I stood in the kitchen staring into my cabinets trying to decide what to cook for lunch. Cooking for one has its challenges. I don't want to make some big fancy meal and be stuck eating leftovers all week, the same meal over and over again (been there, done that, washed those dishes!), but I refuse to eat single serving mac-n-cheese or Lean Cuisine meals!
If I were at Mama's house, I could be having pork chops, peas, mashed potatoes, mac-n-cheese, crescent rolls, sweet tea... I close my eyes and click my barefooted heels together: "There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home."
Why should I be here cooking for one when I could be eating with my family?? Why should I look for ways to pass the time when I could be helping my grandmother water her tomato plants, sitting under the tree in the swing with my cousins at my aunt's house, or laying out with Mama by the pool?
So, barefooted in the kitchen of this rental house that will never be home, today I made the decision to move back to my hometown, the community where I grew up, the church where I was raised. Family is the most cherished aspect of my life, and to be able to spend precious moments with them is one wonderful blessing to come out of this mess my life seems to have become. God is going to bless this mess... I can feel it coming!!
Thank you, Lord, for blessing me with such a supportive, loving, faith-filled family and for allowing me this opportunity to draw closer to them and to You.
I'm going home!!! :)
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