MrNovice
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With the holidays here, many of us have things to be grateful for and an abundance of other things like leftovers from the big Thanksgiving Day feast. Several years ago when I was divorced and my boys were visiting for Thanksgiving, I couldn't come up with a reason to make a large Thanksgiving Day spread for just the 3 of us. They were very young and picky about what they ate and going through all the trouble of preparing a huge meal and having leftovers for a week didn't make sense. So realizing all the things I was thankful for and wanting my boys to understand some sort of humility, we started a new tradition that gave us purpose to continue having that large Thanksgiving Day meal while also being able to help others.
Fast forward several years later, and it's a tradition we've kept alive amongst our larger family of my wife and together, our 5 kids. The kids actually look forward to it now and have a deeper understanding of why we do this...
So for about 2-3 hours every Thanksgiving after the big meal, we head out and hunt for the homeless. We all gather round the table and everyone helps pack meals, assembly line style, of all the extra food and desserts and bottled water to pass out. It's not much but to someone who has nothing, it can mean the world.
Packing it up...
And getting it ready to roll out...
There is nothing like being able to share something we normally take for granted, with those that are less fortunate. Seeing the smiles as you share part of your life with them, and even the tears sometimes from others because it's completely unexpected. And even sometimes the tears my kids try to wipe away because they know the true meaning now of what it is to give.
It's heartwarming and very humbling, and if you ever have the chance or see opportunity to be part of something like that, just do it. It's not something you could ever regret. Happy Thanksgiving!
Fast forward several years later, and it's a tradition we've kept alive amongst our larger family of my wife and together, our 5 kids. The kids actually look forward to it now and have a deeper understanding of why we do this...
So for about 2-3 hours every Thanksgiving after the big meal, we head out and hunt for the homeless. We all gather round the table and everyone helps pack meals, assembly line style, of all the extra food and desserts and bottled water to pass out. It's not much but to someone who has nothing, it can mean the world.
Packing it up...
And getting it ready to roll out...
There is nothing like being able to share something we normally take for granted, with those that are less fortunate. Seeing the smiles as you share part of your life with them, and even the tears sometimes from others because it's completely unexpected. And even sometimes the tears my kids try to wipe away because they know the true meaning now of what it is to give.
It's heartwarming and very humbling, and if you ever have the chance or see opportunity to be part of something like that, just do it. It's not something you could ever regret. Happy Thanksgiving!
