I felt this post was called for, especially as we celebrate reaching 1/10 of our first month's goal on our gofundme campaign ! I know that some people, if not most people, when they saw my baby registry thought I was a little ridiculous. A lot of items were not cheap. That wasn't because I was trying to live beyond our means or that I wasn't being realistic. I carefully curated a registry with specific needs for our baby, in our lifestyle, all from ethical companies and small businesses. Organic, fair trade, eco-friendly -- everything in the registry fell into one or more of these camps. Why? Because I knew that people were going to buy things for us and I wanted those purchases to positively impact all parties involved in the production of each item. Our purchasing power is real -- it can make a huge shift in the world of modern-day slavery. Perhaps you've checked out our gofundme campaign or seen our updates and had the similar thought, "What on ea...