I seem to be serving this dish almost daily this summer so far, but it is also a great dish to bring to a pity party.
The stew brews really well with hot temperatures, both outside temps and ones due to hot flashes. A combination of both is even better!
I know stew seems like a winter meal, but the cool thing about this stew is a lot of the ingredients are found only in the summer due to lack of the structure and routine that the kids have when they are in school all day during the fall-winter-spring. Take advantage of these special ingredients and make this tasty dish! The stew is cheap too- only costs $1 happiness and $1 pleasantness.
Serve with a side of making everyone else in the house afraid of you, and you have a good complete meal for the whole family.
INGREDIENT LIST
4 cups wishing I could do whatever I want. This is the base for the stew. Without this ingredient, you don't get the full selfishness flavor.
2 cups jealousy of moms whose kids could do summer school or other organized daily activities so the moms get a break each day.
2 TBSP frustration with boys who don't always play nicely together. This ingredient is optional, depending how spicy you want the stew. Sometimes the boys play very nicely together so then I don't add this ingredient.
1 cup stress of being on constant alert because of 2 boys having no safety awareness or boundary awareness.
1 TBSP sadness that naps in the afternoons are over for the boys. I remember this ingredient from other recipes I made when our older kids were little.
1 cup trying to get things done that never seem to get done: laundry, book work, cleaning, organizing the house etc.
2 TBSP difficulty of keeping track of 3 teenagers activities and attitudes. If you don't have teens in the house, skip this ingredient, but please note, your stew will not be as tasty!
1/2 cup weariness because of potty training that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. This ingredient can be added wet or dry.
Put all this in a big pot and let it simmer all day long. By the end of the day, you will have an incredible dish to enjoy. It may taste so good, it might bring tears to your eyes. And don't forget to ask God for forgiveness before you partake!
The above is a lighthearted attempt to confess the sin I am really struggling with this summer: selfishness for all the reasons listed in the above ingredients.
I feel like every day I ask the Lord for strength to be kind, compassionate, and patient, and every night in bed, I cry out to the Lord for failing again and again.
I know I cannot do this without the Lord's strength, but often when given the choice, I decide to react in selfishness rather than take a deep breath and react how Jesus would wish me to act. I forget to see my kids as blessings from the Lord and be grateful for having this special time with them during the summer.
I still have about half the summer left. I hope and pray I can change my menu plans because I think my family is getting sick of eating the same thing almost everyday!
Am I the only mom who is in this recipe-rut?
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