Grace in the Quiet: A Sunday of Rest, Soup, and Toddler Love

Evening everyone!

Not much happened today, it was a fairly quiet Sunday for us in the house. I missed watching Mass this morning, so I will be watching that after I’m done posting tonight. If you find that weird, it’s not. It’s difficult to keep a two year old occupied in a church for the duration of service and we are fortunate enough to be a part of a church that records it for those who can’t make it in. Wonderful I think!

But I was feeling a bit under the weather today, my chest has been feeling this heaviness as if I have a chest cold and I’ve been coughing a bit. I kept my distance as best as I could from my little one, but you try explaining that to a toddler. She didn’t quite get it and kept wanting hugs and snuggles while simultaneously asking “Mommy happy now?” She does that every time I’m not feeling well.

Another day where my husband picked up the slack and I did what I could. I did however let Valeria choose dinner and she opted for soup. I forged what I could in the fridge/pantry; carrots, celery, tomato, onion, garlic, broth, a few baby potatoes and spaghetti I broke up into pastina size noodles. It’s all I had, cut me some slack! The soup turned out good and I had some left over pizza dough, so I made mini panzerotti as well. Why not right?

I enjoyed the day, Valeria seemed really happy and full of energy especially after her nap. Even though the night ended a bit difficult, Valeria did not want to go to bed, it still was a pretty great day.

Hope you had a wonderful day or night wherever you are in the world!

Ciao!!