The Beauty of Bread

THIS STATEMENT IS PROBABLY MORE TRUE IN 2020 THAN EVER!  BUT YESTERDAY I PUT SOME OF MY LOVE INTO A LOAF OF BREAD.

EVERYTHING WAS READY.  MY OTHER SON AND HIS FAMILY WERE DRIVING FROM VANCOUVER TO BE WITH US FOR A WEEK.  THEY WERE DUE TO ARRIVE AROUND MIDNIGHT.

BEDS WERE MADE, THE HOUSE WAS CLEAN , THE GROCERIES PURCHASED ,AND I HAD PLANNED LOTS OF IDEAS FOR CRAFTS AND PLAY TIME FOR THE WEE ONES.

FOR SOME REASON THE DAY WAS GOING VERY SLOWLY SO I DECIDED TO TRY A BREAD RECIPE AGAIN THAT FAILED THE FIRST TIME. I WAS IMPATIENT LAST TIME AND BECAUSE I DIDN’T WAIT FOR THE BREAD TO FULLY RISE MY BAKED LOAF WAS HARD AND TASTELESS.

THIS TIME I DECIDED TO PUT THE CARE INTO IT THAT IS NEEDED WHEN ONE MAKES BREAD. I MEASURED CORRECTLY AND ACTUALLY HAD TO WAIT FOR 2 1/2 HOURS FOR THE YEAST TO WORK ITS MAGIC.

JUST LIKE THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS- WE NEED TO PUT CARE AND TIME INTO OUR RELATIONSHIPS.  WHO IS WISHING YOU WOULD CALL?  WHO IS LONELY OR HURTING RIGHT NOW? WHO DO YOU NEED IN THIS TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING?

I NEED MY FAMILY AND I AM THRILLED THAT I HAVE THE BLESSING OF MORE OF MY FAMILY (MY SON, HIS BRIDE AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN) MAKING THE EFFORT TO DRIVE THE 15 OR SO HOURS TO VISIT. TERRY AND I WENT TO ONLINE MASS LAST NIGHT AND PRAYED FOR SAFE TRAVELS FOR THE GANG.  SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS HAVE COME OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC AND ONE OF THEM IS THAT WE WILL HAVE HAD SUMMERTIME FUN WITH MOST OF OUR CHILDREN AND ALL OF OUR GRANDSONS. (WE USUALLY ONLY SEE THEM IN THE SPRING AND AT CHRISTMAS).

I AM TRULY THANKFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS I HAVE RECEIVED FROM ‘THE BREAD OF LIFE’.  YESTERDAY , I SPENT HOURS STIRRING AND KNEADING, AND PATIENTLY WAITING, AND BAKING MY LOAF OF HOMEMADE BREAD.  AND THIS TIME MY CARE WAS REWARDED WITH A TASTY GARLIC/MOZZA LOAF .  I HOPE TO PUT AS MUCH CARE INTO MY RELATIONSHIPS AS I DID WITH MY BAKING.  I WILL ‘RISE TO THE CHALLENGE’ AND I KNOW I WILL BE REWARDED WITH LOVE THAT LASTS.