Happy New Year to all!
Piece, Love, and Mama's Milk.
(And we all can celebrate New Year as often as we wish - there is no law
against it.)
P.S. DD #1, my fellow Chocoholic and Ice Cream addict came home from
shopping before the Holiday without Ice Cream. They did not have any Ice
Cream, she told me, only Nestle.
-- 
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On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Wendy Blumfield <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> As our long new year weekend comes to a close I must share a dilemma with
> Lactnetters.
> Although my husband is retired, we still receive on special festivals gift
> boxes from his former company.  They usually contain wine, nuts and all
> sorts of goodies including several bars and boxes of chocolates and candies.
>  In the past these boxes were usually distributed for the company by one of
> the local chocolate companies which produce excellent quality regular and
> boutique sweets.
> Although my husband is a chocaholic, we usually distribute most of these
> goodies to the grandchildren, my cleaning lady and the neighbours.
> This year too we received our gift box and opened it eagerly to see what
> was included this time.  And this year all the chocolates  were produced by
> Nestles!!
> Now what do I do?  No, I cannot throw them in the dumpster, for that is an
> insult to the givers, nor can I give them to the food bank because that
> gives as much of a mixed message as if I donated formula.
> So yes I did distribute them to the children and grandchildren (amid much
> mirth as they know very well my feelings about Nestle).  They promised not
> to enjoy eating them too much and that in no way would this influence their
> future breastfeeding attitudes.
>
> But I finish on a positive note.  The young man who blew the Shofar (the
> ram`s horn sounded in the synagogue on the New Year) with enormous energy, a
> sweet beautiful sound that he sustained while we all held our breath - he
> was one of "my babies."
> Not only did his parents come to my prenatal course about 25 years ago but
> I happened to be in the hospital when his mum was in labour and I went in
> and helped them - and he was breastfed for a year! His parents who were
> "kvelling" (an untranslateable Yiddish term which more or less means being
> proud of one`s kids) turned to include me in the congratulations they were
> getting from all our friends.
> A happy sweet peaceful and healthy new year to all Lactnetters.  You don`t
> have to be Jewish to share this greeting.
>
> Wendy Blumfield
> Israel
>
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