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A SANDWICH AND OTHER ACTS OF LOVE

Since yesterday was Mother’s Day I’ve been thinking a lot about my mom.

I remember taking a walk with her in south Florida when I noticed she was getting tired. My mom and I always walked together. She was a walking machine and never got tired so I knew the cancer was starting to take its toll.

"Let’s go back to the condo so you can rest," I said.

"No, I want to walk to the store so I can get some things to make you a sandwich for your drive home."

I was headed back to Jacksonville and my mom thought I might starve to death without eating during the five hour drive. : )

"Ok," I said knowing she had her mind set and the one thing you don’t do in my family is argue with my mom about food. Food and love were one and the same to her.

We continued walking, made it to the supermarket and as we walked back I could tell she was getting more and more tired.

When we arrived back at her condo she was exhausted and yet she went right to the kitchen to make me a sandwich.

On my drive home I ate that sandwich but I didn’t think much about it at the time.

Now, five years later, I think about that sandwich a lot because that was the last time I saw my mom fully conscious.

When I think about my mom I think about the fact that she was battling cancer, fighting for her life and her biggest priority was to make me a sandwich.

We often think that we have to do big, expensive things to show people that we care about them but my Mom’s sandwich represents that showing people you care is not about the big things.

It’s about doing the little things with a big dose of selfless love.

In memory of my Mom I want to encourage you today to do the little things that show people you care about them. Do them at work and at home.

Take a team member to lunch. Write a thank you note. Call and encourage a colleague, friend or family member, play with your child, take a walk with a friend, etc. Be intentional about it.

The opportunities to make a difference are endless. Just do something small with a big dose of selfless love.

Who knows you might even make someone a sandwich!

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