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Monday, August 15, 2011

For the first time...

For the first time ever in my professional, adult life...I am not preparing for the first day of school.

I am not nervous about what to wear.

I am not exhausted from setting up a classroom for three weeks.

I am not sore from all the physical demands that the first month of school can bring (much thanks to moving furniture, setting up desks, centers, tying shoes, lifting curriculum, etc. etc.)

I am calm.

I am well-rested.

I am sore, but from a wonderful pregnancy workout!

I am happy.

NOT that I wasn't happy mothering all my little cherubs each year, especially as I taught that ever-so-important first year of school: kindergarten! BUT, this year, for the first time...I am mothering my very own little cherub. She is busy growing and I am busy nourishing her. I am so thankful to God for this vocation of Motherhood!

I have been extremely blessed to stumble upon the Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth and, in the process, have learned just how important nutrition is to my unborn child, and to me...to aid in a safe and healthy labor and delivery, and of course to produce the healthiest baby possible.

Making bread, cooking delicious recipes that are natural, real, full of leafy grains, whole grains and protein...it's a full time job! And one that has also led to so many healings for Gary in his own health challenges. More on that later. The fulfillment of knowing my family isn't eating anything hydrogenated, processed, flash frozen, MSG, etc...and that they are encountering nutrients in the way God intended for them to grow and be taken into the body, is truly a vocation. Start here if you too would like to join me on this incredible journey. You won't believe how great you will feel :)

I am destined to be that Proverbs 31 woman. And today, on this first day of school for so many parents, children and teachers...whom I love dearly...I worked hard all day preparing Sausage and Kale Soup, a cold fiesta salad (full of beans, vegetables, homemade dressing and goodness), enjoyed a delicious pumpkin muffin for dessert, and am venturing into an evening of making granola cereal, cheese, soaking my dry beans for the week, and attempting to assemble a magnificent menu for my family: breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Happy Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary! May we strive to immitate her purity, trust, obedience and openness to God's perfect plan for our lives so that we may receive the grace of a happy death and live forever with Him in Heaven.

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