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I realize that bringing food to the sick (and their families) is not new; I said that in my original post. I also realize that the online public entity known as "Meal Train" IS new. That's what this is about. Thanks.
I'm a few days from 58, and growing up, we belonged to the United Methodist Church. But I'm sure all churches did this. The women, pretty much housewives, had a prayer chain set up. If someone needed prayers, Mrs. A would call Mrs B who would call Mrs C...and if one was out (long before answering machines) the woman calling would call the next woman, and tell her to call the missing woman later.
These women would also provide casseroles to families in crisis, and...would also stay at the house of the recently bereaved during the funeral, to help set up the reception, or make sure mourners had someone to greet them if they arrived at the home before the family...or to keep the house safe from break in...yeah, that was a thing for a while.
By the time my dad died in in 1981, this was falling by the wayside. The older women who took this duty seriously were like my grandma's age and dying off, and women my mother's age were working, and it was the advent of the answering machine and telephone solicitation.
Now it's gone.
This app replaces it. To me, this is a case of everything's old that's new again.
I'm a few days from 58, and growing up, we belonged to the United Methodist Church. But I'm sure all churches did this. The women, pretty much housewives, had a prayer chain set up. If someone needed prayers, Mrs. A would call Mrs B who would call Mrs C...and if one was out (long before answering machines) the woman calling would call the next woman, and tell her to call the missing woman later.
These women would also provide casseroles to families in crisis, and...would also stay at the house of the recently bereaved during the funeral, to help set up the reception, or make sure mourners had someone to greet them if they arrived at the home before the family...or to keep the house safe from break in...yeah, that was a thing for a while.
By the time my dad died in in 1981, this was falling by the wayside. The older women who took this duty seriously were like my grandma's age and dying off, and women my mother's age were working, and it was the advent of the answering machine and telephone solicitation.
Now it's gone.
This app replaces it. To me, this is a case of everything's old that's new again.
True enough, although the former lacked the elements of coercion and publicity. That was also a time when, without someone actually cooking a meal, there was nothing to eat. Hardly the case today. I'm all for "helping" in whatever way the person wants and needs and requests. I'm NOT all for imposing a particular kind of "help" - whether needed or wanted or not - too often mostly for the sake of looking good.
I'm NOT all for imposing a particular kind of "help" - whether needed or wanted or not - too often mostly for the sake of looking good.
Frankly, this ^^^ just speaks to your general outlook and attitude more than anything else.
Unless women in your small town are making meal trains for people who DON'T WANT IT and didn't ask for it solely for the purpose of bragging about it on social media, it sounds like you "too often mostly" just assume the worst about people.
True enough, although the former lacked the elements of coercion and publicity. That was also a time when, without someone actually cooking a meal, there was nothing to eat. Hardly the case today. I'm all for "helping" in whatever way the person wants and needs and requests. I'm NOT all for imposing a particular kind of "help" - whether needed or wanted or not - too often mostly for the sake of looking good.
Well my sister and we're talking about the social media duo shall not be named, and she was all for it being used for businesses and marketing, but didn't seem to get if there were no people playing on it there would be no need for marketing on it because there would be no one to market to.
And if people don't toot their own horn, a lot of times others wouldn't know about what they are tooting for.
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