Don’t Worry
The vacation is going well. Though my anxiety is creeping in periodically. Today, I wanted to make dinner. I was making these good beef sliders with pickled vegetables and Siracha Aioli. Very ingredient and labor-intensive. I have a hard time with this recipe before I had the stroke. But I wanted to make them because they’re delicious. My brother and his wife asked if they could do the shopping for me, but once Ashley and I converted the recipe, and saw the list, we remembered how much work it would be for my brother and decided she would go to the store. Sure enough, she had to go to two different stores.
It took her forever to get home and again, my anxiety was high. She’s so good to me, she didn’t complain and ended up helping me cook the whole meal. Along with my brother-in-law Derrick and brother George. It wasn’t exactly how it should have tasted, but it was just fine. Everyone was happy.
My dear friend Jennifer said to me once; “did you know there is a sentence in the bible that is two words long?”, “No”, I said. “Don’t worry. That’s all it says. Don’t worry. It must be really important to not worry”, she said; “I mean, if it’s its own sentence, that must be really important!”.
I’m so grateful when I can remember that conversation.
I too have problems with ingredients and recipies, it all takes so much concentration that by the time we eat im worn out 😴 . Your post rings very true once again.
Exactly! It’s so much work to cook something different, even though I’ve made it a dozen times. Very energy draining. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Love you so much Julie and love reading your blog posts! Thank you for sharing your experience, strength, and hope today. I can totally relate. And also, how wonderful that you and Ashley worked together to make such a hard and special dish and that you are together with family! We are currently cooking multiple dishes for our Thanksgiving meal and dealing with many more ingredients than we usually cook with too, and I was so stressed out about it this morning, I was just thinking that next year we should just order a pre-cooked meal and not put ourselves through so much angst. I know it is all in the attitude though…”don’t worry” is the message I needed to hear today (and to remember every day!). Wishing you and Ashley and your family a happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks Dorie. Love you too.
OMG I’ve written and re-written comments and tried to post twice already and keep getting error messages. I guess it is not meant to be. Love you Jules!
So sorry you’ve been experiencing problems posting a comment. Please keep coming back!
Hi Julie. It’s wonderful that you are sharing your experience and encouraging others to know they are not alone in their challenges. Love you!