{"id":61185,"date":"2025-09-05T18:02:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61185"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:02:36","slug":"making-the-world-a-better-place-one-person-at-a-time-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=61185","title":{"rendered":"Making The World A Better Place – One Person At A Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Spaghetti<\/p>\n

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Every Sunday, I cook a big pot of spaghetti. Habit from when my kids were small. Thing is, they\u2019re grown now. Moved away. But the pot? I still make it. Too much food for one person.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For months, I ate in silence. Half went in the fridge. The rest, the trash. Then one Sunday, I saw my neighbor\u2019s teenage boy sitting on the curb, head in hands. I called out, \u201cYou eaten?\u201d He shook his head. I handed him a plate.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He came back the next week. Then his sister. Then two more kids from down the block. Before I knew it, my Sunday table was full again. Kids, neighbors, even the delivery driver once. I didn\u2019t invite them formally. They just showed up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Now, every Sunday at 6, my door stays open. The spaghetti\u2019s ready. Nobody knocks, they just come. Some bring bread, some bring nothing. Doesn\u2019t matter. We eat. We laugh. We\u2019re family, even if we don\u2019t share blood.<\/div>\n
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That empty table that used to ache? It\u2019s alive again. And so am I.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2014 Linda Harper, Cleveland, OH<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every Sunday, I cook a big pot of spaghetti. Habit from when my kids were small. Thing is, they\u2019re grown now. Moved away. But the pot? I still make it. Too much food for one person. For months, I ate in silence. Half went in the fridge. The rest, the trash. Then one Sunday, I … <\/p>\n

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