Richer

Wednesday 6th March

Day 350

Today thirteen beautiful, generous women came to our home and opened their hearts and their purses to help and support some families we will never meet on the other side of the world. In this English kitchen we opened the patio doors and sat in the sunshine with bowls of soup and slabs of warm homemade bread. While orange and yellow tulips blazed in their pots, we talked and laughed over cups of tea, Anzac biscuits and buttered Barabrith, bought raffle tickets, collected prizes and filled a basket with coins and notes.

Along with donations from some other dearly beloveds we counted up £165. So maybe a child who is hungry tonight will have a full belly tomorrow. Thank you to all the dear women who said yes and especially to my dear sister who said to me and our Wednesday lunch playmate, ‘Let’s do it’ and so made this particular Wednesday deeply richer than it would have been. And not just for me.