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Food School: a 31 Day Course (Day 25 FMF)

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Five Minute Friday

Lisa-Jo Baker has a online party each week–writers/bloggers write for five minutes.  Lots of my online writing buddies do this, and it is inspiring what 5 minutes of unedited writing can do (as and exercise in writing and a practice for your soul to just flow onto the paper.)

Together

Go:  When I saw the word together–I thought of our dinner table.  I’m a mom with 4 kids and life is really crazy busy.  Especially lately when I’m trying to get this food blog up and running–the kids do love filming, eating food that is plated fancy for the camera, and they think I’ll be on Food Network someday . . . . I’ll leave that open for the universe to fill.  

Back to our dinner table.  It is a simple table–I bought it from the neighbor across the street and it was “almost new”.  It didn’t matter that it wasn’t from a fancy place–I knew that the dreams that would come from sitting around that table would be big, huge, wild, awesome dreams, schemes and laughter (the kind where mashed potatoes come out of your nose!).  

I set out to make the table beautiful each night.  Night after night.  We gather together at the table–I wipe away crumbs and tears.  I clear off Lego catalogues and Wall Street journals.  I make the table a safe place to come and tell of your day, your dreams, your disappointments and share gentle, loving, kindness and respectful listening.

Our family is going through this one, wild life together . . .

Be Blessed.

 To receive a free copy of my Blessed by Breakfast cookbook, please go to http://blessedbybreakfast.com and sign up! I send updates that include; family tested and approved recipes, video tutorials, tips and tricks on how to begin your day with the blessing of food.

cookbook coming soon

Books I suggest: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat,

Young Readers Edition The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet

Some of my friends have also joined the 31 day challenge:  

Anastacia Maness  http://rocksolidfamily.com/31-days-building-commitment/

Racquel Narciso http://howtomakeitinsanfrancisco.com/…/

Pamela Hodges http://ipaintiwrite.com

I’m linking up to these blogs. 

 

Worship (FMF)

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I haven’t participated in a Five Minute Friday in a very long time!  I’m excited to be back.

What is Five Minute Friday?  It is where blogger writes for 5 minutes–unedited–from a one word prompt.  Lisa-Jo is a cheerleader for Moms writing about the ups and downs of motherhood.

Go:

I just read the prompt for today:  Worship.  Uggh  nothing came to mind.  My computer chimed, telling me that it was time to go upstairs and get ready for my day.

“Why the long face?” my husband remarked–an inside joke with us!  I told him about the prompt and he blurted out “I worship the ground you walk on!” and I looked at him–like he had 8 heads.

Why would he say that?  Why would anyone worship the ground I walked on?

Then it hit me–I don’t worship the ground I walk on–so why should anyone else?  I find it hard to honor myself–so why should anyone else?

I cried.

He held me–I felt worshiped.

my best friend!

As I take each step in today . . . I’m feeling a little lighter, a little happier, a LOT more loved.  The crazy thing is . . .

IT WAS ALWAYS THERE!

Now I feel it in my soul, in my mind and my heart is singing.

STOP:

P.S.  I know my husband loves me.  I know my kids love me.  But until today . . . I’ve not felt like I could love me–today is when it clicked.  I GOT IT.

Imagine (FMF)

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So, set your timer, clear your head, for five minutes of free writing without worrying about getting it right. Five Minute Friday

 

I have this rusty old word that has been in my garden for over 10 years now–I see it each and every time I leave my house on the endless loops of pick ups and drop offs, grocery shopping, the doctors, dentists, speech therapist, occupational therapists, . . . you get the idea.

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But I also see it when I’m strolling out to get the mail and turn a chore into a mini vacation, or when I watch my “baby” learn how to ride his bike with training wheels.  I see it in the spring as the flowers bloom and when the snow falls.

I love this quote:

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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than

knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

Albert Einstein

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imagine

I use my imagination everyday–in my knitting, in my writing, in creating a fun way to do the repetitive tasks . . . it just makes my life never dull and never boring!

We are so blessed to have a God who gives us such and amazing gift of imagination!