Good morning and Happy New Year, dear friends! This weekend, Mike and I had the occasion to be guests at our pantry. Mike is not allowed to drive for a time (He is fine! It's just a precaution) and just before New Year's, I contracted the worst flu I've had in maybe decades. So Mike walked down to the pantry on Saturday morning to get bread, bananas, apple juice, and cans of soup. He was also given cookies, a cup of hot chocolate, and a place to sit and chat with someone other than me! Needless to say, we were glad the pantry was there, and our very capable crew took care of everything.
In a separate post, you will find our end of the year thank you letter and annual wrap-up of what we accomplished. There are also some stats for those who are numerically inclined! If you need an "in-kind" tax form and/or a monetary donation tax receipt, those will be coming over the next few weeks. If you don't receive one by January 20, please feel free to contact us.
It's been an important year for us, and I want to share one very important story with you in closing today: I'd call it One Small Thing, except that it is anything but Small. A dear friend of ours made the huge decision to go to rehab this year and is now living successfully in a sober house, taking life day by day. Our friend had tried multiple times to quit their addiction before, but informed us that they now believed it was actually worth the effort to do it, because they felt the love and lack of judgment we all had for them.
Many tears later, it was a great reminder to all of us that no one does things of lasting value for our reasons; they do them for their own. All of us are just supporting characters in each other's lives. May we all always help to support each other to be heroes!
Thank you to all of you, and many many blessings in this new year.
With all my love ~
Cyndi
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