First of all, thank you for providing this support to me and my family 🙂
A total of 10 people are invited to my family dinners (my parents, my kids, Jenn, and Jenn’s kids) through treatment time, but not everyone will come to each one. By Sunday of the week you’re bringing us dinner, I’ll send you our head count. Please feel free to join us for the meal. My address will be included in the email that I send you in preparation for the week.
Comfort foods are good. Feel free to check-in via text with what we’ve had before. It’s likely I won’t be eating much due to side effects from treatment, but these gatherings are a way for my family to stay connected right now, so the meal you’re providing is mostly for them. We are happy to augment dinners with side dishes if you would like us to (salad, dessert, bread, etc.).
One goal that I have in closing out the dinner is that no leftovers remain at my house 🙂 (there’s too much other food here). That said, we have a healthy amount of people in their 20s at these events that it is NOT HARD to send any leftover food out the door in takeway containers 🙂
I invite family to come to the house anytime after 6p.Â
Dinner starts at 6.30p.
If you need to shift this time due to your schedule, please let me know.
Depending on how I’m feeling, we will sometimes play a game together after dinner. Please feel welcome to hangout until the evening wraps up.
Unfortunately, I do have to offer this caveat to anyone planning to bring us a dinner: given that my chemotherapy day immediately precedes the rest of family dinners, all of this planning has to remain a little flexible. If by noon or so on the day of the dinner, I’m not feeling up to a gathering, I’ll let everyone know and cancel or restructure the event. If this happens, I will appreciate your flexibility and understanding.