Today is the 100th anniversary of my Dad's birth. He didn't even make it to his threescore years and ten, but boy, did he pack a lot into his life!
He would have recognised the strategies for living within your means and making the best of everything you've got, that was him all over.
He participated fully in life and gave freely of his time to anyone who needed it, especially all those Scouts who benefitted from his time and talents over the years.
He hated waste, whether that was time, money, food, skills, anything really. He had high standards and was a really lovely man with a definite twinkle in his eyes.
Happy Birthday Dad...
Month 5 - Bite 8
Share and share and share again. This one's for him who would share anything with anyone. When I was small we didn't have lots of material things. One Christmas a new vicar arrived from Australia with his young family. Dad popped in to introduce himself and say hi only to find them in an empty vicarage without many of their possessions that were held up along the way. Not one to leave them sitting on sparse packing crates he brought them all home. I don't remember much about it, but I can well imagine him and Mum stretching whatever resources we had to make their welcome a warm one.
Sharing with your neighbours and those around you is a great way to make a little go a long way. Today's task is for me to research some of the sharing schemes out there like Olio that let you give any surplus food, etc. that you have to someone else who can use it for free. You can also pick up free stuff for yourself, real give and take. Good use of technology, great fight against waste and a lovely way to help out all round.
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