Bloodwork isn’t so bad

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I had to get some blood work completed for an upcoming physical today. OK, John, thanks for that, I’ll be going now. Bye, bye.

NO WAIT!!! Don’t go, I do have a point. I had to fast for 12 hours or so, for the blood work. When I arrived at the draw center this morning I was starving. I hadn’t even had my first cup of coffee yet and I was up for 2 hours already. I was famished. Starving and ready to eat anything (though I don’t think I would have and isn’t that a strange saying?). After I signed in, they drew what they needed and I was out of there looking for breakfast. In and out in 5, maybe 10, minutes tops.

OK, John, What does this have to do with anything? Sorry for the digression, but there is a point. Today is Blog Action day across the interwebs. Bloggers (such as myself) are doing their part to bring awareness of a particular topic. So what is this year’s topic? Poverty. Imagine if you were forced to fast almost every day. Even in prison you get three square meals, don’t you? With obesity at an all time high, is sure doesn’t seem like there are many people starving. That’s just not true, however.

There are people starving very close to home. Right in your backyard so to speak. Chester County Cares runs a food cupboard for the region. They estimate there are 100,000 people in Chester County they helped with your donations just last year. They take food and financial donations, just see their website for details. There are plenty of other ways you can help. Places like the Bethesda Project helps the chronically homeless who are looking for food and shelter. I know my church and many others in the area take frozen, homemade meals to serve at various locations supplied by this project.

Reading the various posts by other bloggers today about worldwide poverty and those in need, made my very brief 12 hour fast seem trivial. It was. Really, it was not that hard, but imagine if you did that every day.

Bloodwork isn’t so bad.