{"id":1534,"date":"2012-12-16T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2012-12-16T07:01:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T12:01:22","slug":"what-does-giving-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=1534","title":{"rendered":"What Does Giving Look Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was growing up, giving looked like a table full of\u00a0 home made food. My family toiled at making delicious dishes while I delighted in the aromas that filled the house.<\/p>\n

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Now that I’m older and have a family of my own, I try to emulate my family’s tradition.<\/p>\n

My father is a chef. He grew up in a poor fishing village. As a child he suffered terrible hunger and poverty.<\/p>\n

He would always tell me stories about his childhood. How there was no food and many times he would go to bed hungry.<\/p>\n

I learned about poverty through my father. I grew up privileged in the sense that I had a roof over my head, food to eat and clothing on my back.<\/p>\n

Cooking was an act of giving in our home. My father grew up not having food, so he always made it a point to feed the homeless. He never forgot where he came from.<\/p>\n

My father’s life and example taught me to be compassionate toward others in need. Which is why I love supporting organizations like Compassion International. They are doing a wonderful work helping children in need.<\/p>\n

Right now, they are having a campaign to raise $20,000 for children living in poverty. If you would like to sponsor a child or donate to the Compassion International Christmas Catalog, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What does giving look like to you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was growing up, giving looked like a table full of\u00a0 home made food. My family toiled at making delicious dishes while I delighted in the aromas that filled the house. Now that I’m older and have a family of my own, I try to emulate my family’s tradition. My father is a chef. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10,6,8,7],"tags":[44,284,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}