Hungry

There were five kids in the family and they were very poor. I visited them from time to time and brought from the church a shopping bag with enough food for a meal. Once I brought also a few good chocolates, surely a treat in a home where there was so little. Each child took their piece as I offered it, said their “thank you” and wolfed the chocolate straightaway. I later learned that, for these children, to savor and eat slowly with siblings about was to risk loss. Any food that was not hastily consumed would be taken and eaten by another, such was hunger in this desperately poor family.

Go in peace to love and serve The Lord!

Josh