We need food for life. And yet it is so much more than that. When I cook a meal it feels as if I am nurturing myself and my family on a deep level. When I eat delicious food, my senses are enraptured and I feel incredibly fulfilled. This month is about taking care of ourselves and that has been hard for the past two years. Stacey commented the other day that she can take care of 2 of the 3 of us, but someone is always left out. It's either Gryffin and me or Gryffin and Stace, but it rarely seems to be all three.
WHY IS THAT? I feel I have been banging my head against this question for months. I talk to other married couples with kids and it seems like a similar battle for them. Why is it so hard? Is it our expectations, our society, our standards, ourselves as individuals, our choices, the universal consciousness? In the absence of answers we turn to food. At least if there is one nutritious home-cooked meal a day, the adults will feel nurtured and maybe just maybe Gryffin will remember that she really does like broccoli and we will feel like good mommies as well.
One of the things I find difficult in this challenge is coming up with interesting meals when my brain is fried. I try to remind myself to think outside the box, so tonight we are having breakfast for dinner...eggs with swiss chard, potatoes with mushrooms and onions, and biscuits. Not as green as some of our other dishes but definitely satisfying.
WHY IS THAT? I feel I have been banging my head against this question for months. I talk to other married couples with kids and it seems like a similar battle for them. Why is it so hard? Is it our expectations, our society, our standards, ourselves as individuals, our choices, the universal consciousness? In the absence of answers we turn to food. At least if there is one nutritious home-cooked meal a day, the adults will feel nurtured and maybe just maybe Gryffin will remember that she really does like broccoli and we will feel like good mommies as well.
One of the things I find difficult in this challenge is coming up with interesting meals when my brain is fried. I try to remind myself to think outside the box, so tonight we are having breakfast for dinner...eggs with swiss chard, potatoes with mushrooms and onions, and biscuits. Not as green as some of our other dishes but definitely satisfying.
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