Sarah is our today at dVerse Poets Pub. Tuesday Poetics – Food is our prompt for the day. My thought today was about our trip from CA to CONN when I was a preteen. We were on the run, so to say. It was less than an easy trip. But I learned a valuable lesson, I’ll never forget.
A lesson learned so early in my youth
Three thousand mile trip across the country
Two adults, two kids, lots of luggage too
No stopping at hotels nor restaurants
Grocery store food kept in the coolers
Never got out except to use restrooms
Making bologna sandwiches for lunch
Another driver, worse off than we were
Stopped to chat about the long cross country drive
He looked hungry and weary as he spoke
Mom embarrassed about our meager lunch
Regretted not offering him some food
I learned to be grateful for what I had
❀ Welcome To LSS Attitude of Gratitude❀ 
That’s a good lesson to learn.
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A true story. I never looked at a bologna sandwich the same.
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I got that.
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Journeys always bring more than just scenery to mind…when one one is living so close to the bread line, one never forgets, either…lovely verse
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Thank you very much. At the time I was a grouchy kid. Things changed that day.
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That’s a piercing memory – it’s obviously stayed with you. I’m not sure what bologna is – is it really that bad? Your mum sounds very caring.
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bologna is not something i would ever eat now. https://www.olymel.com/en/products/deli-and-meat-counter/bologna/bologna/
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Wow – wisdom gained at a young age… how old were you then, Lauren?
❤
David
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Its interesting what stays with us – I can see this experience had a lasting impact.
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It did indeed
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Indeed,a lesson of being grateful for what we each have. Nice poem!
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Thank you
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Fine reminiscence, and a valuable lesson learned. Little is waaay more than none, eh?
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Indeed
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You can save a LOT of money by bringing your own food on road trips instead of stopping at drive-thrus and sit-down restaurants.
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Back then there weren’t many drive through places.
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I can imagine there would be a lot of learning on such a journey (having done a few myself) and you could do much worse than gratitude as a takeaway!
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Thanks. There were other takeaways, but this was the good one.
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