A gift of soup

My good friend of over 30 years has dementia and her family is staying with her in her home. At this point, I'm clueless as to what to give her as a present, so I decided I would make soup and some ham and cheese sandwiches so that she and her family would have a little something different to eat. Of course I had to set some aside for myself. You know to make sure it tastes OK.

[KWind]

What a fabulous gift idea. I'm sure they will be thrilled!

[Sue Hecker]

I can't imagine anything more wonderful...they will love it.

[Hope D Jennings]

How wonderful!

[GaryW]

We often have to “taste” things at our house before we share them, too!
This is a wonderful gesture of kindness!

[Jennie B.]

That's so thoughtful of you. I feel so sad about your dear friend.

[Issi Bannerman]

Soup would have been the most wonderful gift, I feel certain.

[Margo Sayer]

It's almost impossible to give a food gift without checking it out before it arrives at its destination. Your tasting vigilance is admirable ;-)

[Tom]

How thoughtful..I like the way you composed this photo

[bkb in the city]

Very nice of you

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

That is such a sweet and kind gift to give!

[Margaret Brown]

A very kind hearted and thoughtful gift!

[Henk-Jan]

Well done! Soup looks good!!!

[Tunia McClure]

Soup is always a good gift.

[Michelle Renee]

Looks so good! Very thoughtful!

[haskar]

The simplest gifts are the best.

[Sylvia du Toit]

What a good idea, Dementia is such a cruel disease.

[Richard Sayer]

If it tasted as good as it looks... it was excellent. And what a lovely thought, Kathy.

[Kathy]

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Thank you one and all. I got a text from her daughter and she said that my friend ate an entire sandwich (I included those wonderful ham and swiss with poppy seed rolls) and some soup. Made my heart jump for joy.

[Jennie B.]

@randystreat
You are a good friend :)

[Kathy]

@jb030958 I hope so. I don't go as often as I could because I hate seeing her like she is. Isn't that terrible. I'm human, though.

[william wooderson]

Good for you! Broccoli soup?

[Jennie B.]

@randystreat
No Kathy it’s not terrible. My mother-in-law has dementia and my husband only visits 2 or 3 times a month. It’s so hard on him.

[Kathy]

@jb030958 I went through this as well with my mother so I understand. I did do a better job of visiting her more frequently than I'm doing with my friend. This is probably why.