Last year, The Orphaned Earring non-profit organization introduced me to twenty young orphan girls in Rosarito, Baja California for my fortieth birthday. After spending a day with them, the girls reminded me that I shouldn’t take the simple pleasures in life for granted, including education. As soon as I arrived to their school and home, the girls welcomed me with sincere grateful hugs and smiles. A stranger they’ve never met could make them happy with a simple donation of pencils and binders. That…