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Great post Iowanian!!!
I've always found that the most enjoyable Holiday seasons for me is when I am giving more than receiving.....
When my wife and I were first married, we would volunteer to work on Christmas day filling in for people who would normally have to work so that they could spend Christmas Day with their families.....
Until our kids were born there wasn't a Thanksgiving or Christmas that we didn't spend some part of the day, serving food at either a homeless shelter or battered womens center.....
One year we volunteered to assist at the local Ronald McDonald House serving the families staying there....
Every place I have worked since 1998 we have always adopted a family at Christmas time...but like others have indicated, "need has no season", so we have expanded it to include the whole school year.
It's been my good fortune to realize that for every 1 deed I have done, somehow I have gotten repaid 10 times over...with the smile on a child's face, the heartfelt "thank you" from one who can no longer do for themselves, or just the look in the eye of a greatful friend.
There have been many good ideas on this thread...some that I intend to start practicing myself.
And finally, may I say a very heartfelt "thank you" to all my friends here who said a kind thought, whispered a prayer, or sent their best to my family over the last couple of months. It has meant more than you know.
mmaddog
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