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Happy Exhaustion

November 21, 2010


So I have been cooking a lot lately. As in everyday. As in every night, fresh meal that is good for that night's dinner, and left overs enough for lunch the following day. And my inspiration? My boys and me sitting and having a meal together. It took almost three years after our boy was born for this to happen and it F-E-E-L-S great.

Now, the by-product of this cooking is a flow of creative ideas about meals to cook. Like other mothers, my meals are no-name meals and use whatever I have in the fridge or pantry. But we look forward to sitting on that dining table and eating together everyday.

The downside --- I am exhausted by end of the night and I wash more pans and dishes than I used to. Clean up is also time-consuming. My love handles are sprouting everywhere and time for exercise consists of laundry, washing dishes, cleaning, folding clothes, grocery, and playing with a 3 yr old boy.

But I am happy. That's the HUGE difference. Six months ago, I was exhausted everyday because I had to work a lot after I come home from work. I worked weekends. We ate frozen dinners 90% of the time. We ate a lot outside. We relied on Granma's generosity to provide us home-cooked meals. My husband worked late and came home right before baby went to bed. Everything was rush-rush-rush.

Today, we are all home by 6pm, we spend time with each other, we eat together, pray together, and simply enjoy the gift of "family". We have less money (we did not really have a lot to begin with) but we are spiritually and emotionally abundant.

Lord, thank you, thank you, thank you for being there for us, with us, among us. Life is no good without You.

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