What's the word of the day? Gratitude

Today was busy.  Today was filled with shopping and cooking and serving to some very deserving people.  Today we fed Fisher House.  If you are unfamiliar with Fisher House, they are an organization that provides a free home away from home for patients and their family members at military and VA hospitals.  When the husband blew up back in '05 we became guests of the Fisher House for 3 months.  It is an invaluable service that deserves more recognition.  While the guests of the Fisher House do have access to a full kitchen to prepare their own meals, sometimes it's just too hard to do that for yourself, either because you're too sick, too disabled, or too exhausted.  Sometimes in the midst of trauma, you simply forget to eat.  I remember the warm feeling when others would come and cook for us and how kind they were.  It is a great feeling now that hubby is well, to be able to provide that service to others in medical turmoil.  So, tonight, we fed them!  We made minestrone soup, chili with chips and cheese, salad, cornbread, and strawberry shortcake for dessert with tea to drink. I didn't get a workout in today because of it, but I was cooking for 3 hours straight so that counts for something right?  ;-)  I am ever so grateful to the Fisher House and all it's employees and volunteers, I can never repay what they did for us, so the least I can do is be thankful for the health we have now, and to help where I can for those that don't have the health they deserve.  So, word of the day today is Gratitude.  Our goodies:

 

 

Until tomorrow my friends,

XXOO,

The Fat EOD Wife