Giving . . . Gives Right Back!
Last week, Tami and I were working on recipes and articles to go into the April Kitchen Connection. Loads of work, but loads of fun as well. But, I have to tell you, the absolute, very BEST part of last week was the FILL YOUR FREEZER and PERK YOUR PANTRY contest. It was also that absolute, very HARDEST part.
You see, this entire quarter, Tami and I have been reading these heart warming stories of customers who want and need a Freezer Make Over. They all submitted their coupons, a short essay and a before picture of their freezers. I must say that even if I had never read a word of the essays, some of the freezers almost made me cry. Want to know why??? All these people were Homemade Gourmet customers!!!!! How, I ask you, HOW, can a Homemade Gourmet customer’s freezer be in such sad shape?? Luckily, each of those customers also submitted their distributors name, so guess who I am going to be calling???? Ha - you can run, but you cannot hide.
But, I digress. (As usual!) The BEST part, really, really and truly, was to watch this fantastic lady with 3 little boys draped all over her, stand with her mouth open and repeatedly say, “That’s all you have to do???” “Wait, it is that easy??” “What else can I make with that one?” “Oh, my husband is going to be so excited!!” “Hold on, you even have dinner for tonight for us??” There is no greater joy that I have felt in a long time, than to be able to give this family easy great tasting meals and help them know that it was so simple they can do it themselves every month.
JOY . . . When was the last time you felt JOY? Not happiness, not excitement, not giddy . . . pure JOY. Get up off the couch and go get some JOY . . . you know how, go ahead, repeat after me . . .
MAKE THE FOOD . . . SHARE THE FOOD . . . EAT THE FOOD.
So, how was your week? Got JOY???
Cindy
