ARE YOU WITH ME?

BLOG POST JANUARY 5th 2026

A few years ago I was in Italy during the Feast of Befana, the world’s most famous old
lady that magically flies around and brings gifts to children. This January 6 th day of
family and children intertwines the pagan Roman beliefs with the time of Epiphany when
Christians commemorate the bringing of the gifts from the wise men, the Magi to the
newborn King they named him, Jesus. https://www.italia.it/en/italy/things-to-
do/epiphany-in-italy-befana-meaning-and-traditions

So this week on January 6 th let’s consider Human Birth is a miracle — every child that
makes it into this world, God smiles My parents used to say “a new baby is God’s sign
that the world should go on”
During this festive season, won’t you pause with me and be grateful that your mother
sustained the trials of childbirth and that somehow you thrived
The first year of a child’s birth throughout the entire world is also treasured because a
woman must go through so much travail during the pregnancy, the labor the birth and
the gestation of a newborn – every child that makes it with its mother to be one year of
age has great promise – we as humans, have lost touch with this reality
Children to children is an initiative that our agency started to provide necessary funds
for freedom for Ukrainian refugees, without access there is not a similar approach to
take in Sudan or in Gaza but certainly, there are medical teams that can inform us as to
how best to support —
Should it be any different for other beings? They only need assistance for those months
in the womb and those early days where they can not fend for themselves
I am in – are you in? Let’s not sit back and watch a generation of children be starved,
maimed, traumatized by the war induced famine. Surely there is a solution whereby the
objectives of ending conflict can continue and the generation of children allowed to live,
no?