I woke this morning to the wonderfull patter of the rain still falling on my roof. I am only one of the hundreds of people that are super excited about the much needed rain fall. Its amazing how green things can start to look around here in West Texas with just a few minutes of a good rain.
The chicken and dumplings we had last night for dinner were a big hit, as anything that i cook for this family. The taste of the perfectly seasoned chicken,the warmth of the wonderfull broth coating the back of my throat ,and the steam that filled my kitchen windows ... It all made me wonder just what where my parent thinking when we would be in the same mood eating the same food just years ago????.... I know as a kid it made me relize that family was always the closest at the dinner table or around food, stories and memories were told,some where made. As i was sitting there eating my bowl it brought me back to a time of Simplicity. I can remeber every winter walking home from school and walking thru the door to find a warmth. Now yes it was warm in the house but it would be a peacefull warmth feeling that i would get . My lungs being filled with a great smell of food,the windows would be fogged over little driplets of water balling up on the inside of the window. Sitting at the bar talking about my day,completing my homework,my dad passing me a bite of what was cooking (getting us both in touble by mom ..her pet peve). Later that evening sitting down to eat ravishing over how perfect it was.
That one word "family" ,is why today my favorite thing to do is to cook a great fullfilling meal and vist with my family. Talking about whatever we feel the need. My brothers still pick on me in some way to this day and it is one thing that I would never change. My mother still sits at the table thinking that she could have made it better or done something differnt,, (all beacuse she can not bring her self to say its better then hers) all the while eating every last bite and saying it was good.My husband laughing it up with my brothers my sister in law making small talk some not talking at all. my neice eating her bowl like shell never eat again. And Sophia eating ,drinking ,laughing,. I know that my family has extended in so many ways now but sometimes i just take the time to block it all out and smile with the thoughts when it was just us five . While i am smiling at those thoughts i quickly snap back to reality due to the fact that while thinking of us five my mind sunddley relizes that it would only be four . that there would be an empty chair ,a silence , a quiet compilement......
I relize that life goes on in many ways. New babies are born,new familys are created. We all still stick to our busy day to day lives. Working,caring for our own little familys. Some days it still hard to wrap my brain around the fact that my brothers and i all have our own familys. And that we each have our own day to days. Its with a meal that I know that I can make this day "be still".Its with a meal that I can pause all of our hectic lives,brings us back to the only thing that matters and remember that one word Family. This is why my passion is to cook.
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