We aren’t asking anyone to make roast duck. We ask for easy, yummy, weekday and Yom Tov standards
Imagine this fictional but all-too-possible scenario: Five-year-old Mordy S. was born with a genetic issue that leaves him prone to high fevers and breathing problems that require hospitalization. His attacks are hard to predict, and so are the seriousness and length of his hospital stays. When Mordy has to be rushed to the hospital, his parents call their 14-year-old neighbor Frummie to come stay with their other three children until they can get a family member or Chai Lifeline Big Brother or Sister to cover for them.
Depending on the situation, Mommy and Tatty stay overnight at the hospital, or maybe come home in the evening exhausted. How are any of them supposed to eat supper?
Okay, peanut butter sandwiches or cereal and milk can do in a pinch, and sometimes everyone’s too exhausted to care, but when the situation drags on for days… Well, sandwiches and frozen pizza get old pretty fast.
“Food is more than just dinner!” says Rabbi Mordechai Gobioff, MSW, the National Director of Client Services for Chai Lifeline. “It’s the key to a relaxed, normal family atmosphere when things are stressful. Providing a hot dinner for a family allows a mother to be there for her children, instead of worrying about getting supper on the table for them.”
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