Thursday, January 29, 2009
What a relief!
As a mom you get so much information in our culture about the next thing you should be doing for your kids to make them happy and healthy. And most of the time you feel like a failure because you didn't think about that or you lose sleep over the vulnerability that you unwittingly exposed them to. I love that someone is telling me that dirt is good. That my messy floors might actually be helping my kids. That using all the anti-bacterial stuff isn't really helping. That it is ok to take a deep breath and for kids to be kids and get messy.
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Totally agree Michelle - in fact, we bring Finn to the mall to play on the plastic kids toys for the expressed purpose of getting him in contact with snotty noses and germs gallore.
How is the food thing going? And bread baking? I'm very impressed by your dedication.
Thanks for your comment! The food thing is going great - I'm surprised how easy it has been to make even healthier choices. I think if I hadn't already started eliminating high-fructose corn syrup and other ingredients I don't recognize from our diet this might have been harder.
Love love love the bread. But when I was teaching my sisters how to make it last weekend I realized it wasn't as easy as I thought. You really need the gear (tupperware, baking stone, corn meal, etc.) to make it extra yummy. I took a break because I think I gained a couple of pounds from having perfectly baked bread around daily, but am making another batch tomorrow. Love the brioche and cinnamon rolls etc. I thought it would be more intimidating, but for some reason it isn't. Thanks for the tip!
Now I need to buy an extra freezer so I can buy local meat (though I've cut out enough meat to begin to consider myself a flexitarian! Never thought that would happen.)
Very true Michelle. I needed a reminder that it is ok to let some things go sometimes and not be so hard on myself.
Doesn't every mom feel that way? We're so busy trying to shield our kids from whatever danger we face that day. I really think that our culture preys on fear in so many ways and if we'd just take a deep breath and do the best we can each day to let our kids be kids everything will be ok.
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