My Great Birthday

I started the day with filling 67 food bags for the Rutherford County Atlas program.  These bags are discreetly placed in students book bags on Friday afternoons for them to consume on Saturday and Sunday.  The thought is these children might not have adequate food resources again until Monday when the school lunch program begins for them.

Our church took this program on and every month food is collected and packed for these children in need.

Phyllis, JoAnn and me with some of the food donations

After the bags were filled we still had many food items that will be given to the school administrator of the Atlas program or to the Smyrna/LaVergne Food Bank.  There is so much need in our community.  I was happy to work alongside these great ladies.

I then met my daughter, son-in-law and husband for lunch at a favorite restaurant of ours.  I love having food cooked before me and not washing dishes afterward.

Of course I had to wear the goofy hat!

God is good!

Coffee Cups & Friends

I am just starting up some friendships with a few women who I find fun and interesting.  We met for the second time today at a ceramics shop in Smyrna.  A fund raiser is being held in town for the benefit of the Smyrna LaVergne Food Bank.  The way it works is a free concert is being held at the Sam Davis Home and all attendees are asked to buy a coffee cup for all you can drink coffee, tea and hot chocolate.  Plus you get to hear a band concert for no extra cost.

Showing Off Our Coffee Cup Donations-l. to r. Me, Wendy, Carolyn, Shelia & Cathy

We are supporters of the food bank as they distribute over 7,000 meals annually.  So we buy and paint a ceramic cup and it is donated to the fund raiser.  That probably means that we end up buying them back but no problem.  The money goes to the food bank and we get to party again together.  The ladies pictured above are all getting to be good friends as we work together and have fun too.  Today's conversations included where we were when the Beatles first came to America, the joys of waving goodbye to grandchildren and the antics on "Downton Abbey".

After we painted our cups we went to Cracker Barrel for lunch.  The conversations continued and while there we decided to go to a movie together next week after our Red Hat meeting.  It is the beginning of making a close knit group, I hope.