There's an event coming up that I mentioned in a previous blog entry called "Heroes of the Fight" - it's an important event one that honours people who put themselves completely out there to help children who are victims of child exploitation.

I'm going to the event and taking some of the moms who helped me start the Mothers Online Movement - we  are really looking forward to it and I know that they are going to be more inspired than ever when they get to hear the amazing efforts of those being honoured. As I thought about the event I started to feel a bit guilty because I haven't had the opportunity to blog, or get much stuff done in the past 6 weeks as it relates to MOM. I got a new job and as most jobs are in the first few months of starting - it's been to say the least, crazy. Lucky for me I love my job ... and it is thanks to my job that I'm involved in this issue at all. Thanks is an odd word for me to use I guess - why would I be thankful to be in any way involved in the issue of online child exploitation? As difficult as it can be sometimes and there is no question that it has changed my life in ways that I occasionally wish it hadn't - I am thankful, so thankful that no matter how little the effort - I can do something to help.

So this brings me to one of things that I just haven't got done - it's a simple idea called "random acts of cupcakes and the idea is that you get together with a group of friends or work colleagues (you get to pick who) and bake a bunch of cupcakes and sell them for a $1.00 each (or whatever you think) to anyone who'll buy them (randomly) with proceeds going to the Mothers Online Movement. I was telling one of my friends how guilty I was feeling for not doing this yet and she said "Paula, just share the idea - you'll be surprised what people can do with a good idea." So there you go - shared my idea and if you e-mail me at mom@kinsa.net, I'll send you back the information to promote your "random acts of cupcakes" event. In a perfect world, this will trigger lots of "random acts of cupcakes" and we will make a difference for children who are victims of online child exploitation (because people will pay a $1 for your cup cake!).

So I started the blog with reference to "Heroes of the Fight" - these are the real heroes who fight every day to save a child - they inspire me to do stuff like write this blog and get stuff done  - I'm thankful to them!

Paula Knight
Mothers Online Movement (MOM) Founder and
KINSA Advisory Board
www.mothersonlinemovement.ca