Making Turkey Soup

Today, my husband cut the grass hopefully for the last time. I am making turkey soup from the turkey carcass from our thanksgiving dinner. It will be delicious. I put in some celery root, carrots, kohlrabi, potatoe broth, bayleaf and a few cloves of garlic. I tend to use broad noodles in the soup, but cook it seperately with some vegeta, so the soup is not absorbed by the noodles.  We will likely be enjoying this soup for a couple of days.
 Deborah's sister and I  got some tools ready to take  into their new home in a few short weeks. Every homeowner   needs rakes, shovels, ladders, and I have been blessed to have several. I acquired more shovels then a small hardware store may have, thanks to all my garage sale visits. The excitement is growing for their soon move into their home. We will be only 20 minutes drive away, but it seems like the other end of the world in many ways. I am very happy for them.
 As I watch, the many pending layoffs in Sears (12,000), the new fires in California I am in disbelief.  Many people are experiencing hardships personally, and globally. With Sears liquidating in a few days, we will not only loose a piece of history, but the many stores who are counting on Christmas sales to come out in the black, will now be competing with very low prices as the hundreds of stores close. This causes the small businesses to suffer to the point of folding.
We all have to singly make little gains in showing kindness to our fellow mankind. It can be a meal, some clothing donations, some food donations. I love to see who is the recipient of my labours of love. I don't know if you are the same as I in this sense.  Yesterday for instance, my neighbor came over to share of his visit to Greece. He brought us a bottle of wine, we gave him a turkey sausage coil. Showing acts of kindness is important, but it does not earn us a pass to Heaven. We cannot ever earn our way into Heaven. I can't wait to experience my citizenship in that eternal celestial city. It is painful to be here.