Graham Cracker, Chocolate Bar, Marshmallow 100% Guilt Free
It was late. She had just gotten home from a 7pm soccer game. A hard fought lose. Homework still had to be completed. A busy work assignment in my opinion.
I had sustained myself on an early evening green smoothie (keifer, romaine lettuce, flax seed oil, raspberries and ice).
“Mom, can you just stay up and help me?”
“The hardest part is to just start, Paige.”
“What do you think about these two sentences to start?”
“I think it sounds just fine.”
I assessed what I now know to be true hunger pings. Yep! I’m hungry.
She really didn’t need my help on the assignment. She just needed me to sit and listen. Be there with her while she got up enough momentum to get the assignment going. I looked up a few things on the internet.
“Hey, are you going to make me one?”
“Sure, we’ll each have two.” 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 DING!
“Oh My God! This is so good. I think they actually taste better when you make them in the microwave. I remember when Kelsey and I would make them that one summer. I can’t believe the stuff I used to eat. It was so unhealthy.”
As I become more knowledgeable about my body and how food is our ultimate medicine, I gladly make different, more healthy choices. It’s the experience of my new love affair with natural, from the earth food, the miracle that it is.
Guilt adds weight and Paige and I shared none of that last night. We enjoyed our treat and the moment that tagged along.
I went up to bed. Paige came up to bed 30 minutes later, assignment completed.
I am down another 2 pounds.
This post is part of my Journey Towards Health Series:
Measure Your Way to Health and Happiness
Want to change? Ask Yourself Why. Over and Over Again.
Before You Read Another Self Help Book
