{"id":1794,"date":"2021-04-13T23:21:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2021-04-13T23:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:21:18","slug":"making-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/2021\/04\/making-a-difference.html","title":{"rendered":"Making a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I posted something similar on my Face Book page and I want to share it with you all. (I use FB to keep track of my family. I disagree vehemently with their censorship.)<\/p>\n<p>But last week when I went to the grocery store I was shocked by the rise in prices. I used together out of the store for about eighty dollars. But in the last couple of weeks it&#8217;s been so much higher. I noticed three cans of Campbell&#8217;s cream of chicken soup were five dollars. Now that soup is a kitchen staple. When did it get so high? So I began to notice other prices. I checked the price of a head of lettuce&#8230;something I eat every single day. It was well over one dollar &#8211; lettuce!!<\/p>\n<p>My store has a barrel out front for donations to our local Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to go down the baby aisle. Talk about high prices! Wow! <\/p>\n<p>On Friday night I was with some young mothers and I asked about the price of diapers. They told me that at today&#8217;s baby showers the young moms ask for diapers. It made my heart sad. No longer were there lovely receiving blankets or silver rattles. No. Just the hard reality of diapers. <\/p>\n<p>I guess I come from a different age.<\/p>\n<p>While at the store I bought formula and diapers and put it in the barrel for the Food Bank. I challenge you to do the same. Each week buy some diapers or formula and donate it. 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