Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
on ABC
By Ally Matteodo
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
again outpaces the rest of the television program pack this week. Airing at
8:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 3rd, this episode focuses on the
amazing Morris family of St. Paul, Minnesota. Sandy Morris, a single mother of
two, worked as a teacher until her dissatisfaction with area daycare spurred her
to open up her own day care center, complete with bilingual education. Several
of the families who depend on Sandy to watch their children gave their testimony
on this incredible lady. One mother described how her husband suffered from a
collapsed lung and awaited a transplant, and how Sandy insisted they not worry
about paying for daycare. Chris Coleman, the mayor of Saint Paul himself,
nominated Sandy for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, singing her praises
as a mentor and teacher. In an ideal world, Coleman explains that Sandy would
be able to care for all of the children across Saint Paul, because she’s just
that wonderful. Unfortunately, the Morris family’s 100-year-old house is
crumbling to the ground, and without help Sandy would be forced to close her
daycare.
This season’s Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition series revolves around the theme of volunteerism, and
this week’s celebrity guest volunteers were the Muppets. The Muppets make the
perfect addition to the team of designers, especially since they are adored by
children, and reconstructing the daycare and providing for these children is one
of the main goals of this week’s renovation. Ty Pennington and his team get to
work as the Morris family is whisked off on a Disney cruise to the Caribbean,
where Sandy and her two children Catricia and Michael spend some quality time
together. The thought and care that go into these renovations will continually
astound viewers of this program. One of the most important aspects of the new
house is the separation of the daycare from the home of the family. Before, the
house doubled as the daycare, and there was no separation between work and home.
Ty and his team remedy this by providing the Morris family with more space.
Now, the dining room table doesn’t double as an arts and crafts table and as a
diaper-changing table; it’s a place where mother and children can sit and catch
up while eating a meal together. Indeed, the spirit of generosity infects
everyone, as all the volunteers who helped rebuild the Morris home receive a
free pass to one of the Disney parks for a day. As a new year awaits us,
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition sets the perfect tone. Not only does this
program celebrate kind, sweet, giving individuals, it also eradicates the old
and decrepit and replaces it with the new and innovative. In this manner, it
readily assists families in entering a brighter, better future.
Best TV Show
of the Week
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