I was completely without inspiration for this post today. So I flicked through my affirmation cards and came across this quote:
In this moment, there is infinite possibility.
Victoria Moran
It seemed appropriate for today as without inspiration, this post could have gone anywhere. I ended up writing quite a bit and finished with a recipe for meatballs and gravy and then accidentally deleted it!
I was super frustrated, as usually something written on the fly is almost impossible to replicate if you lose it. But then I realised that the quote still applied. There was infinite possibility – including the possibility that I would accidentally lose what I had written!
Which lead to a bit of an A-hah! moment. Right now, there is still infinite possibility. Sure I could have spent an hour or two trying to remember what I had written, or I could just start again and see what happens. And amazingly, I immediately felt better. Sometimes, letting go of something is the best option. My psychologist would be proud!
I’ve had enough stress lately, that obsessing over a blog post is really not going to be at all helpful. Most of the stress I talked about in my last post has resolved, and now I have a new one. This stress is not really my stress, it’s a thing I have taken on to try and reduce the stress on a loved one. And to be honest, I’m going to enjoy it – not the reason for it, but the activity of it.
My new challenge is cooking dairy free meals for a 3-4 year old. Now the dairy free bit is easy, it’s the feeding a child bit that is a new challenge for me. Normally when I feed this child, it’s a special occasion or just a morning afternoon tea where if they only chicken nuggets and watermelon it’s not a big deal because it’s a once off. But as a daily meal, that’s not terribly balanced!
Hence why I ended up with a meatballs and gravy recipe. Now I have a lot to do today, including making dairy free “cheese” sauce for pasta and a bunch of little pies that I can hide veggies in, so I’m not going to re-write the recipe now. I’ll save that for another day.
However, if anyone has suggestions for tasty, healthy meals for a 3-4 year old that are dairy free and easily frozen and re-heated by a stressed, time-poor, and/or convalescing parent then I would love to hear from you!
