If you know a mama who recently had a baby, have you taken her a meal? I’m 4 weeks pp and a lady I know who lives nearly an hour away brought over dinner and dessert last night. It was such a kind and thoughtful gesture. This type of thing needs to be normalized.
@HManderino I attended a huge church and was very involved in different areas of ministry, and literally only ONE person offered to bring us food. And when I had an accident and broke my right ankle and sprained the left one at the same time, the same person brought me food.
@HManderino It's normalized at our church. I'm sorry your church hasn't started yet. Once you are fully recovered, you might want to start such a ministry together. If your husband contacts me, I can pass you my wife's information to help you understand the process.
@HManderino Brought groceries to a family member They were in the hospital with the new baby who had complications at birth Grandparents were home with the other kids Stopped by and filled the fridge and pantry They were LIVID that anyone dare come over without permission Still shocked
@HManderino 🩷🩷🩷 love this for you! What a blessing!
I’m so past those days but my kids look fondly back at when they never knew if I was making our dinner or someone else’s dinner. Sometimes I think that I’m just tired because I did the work of two during my 20s and 30s. I made so many meals for others. It was a good time but I’m tired now.
@HManderino My baby is now 13, but No, nobody brought me a meal or did much of anything for me. I had been bed ridden for 3 months (8 weeks in the hospital) and then c-section. Hubby's family lived close by and did 0 to help, but caused plenty of problems :/
@HManderino It's very common in church communities, not sure about others. Glad someone blessed you.
@HManderino I cooked & bring dinner once a week for 2 weeks. Both times it was enough to have the next day also. I think people should always make sure its in a dish they do not need to return. I had some things in a dish they could throw away and some in a dish they could keep.