No One Is “Loving” on Us {A Simple Way to Help a New Mom}

I contacted a new mother in our church. She had just had her fourth child, and although she had not told me herself, a family member had told me that they had just given birth to their baby.

I normally wait until contacted by the momma before reaching out to see if I can set up a Meal Train (this is an amazing program) but for some reason this time, I didn’t wait and shot her a message of congrats and how can we help.

Immediately she responded with a “Yes!”

She shared with me that she had just told her husband, “No one is loving on us.” She went on to explain that they hadn’t made it Facebook official and were just trying to keep their heads above water with the other two school-age kids and another in preschool. We made a plan of how I could “rally” the troops and help her out, making me so glad that I had not waited to “love” them.

One quick set-up with the Meal Train (not a sponsored post, but seriously a great tool if you are setting up meals for a new momma), and within 24 hours, the next three weeks of meals were on the books.

We delivered the first of the meals and although not homemade, but delicious with the help of Mr. Bob Evans, the visit and meal drop-off and choice of food were so appreciated by the entire crew.

The weeks that followed were filled with family and friends and church members they had never even met yet dropping off food and goodies for this sweet family.

What a simple act of love. It didn’t have to be fancy or even homemade, but this family felt like people in their life were “loving” them.

It is just that simple.