So I had a very busy weekend and I am paying for it today but it was worth it. BBQ at my Dad's this weekend, family and friends and good food and good times.
I told my Dad I was going to bring him a nice steak and some good tomatoes but I needed to know what kind of steak he liked best. I made it my mission to bring him the best of the best since he hasn't been allowed steak in over a year.
I loved watching my Dad get to eat some of his T-bone steak I hunted down but the sight of him enjoying the perfect tomato slice from the bunch I had carefully picked out for him, savoring the flavor of a truly ripe and wonderful tasting tomato was one of the best things I've gotten to witness in a long time.
It made me so happy to get to see how he truly enjoyed it. It's just a little thing right? Maybe, but it was sure big in the happy department. Monday (almost always recovery day for me) I think about him enjoying that tomato and I'm happy but sad too. Such a little thing but so big in the scheme of things.
I'm 46 years old and have raised 7 children, only 3 of whom I carried myself, the others being not of womb or blood but mine nonetheless and whom I will protect like a fierce mother bear down to my last breath. 46 years old and so "college educated" I used to teach others. I taught from preschool up to the junior college level and here is my Dad, schooling me yet again. He is still teaching me lessons about life and happiness.
Dad doesn't have much more time for tomatoes and I treasure every bit I time I get to spend with him and seeing him enjoy something he loves despite the severe almost constant pain he is going through makes me so happy for any little break or temporary relief/reprieve for him.
I will never look at or eat (and savor) a tomato the same way again. I am going to eat my tomatoes like my Dad does, fully there, in the moment and savoring and enjoying the taste fully present and appreciative of the bounty contained in every bite.
I am going to live my life like the way my Dad eats tomatoes. Now that would've sounded real silly if you didn't know what my weekend was like.
To sum the entire weekend and my Mother's Day up... It was one of the best Mother's Days I've ever had.
It was awesome :)
So the question of the week is how was your weekend? And for those of you Moms out there (Mamas to Be, Mamas of two legged and four legged and furry and feathered babies too) how was your Mother's Day?
Looking forward to hearing your answers!
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Happy Monday to all :)
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