{"id":6213,"date":"2021-11-10T15:25:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2021-11-10T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:25:31","slug":"from-the-ezer-mizion-files-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/from-the-ezer-mizion-files-3\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Ezer Mizion Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To the staff at the Ezer Mizion kitchen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hot Meals for Families Dealing with Serious Illness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ever since I was a little girl, I\u2019ve loved the kitchen, with all its secrets, magic, and aromas. At age ten, I functioned like a young chef. After I got married, I opened a boutique catering business at home for pastries and specialty dishes, and this served as an adequate source of income for our young family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

About a year ago, I started feeling an annoying sensation of tingling in my hands. At first it came in brief attacks and I didn\u2019t attribute any importance to it.  But then it became very bothersome and tiring and I understood that I had to check it out. I went to our family doctor. He was very concerned and sent me for a series of comprehensive and exhausting tests, which resulted in the diagnosis: a \u201cdegenerative disease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sky fell in on me, my husband and our serene home. From an active and energetic woman, I became a woman who could not even get up in the morning to send out the children. From the owner of a catering business  to a woman who serves her children pasta and hot dogs and whose neighbor has to come in to load our laundry in the washing machine\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After turning to Ezer Mizion for counseling, our eyes were opened. Beyond the medical counseling and assistance, we received a great deal of physical and emotional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember the first hot, nourishing meal that we got from you. Finally, the kitchen again had the aroma of real food but I cried because  it was not produced by me. As time went on, there were many more daily meals and also Shabbos meals. Every time I opened the Ezer Mizion carton, I burst into tears. It was hard for me to handle. I promised myself that when the attack would pass, I would utilize my talents, too, on behalf of those who needed it and for whom it would give strength for another day of coping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, baruch Hashem (thank G-d), <\/em>I am in a period of remission, in the great hope that it will always only get better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And today I was able <\/em>to cook a Shabbos meal for a family of six (like ours)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, it was a day of celebration! I added a personal \u201cstrength-boosting\u201d letter to the mother of the family who would receive the delivery, with a request to include it with the meal. The letter, too, like the food I prepared, was sent straight from my heart, wishing her a speedy and complete recovery among all sick people <\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A giant thanks for the delivered meals that always revived me and my family, and also for the privilege of now being on the giving end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. Friedman<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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