Day 75 -- Serving dinner at The Children's Inn

"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world."
---Helen Keller

Tonight I served dinner at the Children's Inn at NIH, where sick children and their families stay while the kids get groundbreaking treatment for their diseases. What an amazing place - an uplifting, bright and cheery environment. I didn't see any moping families but rather people who came with a smile on their faces and what looked like attitudes of strength and gratitude in the face of tremendously challenging situations.

I was fortunate to be there with a wonderful group of moms from MoverMoms. The generosity in our group is incredible -- so many people took the time and effort and money to cook pasta, lasagne, meatballs, and more; to bake delicious desserts; to prepare salads; and to buy drinks, fruit, vegetables and other stuff.

We could have fed 100 people, though barely a third of that many arrived for dinner. It was definitely fun with a great purpose, though I had forgotten that getting through the security at NIH is almost like going through airport security for an international trip!