences like the way everyone looked, how they dressed, how the kids behaved, etc. I saw one parent with their video camera filming their child singing songs. Laughing. Enjoying their kid perform in front of a large crowd at this nice church.

When just an hour ago, a parent at the shelter said "I heard their serving dog food tonight?"

Katie and I talked about it on our way home.

What if those kids from the shelter had the chance to go to a school like Covenant. Would the moms think that was a good idea if they could? Why do some kids have better opportunities then others? And after everything is said and done, should it really matter?