Food is such a powerful part of our lives. Most meetings are planned around some type of food. I remember when my biggest goal in life as an adult was to go into a restaurant and purchase whatever I wanted off the menu without any consideration for the price. As a child, the idea of lack was prevalent in our home and it stayed with me even into adulthood, so much so, that it almost felt weird to expect that the circumstances would ever change. No matter how hard I worked it was never enough. So can you imagine what it was like to finish high school and college, yet still believe in scarcity? I lived practically my whole life waiting for the other shoe to drop. It seemed that nothing I did was ever enough to remove me from the poverty mentality. Sure I was able to pay my bills every month, but there was never any splurging. Although I lived in nice apartments and houses, I was always one paycheck away from eviction. Even up until about four years ago, there was this running joke whenever the family went out to lunch or dinner as a group. Basically, someone always asked the question, “Who’s got Geri?”, meaning who’s going to pay for my meal. I thank God for the day that I was able to say, “Geri’s got Geri!”