Hello to my "Daily Mommy News" Readers.
First I apologize for the 8 months since my last post. I was
inspired to write today for multiple reasons. First I have a rare moment
to write which I relish, second I was inspired by the movie I have on right now
"Julie and Julia" and third I want to reclaim something I love which
is writing. When I started this blog I tried to daily write about
inspirations as often as I could. I wrote about my experiences as a mommy
of a now first grader-wow! I wrote about my love of cooking which is a recent
love that through reading and practice I feel that I can now say after over 40
years of being alive I love to cook. Today I was inspired by something
else-life.
Life has taught me many lessons over the years. I lost
my mother at an early age to breast cancer. I was diagnosed with breast cancer
as a new wife and new mother and after a few short years (hopefully) of being a
cancer survivor for almost a decade I continue to learn from life. Recently
life has thrown my family some curve balls and although I love baseball I am
not a fan of curve balls from life. These life lessons continue to teach
me a multiple things daily and tonight I felt inspired to share 2 of them with
you. The life lessons of today are friendship and cooking.
First the lesson of friendship. With these curve balls
of life that I referred to I have learned the true meaning of friendship.
I have learned through my friends who have been there for me in these
times that they do not need anything or expect something from me to be my
friend. That they will send me an email of Facebook Post when they know I
need encouragement because they know that when we become moms we all lose
ability to talk on the phone about anything especially true feelings. That
these same friends will also show up at your door threatening to break it down
(and she would) if I did not answer it so she could make sure I was okay and
take me to lunch. That these friends would take me for a walk and not ask any
questions until I ask them for help. True friends offer help and support
without judgment or expectation of anything in return. That is true
friendship. Life has taught me many things but I am grateful for this lesson of
friendship today.
In an unrelated story that I also wanted to share life has
also taught me a lesson about cooking. If you have read my past blogs
you know that although my mother was the most wonderful mother I could ever
dream of she never taught me how to cook. In the past five years I have tried
with some success and some failures to teach myself and I have found that I
love to cook. My husband has sensed that love and has given me amazing
gifts of cooking classes and indulged my love of cookbooks and cooking shows
and in an effort to spend time with me has endured multiple hours of the Food
Network and "Top Chef." So with that background let me share my
cooking lesson of one week ago. My husband, child and I had a long Spring
Break Day and were staying at my in-laws while they were away and I found
myself in a busy metropolitan area at 7pm on a weekend night with the dreaded
question of "what was for dinner." I knew that from previous nights I
had left over pasta and left over Costco rotisserie chicken. But the clincher
was I had about 20 minutes to figure something out-in my mother-in law's
kitchen. Well I saw myself as a contestant on the Food Network and
rummaged through my mother-in-laws pantry, used the left over’s and was able to
create a meal that my husband and child raved about-in 14 minutes. Life lesson-cooking
is not about hours and hours of work and gourmet ingredients-it is about an
impulsive idea out of necessity that luckily turned out in my child's words as
a dish I should submit to the Food Network.
So after 8 months of being away from my "Mommy News” I
wanted to share with you that when life gives you lessons listen and you will
learn when you need it the most! I have learned about the lessons of life
lately in some respects too much but I can never thank my friends for the
lesson of friendship and life for the lesson of survival.
