When was the last time you… 1. …sent a hand…
When was the last time you…
1. …sent a handwritten letter? A few months ago, enclosed in the 80th birthday card for one of my aunts.
2. …baked something from scratch or made something by hand? The last thing I baked from scratch was a cherry cobbler a few months ago. I’m in the (long, slow) process of crocheting a baby blanket for my newest nephew at the moment.
3. …camped in a tent? Summer of ’83. Across a small lake from a glacier in the Rocky Mountains. Way too long ago – that’s gotta be a must, soon.
4. …volunteered your time to church, school, or community? A few weekends ago, at the Pediatric Aids Foundation’s 2002 Time for Heroes event – spent the day counting kids’ prize tokens.
5. …helped a stranger? A few months ago when I gave my last $20 to a homeless guy with a bad open wound on his foot. I told him how to take care of it and gave him all the cash on me so he could buy the antibiotics the ER had prescribed. I walked away, worried about getting to my eye doctor appointment a few minutes late, and was immediately seized with guilt at not using my credit card to buy him fresh bandages and Neosporin, and fixing his foot up for him on the spot. I turned back around, but he’d already disappeared. Still haven’t forgiven myself for that one – I know how to do it and I could have afforded the medical supplies, and I took an oath, a long time ago…