The Hunger Games

I finally finished listening to The Hunger Games on cd. (Yeah I listen to books on cd in the car-get over it). What I took away from the book is different than what some might have taken. Yes, there's the oppression of the main figures and the sadness for the lost but there's the concept of hunger.

I've never been hungry.

I've had my tummy rumble and blood sugar has been low, I've gotten headaches and even thrown up;  but, I've never worried about where my next meal is going to come from. I know-it's either my kitchen or someone else's kitchen.

What is it like to think you're going to die from hunger? I look at my life and think of all the food I've wasted and the glutton I've been.

It saddens me. I work with poverty everyday. I put myself in their shoes frequently and I think we take for granted all we have.

Next week is Thanksgiving. For those not from the USA, here's what Thanksgiving is: it's a holiday we sit around and eat.

Yes...that's it. We have an entire holiday to eat. We don't eat healthy either. We eat Turkey with Gravy and Stuffing. We eat casseroles and pies. Everything has extra butter or cream in it.

Normally, I struggle on Thanksgiving because I have to try very hard not to eat all the corn that my mom makes. This year, we're spending it with Skinny's family. I almost feel like it's going to be a piece of cake. My momma can cook. Skinny's family cooks fine but it's not my momma's corn. In fact, there won't even be corn there.

There will be mashed potatoes but they're "Loaded Mashed Potatoes" which don't sound good to me at all cause I like mine light and fluffy with milk and butter.

The pies are all "fall pies" like Sweet Potato or Pumpkin *YUCK* not the thin cookies I love from my Cousin Phyllis.

There will be string bean casserole. There will be salad. There will be Turkey. All of these I can avoid. In fact, I'm more likely to undereat than overeat this year.

At the same time, there are Americans that don't get to celebrate this holiday. I try to do what I can only help so much. I only get $50/mo to spend on whatever I want and a lot of that goes to birthday gifts and Christmas gifts or other charities.

Unlike some of my posts, there is no mass revelation for me. I just think that we should try to help where we can and realize the glutton and fortune some of us experience. Hm...maybe there is a point to this rambling after all.