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Taste the Food is a gathering place for stories about moments, adventures, and experiences.
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How a Memorial Dedication can cleanse the soul.
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How an impulse purchase became a Family Quest.
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Travel, family, food, and a good book, It does not get better than that!
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Taste the Food is a new twist on an old idea:
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When did you stop and smell the roses?
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What was your Eureka! moment?
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When did you wake up and smell the coffee?
Taste the Food is your opportunity to share a story. On Facebook, we share in one sentence bursts that emphasize nouns - friends, family, places, cats, dogs, and food.
If our Facebook page is an outline of our life, Taste the Food is our theme. Pick a piece of your outline and:
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Tell how it happened
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Tell what you learned
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Tell how you feel.
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Tell it in a brief story. You will be amazed what you can say in 272 words.
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Why Taste the Food?
"Can I Taste the food?" is a question my mother asked me before she passed - see My Story. This question sent me on a quest:
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Can I Taste the Food?
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When do I Taste the Food?
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Share when I Taste the Food?
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Moments, adventures, and experiences should be shared before they are forgotten. Make a memory a shared story.
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Share when you Taste the Food in 272 words.
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Abraham Lincoln delivered The Gettysburg Address in 272 words. If Lincoln can redefine the United States in 272 words, we can share a story in 272.
Try it here. Tell us when you Taste the Food.
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My life pivoted when my 90-year old mother (Moo) suffered a stroke. A stroke that left her unable to swallow. The time came to tell her she needed a feeding tube - I sat down next to her.
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"Mom, you are unable to swallow and you need a feeding tube."
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He eyes looked straight into me, "Can I taste the food?"
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Confused I managed, "What?"
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"Will I be able to taste the food?", her eyes still locked on me.
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I looked away, down, and back to her, "No"
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"I don't want it," she said firmly.
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I looked into the locked eyes, away, down, and back to her, "You will d-die."
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She shook her head, waved her hands, and looked out the window. No.
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I was stunned - what courage. In retrospect, I should not have surprised - we had already talked about her wishes at end of life. I knew that was what she wanted.
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Upon reflection, what a metaphor - Taste the Food! Can I taste the food? Do I taste the food?
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How often do I scarf down food without tasting it? I forget everyday is an adventure and every moment is an experience. I forget to look and listen. And, I forget to share.
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Tastethefood.net wants you to share your experience:
A phrase.
A glance
A face.
A view
A smile
A trip
Work
Play
Pain
Joy
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I am fortunate, as a Financial Advisor, I hear stories every day - stories of joy, sorrow, dreams, heartache. Don't let them slip away - Savor and Share. Taste the Food.
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Thank you,
Mark Stinson
April 1, 2017
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Live. Learn. Share. Tell your story. When did you Taste the Food?
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