Day One of Food Bank Advent Calendar
Hello!
So today is the first day of advent and I have loved seeing all your social media posts getting into the Christmas spirit. I've especially loved seeing my Sister and Cousins working impressively hard to give their children a magical advent as well as Christmas (keep the pictures coming!) and I look forward to visiting once my essays are done and seeing their decorations in the flesh.
If I'm honest, I'm not feeling too good about Christmas this year as it's the first time in my 21 years that I haven't shared it with Nanny. As painful and as tough as this is, I am not the only one who's going to have a difficult Christmas. And in lots of ways I'm lucky because I have enough food, I'm warm, and I'm not going to be alone. For too many people, it's less lucky; they won't have enough food and they may very well be alone on Christmas Day. So, instead of a chocolate advent calendar that my skin and waistline definitely don't need, I have decided to fill a box. Every day, I'll put in a food item (or several food items if I fancy) and when it's full on Christmas Eve, I'll take it to the food bank to show someone else going through a tough Christmas that they're not alone, and that someone is thinking of them.
And although it's only day one, I already feel comforted by the thought that it's ok to be having a tough time and that there's always something we can do.
I think I'll do another post halfway through, and then one at the end. Have a lovely advent, and to all the people that are also swamped with work, you've got this!
Lots of Love,
Sarah xxx
