Last night, for a split second, I almost apologized to Buck as I was serving dinner. I made this really awesome soup on Monday night (because soup goes with snow like white on rice - yes, we had 2.5 inches of snow...) anyway...by Tuesday night, I wasn't feeling very creative in the cooking department, and so we had soup and grilled cheese...again. For a split second, I felt a little guilty. Shouldn't I be feeding my family some awesome dinner? Don't they deserve variety? And then, it hit me like a brick wall. We are having soup and grilled cheese for dinner. Food. My third meal today. My daughter's third meal today. While not the most glamorous meal in the world, it is still food. And it's on our table. And we will not go to bed hungry tonight or wonder where our next meal will come from. I can't say the same for my daughter's birth family and thousands of orphans in Ethiopia who are eating mush...or nothing... for dinner tonight.
Lesson learned: Dinner doesn't have to be a glamorous affair. Yes, in my family, food = love, especially when you're talking the awesome Italian food my Mom whips up for special occassions. But for a Tuesday night, soup and grilled cheese will do, even if it is the 2nd night in a row. For me, it is enough to know that my husband and daughter are eating dinner, their 3rd meal of the day. Period.
No, I didn't apologize. And Buck told me that dinner was awesome. <3
We're the Bright family: Natalie, Buck and Juliana - and soon, our newest daughter from Ethiopia. This is our journey from Morgantown, WV to Addis Ababa.
Love this! Great reminder, Natalie!!
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