Pushing Sixty

My Holiday Bag

The Presbyterian Church of Upper Montclair made holiday gift bags for the Human Needs Food Pantry. Here is what was in my bag:





A white lined legal pad


A box of note cards


Assorted greeting cards


A box of no. 10 envelopes with security lining


Two bottles of CVS brand hand sanitizer


A large bottle of Vaseline Intensive Care Aloe light moisturizing lotion


A toothbrush


A tube of toothpaste


20 "forever" stamps


A big metal canister of Cadbury chocolate-covered cookie "sticks"


Two small candy canes


A little holiday ornament, like for a Christmas tree, but since I don't celebrate Christmas I'm going to give it to my cats for a toy.





Getting these items made me feel like I was a valuable person who deserved to get nice things.