BKSir
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Joined: 4/8/2008 From: Salt Lake City, UT Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: SavageFaerie BK I have to say for a grench reading that gave me the feel goods. It must have ben awesome at the cooking party sounds like something I would love. Do tell what was on the menu? Also perks at the mention of knives.................erm did I say that outloud To all the replies, yeah, it was a lot of fun, I really enjoy doing the class, the people in it are just awesome, and I learn as much as they do, if not more. Just as it should be. :) The menu was a roast beef, slow cooked on a bed of baby carrots, celery and pearl onions, mashed sweet potatoes and apples, confetti mashed potatoes (mashed potatoes with cream cheese, pimentos and chopped green onion), deviled eggs, yorkshire pudding, lemon chess pie, rolls, stuffed mushrooms, homemade egg nog, and hot cocoa. One of the best parts of it was being able to give some of them a christmas that they wouldn't have had otherwise. If anyone has a V.A. hospital or something nearby, I would really suggest, if you have time and want to do some volunteer work, going up and seeing what they have need for in their rec. therapy/voc. rehab groups. It's a very rewarding experience all around, for a generally extremely appreciative group of people that have, overall, lost a lot and given everything, to get very little in return when they got home. Most of the hospitals have these kind of groups, for things like painting, writing, ceramics, woodworking, leatherworking (yeah, that probably got peoples attention here ), and other things. For example, here, the voc. rehab added the cooking class, bowling, cross country skiing (we are in utah after all, and a lot of the resorts here were more than happy to help out, particularly Solitude*shameless plug for an awesome place*), and horseback riding. So, yeah, there should be something to help with for anyone and everyone. The biggest reason I enjoy working up there, is because of my partner, a p.t.s.d. vet, and many members of my own family who went and served, and came back to a fate worse than death. One of my grandfathers was a veteran of both nam and korea, as were a good number of his friends that I met. Seeing what had happened to them, and what they got in return for it... well... not a christmasy thought, let's put it that way. But uncles, aunts, many people I knew while working in the kitchen in the nursing home... I may not agree with the circumstances of some of these conflicts, but I have nothing but the utmost respect for those that served because they actually believed in honour and freedom and wanted to defend it, or worse, didn't even have a choice. Many of them came home to a "Oh, hi, go away." They've seen enough bad in their lives, that even the smallest amount of good can touch them and change their lives a great deal, and if I can be part of bringing that to them, if I can die and have even one person say "He touched me and changed me for the better.", even if it's in a minor way, then I've lived a life that I can be proud of, and haven't wasted it.
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