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Gratitude and generosity

Whether donating food or dancing into church, Clare O’Driscoll gathers stories to
remind us of the importance of harvest gratitude

Gratitude and generosity

IT OFTEN TAKES ME by surprise. A moveable feast whose timing is governed by the harvest moon can be tricky to pin down. When my children were younger, more than once we arrived at the school gate to see all the other pupils - whose parents actually read the newsletter - solemnly carrying offerings of baked beans, pasta and tinned tuna (admittedly, this was less embarrassing than the time I sent my son to school elaborately dressed in a toga and gold-sprayed leaf crown, only to find that it wasn’t Greek Day after all). On the years I did remember school harvest however, I would always throw in an extra bag of pasta or two to spare any other children with equally forgetful parents.

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