Happy day after Mother’s Day! I hope you had a joy filled day. My heart is full to overflowing with the goodness of GOD I experienced through my daughters this week. As I sat down to share a recipe review, I came across a treasure of drafts from 2009 and thought I’d share one today because it just blessed my heart to think of the days when the children were at home and preparing meals was part of our weekly routine.
Audra and Victoria would each prepare one meal a week. It was good training for them and they were both good cooks. I believe they started making meals when they were 7 years old. Darlin’ daughters, am I wrong? Please correct me if I am. If one daughter made the meal, the other would be the taste tester. We had some fun times in the early days, like when the oldest prepared tortellini and when her sister taste tested and screamed! That was the day they found out that the importance of little details, like the difference between 1/4 teaspoon of pepper and 1/4 cup of pepper. Oh yes, we learned many a lesson. And that meal was salvageable too. We rinsed the peppery sauce from the pasta and Audra started with the sauce again, this time being sure to use the quarter teaspoon verses the quarter cup of pepper!
So, all I had in the drafts folder for this post was the title: Baby Makes Orzo and the following pictures that bless my heart to see Victoria Leigh’s young hands working diligently to prepare the meal.
This Mother’s Day her hands wrote a word of blessing to me that meant more to me than anything. I’ve read it and re-read it and cried and then cried some more. It’s the little things.
I am thankful for the joy found in little things.
