Nourish

It's Monday...

and a holiday.

The husband is home 

and we are doing schooling lite...

I finished a fabulous book over the weekend.

Bread and Wine 

by

Shauna Neiquist....

It's a mix of faith, encouragement , recipes and about making the journey matter.

It made me think about food a lot.

and being nourished...

by life.

I loved this...

I'm realizing this after what seems like a lifetime of saying to myself, ''well, you can't be expected to do something hard on a day like this, can you?: I did expect more from myself, and I did do something hard, and I am thankful.

I had a bit of feasting this weekend.

As someone that doesn't eat sugar 

(because it makes me feel like a crazy person and makes me crave more and more and more and more...I just do better going without it)

eating it is double edged....

I always romanticize it...what I'm missing...

I remember it being so much better than it actually is...

and so  eat it-

hoping...

for a glorious reunion...

but instead 

I eat it and remember...

it's not what I thought it was going to be...

kind of like life, huh?

So, it's Monday...

and I'm back on track...

a bit of feasting...

and now some fasting...

some balance.

I started the morning reducing some balsamic vinegar by half...

i love it-on

everything.

and then I make a big pot of the simplest soup...

filling.

nourishing.

and with a splash of the reduced balsamic...

the coziest lunch...

that doesn't leave me wanting more...

or with regrets.

and water...

with lots of ice...

in a pretty glass.

day by day...

choices...

I am thankful.