What a glorious week! I was so ready for my sabbatical, but I didn’t want it to start either. That’s very odd you may think? It’s that feeling you get when you are on vacation and you hit Sunday afternoon about 3:00 and realize that you are heading back home and the long anticipated trip has come and gone in the blink of an eye. You had an amazing time, but reality sets in that you have to go back to your normal routine. I didn’t want my sabbatical to start because it meant the day that it did, I would have already spent one day of my sabbatical and only had 29 more to go… Okay, so maybe that makes more sense in my head than it does in words for someone else to read.
Alas, the first FIVE days have already come and gone! Only 25 more to go….
I decided to focus on my Helpers of People project this week, which was serving hot meals for Meals on Wheels. Since my sabbatical is during the summer I knew I wanted to get my children involved in helping with such a worthy cause. My grandparents benefited from the Meals on Wheels program when they were alive, so I know firsthand how this organization helps so many on a daily basis. As it turned out, Brandon wasn’t able to help… apparently the call of the high school band to start summer band trumps the plans of mom? When band practice calls, one must attend! That just left me and Kelsey to go out and serve together. One of the benefits of her being an elementary teacher is she’s on summer break and was open to join me. It was humbling to serve hot meals to so many that would not be able to eat if they weren’t a part of this program. To think that our short visit to their door is perhaps the only interaction they have with anyone else all day tugs at my heart strings. The second day of our deliveries we went to an area that is a lot of retirement homes/apartments. We are able to park the car and walk door-to-door to hand out several meals. During this time I was able to witness the interaction that Kelsey was having with the elderly. She talked with each and everyone one of them, asked them about themselves and somehow made each one of them laugh before she left the door to go to the next door. It sure made this momma proud!
I was sad that Brandon wasn’t able to join us while delivering meals this week, but in the end I think it turned out like it should….I was able to spend a lot of alone time with Kelsey. Since she was married in June I don’t get to spend as much time with her anymore, so this was some much needed time together. We had lots of fun navigating the routes for our meal deliveries and ended each day having lunch and running a few errands together. Yesterday we decided to have pedicures done, and called my mom to see if she would like to join us.
Tomorrow, Gary and I will head off on a vacation!! We will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary in a couple of weeks, so have planned a trip to Jamaica! Yeah mon!
Until next time!