It had been a really long time since I took the boys to the Please Touch Museum. Matthew has been wanting to take my parents each time they have visited, but we never had enough time. We finally took them on my parents' last day here and we had a blast!
They got a kick out of watching the boys go shopping at the pretend Shop Rite...
Grandma and Matthew ate inside the pretend McDonald's...
And this exhibit really touched my heart. While my parents were playing with the boys, I was able to read each one. Here is what it says...
What is the Heart Gallery?
Every child deserves a family. In Philadelphia, there are hundreds of foster children who are longing for just that. Heart Gallery Philadelphia is collaborating with the Philadelphia Department of Human Services to bring these children closer to that dream. To achieve that goal, Professional Photographers volunteer their time and skill creating beautiful, compelling portraits of foster children in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties, which become a traveling exhibit. The goal is to raise adoption awareness, but more importantly to give voice to the many foster children in our community looking for their "forever family." Ultimately, our hope is that through these portraits prospective parents will be moved to adopt. These children are considered harder to adopt, ranging in age from 5 to 17, minorities and/or in sibling groups. They are deserving of our attention, our compassion, our help, and our respect. Heart Gallery Philadelphia was founded in 2005 and in the years since, has been responsible for helping to place countless children with their forever families.
"The unspoken prayers in the hearts of all the waiting children are powering this movement . . . a spirit of hope that is alive and making its presence known to help them, to speak for them, to create a miracle of change. It's amazing to see something greater than ourselves at work."
Is there room in your home? Is there room in your hearts?
Reading the stories of each of these kids broke my heart. The exhibit is beautifully done.
We finished the day at Please Touch Museum with stop inside the SEPTA bus.
Then we had lunch at Five Guys. It was a great day!
It's always hard to have my parents leave, and it's even harder to watch how sad my boys get... but we had such a great time and we are so lucky that they have been able to come visit us as often as they have. We miss them so much!
1 comment:
What a very neat exhibit...the Heart Gallery.
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