Minestrone Monastico

6:25 am I got up in time to eat breakfast at the table! It was tempting to hit that snooze alarm one more time but I kept my commitment not to breakfast while driving.

9:30 am I had a cup of milk on my morning break.

1:00 pm lunch break! The kids at work are always wild, they are 1 ½ years old after all; but of course today they were extra wild, just to make Monday that much easier. Gratitude abounds for my hour long break and the soup I made yesterday. I’m not sure if monks have microwaves, but we do here at work and I would rather have warm soup than cold on this damp and rainy day.

7:00 pm On my drive home from work, I remembered that "minestrone monastico" was on the menu for supper. Then, I wasn’t quite sure that I wanted soup again. I have never been a creature of habit, (so to speak), I know some people who eat the same thing for lunch every day. I could never do that. I will eat soup tonight, though if I were to eat that soup until it was gone, I’d still be eating it on Friday. Should I freeze the rest, or eat soup all week? I did enjoy my soup tonight afterall. I was hungry!

One particular grace has been running through my head the past two days, one that I grew up singing: “Be present at our table Lord, be here and everywhere adored, these mercies bless and grant that we, may strengthened for thy service be, amen.” I love that grace, it has such a pretty tune.