However, about the time that the leaves begin to change, so do my feelings towards my meal plans. This year proved to be a bit more daunting because I feel like I have spent the last six months living in my kitchen. Summer consumed every bit of my energy and early September saw me leaning into more processed foods.
After a couple weeks it hits me: I must back away from the boxed meals and chop a vegetable. It’s time I take to the cookbooks.
I tread gently into the conversation with a simple, “Really?”
The selling of this house has been a contentious topic over the past few years. Despite the fact that it currently sits empty, the house was her first large purchase after my parents’ divorce. Already married and living on my own, the tiny house created a home for my mother and brother and symbolized new beginnings on multiple fronts so I’ve always understood her resistance to sell even though she hasn’t lived in it since getting remarried 10 years ago.
There are usually two very staunch camps of people when it comes to decorating for Christmas: