Thinking of the other beyond ourselves…

I missed Cameron’s day yesterday b/c I was working on cleaning out my parent’s house…my dad died this fall and my mom had to go to assisted living very quickly. this past year I was trying to “give” something every day. money, donations, food, compliment to a stranger, a little treat…I admit, sometimes the expectation that I had made this structure for the past year took the joy out of random giving and sometimes I would give many things in one day and nothing other days b/c of living in the country. If nothing else I would put extra money in the meter for the next person that wanted to dash in for a quick errand (I don’t care if you aren’t supposed to :)…but tried to spread around more than that. then when I was visiting my dad in the hospital all the time and after his death I don’t feel like I have been giving as much. your family’s grace by example is such a beautiful reminder of what humanity is and can be.every.single.day. thank you a million times over for when I lose sight of it. I could go on b/c I think the this compassion and hospitality – in a greater definition – is what it/this is all about and thinking of the other beyond ourselves…thank you thank you!! -Georgie