I don’t want anything for Christmas. No presents. No gifts. Nada.

After spending another year at DCFS reading about kids getting screwed over by grown-ups, I’m asking folks with any inclination to spend money on me to stop, change direction, and send the cash/gift to a child-related charity. If it’s an organization that’ll help a little one recover from a negative life-changing event, all the better.

Yes, I’m serious. Not joking. I’ve been where those kids are and they need all the love you can show them.

So please go out and do the right thing.

(Except for chocolate. I’ll take the chocolate. I’m not totally crazy here.)