Something has just occurred to me today. I cannot do everything. I’ve been involved in my local church, home raising my children, coupon shopping for the things I can’t grow (yet, I tell myself), trying to have a social life, trying to please my family, trying to grow more and more of our own food, trying to cook from scratch. Yesterday I spent most of my day tending baby chicks (layers-to-be), and planting our summer garden. Somehow in between all of that I changed a few diapers and parented my children.
But for the past two days, we’ve eaten almost no homegrown food, in fact we ate chicken nuggets and tater tots for dinner! My husband and kids were thrilled to eat the factory food, but I felt like a failure as a grower-cook. I really need to pace myself so that once I’m done with the work in the garden, I still have the energy to cook real, quality meals for my family instead of relying on the processed foods I’m trying to renounce through my efforts in the garden.
