50+ community Check-in July 6-9, 2020
Happy Monday lovely 50+ people 
, how are you doing?
At the moment times are pretty hard for many people, some are still on lockdown or back on lockdown, some struggle with the effects of it, like less or even no work, financial strains, some of us cant afford to buy the food or other things, they usually do. So today, I like to invite everyone to the following exercise.
Give Thanks for Your Food 
Take a picture of a special meal once in a while
Before you tuck in, give thanks for your food–be it verbally out loud or mentally in your head.
Last but not least, enjoy your food! Take small bites, chew it slowly, and savor every bite of it (conscious eating is the way), while remaining aware and appreciative of all the hard work and time that went into the creation of your food.
https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank
https://ampleharvest.org/emergency-food-assistance/
https://feedingtampabay.org/mobilepantries/
https://www.fns.usda.gov/tefap/applicant-recipient
FoodSource Hotline 1-800-645-8333 TTY: 1-800-377-1292
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I came up with a prayer i say before every meal with meat, fish or an egg in it. Dear Lord, I pray that you take and care for the hearts and souls of these animals who lost their lives so that i may eat. Thank you. God bless you angels (being the animals)
It helps me to get through eating animals.
@purpleTree4652
It's a nice way to appreciate your food by acknowledging where it comes from.
Not doing all that great. Husband is unemployed now (since March) and I'm used to him traveling for work every week at least for a day or two...sometimes longer. We both need space and income! I'm a pet sitter and people aren't traveling like before so I'm barely working myself. Sucks. We've been married 35 years and have survived everything that has come our way but we may not survive this. For real.
@becausepuppies
I understand that you are worried, the situation with Covid is not easy at all!
It must be really frightening and stressful to have your relationship be in trouble after such a long time. 34 years is a great achievement and I could imagine you shared many good experiences.
I hope you will get through this 🤞. This is the link for our relationship support but maybe chatting to a listener 1:1 would help best, you can filter by "relationshipment stress" when browsing for listeners. Hugs.
@amiablePeace77 Thank you for the link. I'm still trying to get comfortable on here and since we're both home, it's hard to find a time to chat but I'm close. REAL close! Thank you again. It's nice to feel validated sometimes. Something I can't get from him usually.
@becausepuppies
Hope all goes well 🤞