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The fact that I am able to work everyday to provide for my children is a blessing all in itself.
I took this year for the third year in a row to give during the holiday season. This year we found a church that was giving food to the hungry during the Thanksgiving holiday and joined them.
It was a wonderful feeling getting the kids up early and getting them dressed to deliver food to those who were less fortunate than us. We decided to go to First United Methodist Church in this area and were sent to a smaller church in a town about 15 miles away.
We pull up and realize that the people here were surprised and happy to see us coming to help out since there were not enough people to deliver deep in the woods.
I just so happened to KNOW where that area of the country was and so I was packed up with cooked turkey and dressing and desserts and he kids in tow and we headed off to deliver food.
It wasn't hard to do either. We were given no addresses and no names. We were just to go out and find the people that had a need and fill it. Period.
We were so excited as we drove into the country and the woods and found trailers where people lived everyone standing outside. We stopped introduced ourselves and offered up packaged foods.
This went on for about four hours. I was touched when one woman said, "You have no idea what this means. We was bout to have grill cheese just now."
I gave them the last of what was in the box we had in the car.
As I backed the car out of the drive way I looked over at Imani my sixteen year old and smiled, fighting back tears. That's a thank you I will never forget.
It was worth it to have that moment to know you came in the knick of time for someone and their family on a day like Thanksgiving.
So now I'm trying to decide what we will do for Christmas. I want it to be just as exciting. I want my children to learn that they must take care of each other and the people in their community.
I hope they learned that.
Til Next Time,
Mamma (Y've)
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