On our last day of service on Chicago, we started our day very early, as we had to be at the Inspiration Cafe at 5:30 for the morning breakfast shift. Amazingly, the morning flew by while we prepped, cooked. flipped and toasted our way through the morning. The kitchen was humming, the servers were busy and the customers were plenty. Some of the clients were familiar, but someof the new clients were remarkable. A couple of familes came in, with children. Maybe a kid 15, one 8 and 7. And another, about 10 or 11 had a noticible quirk...Her hair completely covered her face, even while she was suiting up for her walk to school. The truth is that I think she was a girl, she had a pink back-pack, but I couldn't really tell. All I knew was that she didn't want us to see her face. Another, maybe the 7 year old, stretched out over 2 chairs and slept after breakfast as her brother finished his pancakes. Yes, it really is the kids that make this lifestyle urgently unbearable.
Anna was working there, and she was our original contact. She was very happy having the girls there, very complimentary and anxious to have them come again.
We finished and cleaned up from breakfast, and went right to the local grocery store for supplies to make 80 bag lunches for the weekend Cafe, Too attendees. We found a way to make a planof assembly and off we went! 83 sandwiches and fruit and drink and chips! Good job girls!
After a little nap to catch up, we were off to the Woodlands school in Lake Forest, about an hour north of the city. They weere excited to have us come, and the girls were excited to be there. Our girls were integrated into their Mini-Olympics and seemed to have a ball. It's always fun to see one of the sisiter schools and how they do things. It seemed beautifully familiar!
See you all at home tomorrow. What a great week it's been!
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