Day 11

Food, Glorious Food!
What wouldn't we give for
That extra bit more
That's all that we live for
Why should we be fated to
To do nothing but brood 
On food
Magical food
Wonderful food,
Marvellous food
Fabulous food

Since I decided I was going to write about Food today, the chorus "Food, Glorious Food" has been going over and over in my mind.  My childhood was spent watching musicals over and over and over, so I often have songs pop into my mind.  Sadly, Jon doesn't appreciate or get my references to these movie versions of musicals from the 50s and 60s.  Anyone out there know what this is from or am I alone?

Anyway, back to day #11 and being thankful for food.  This weekend, my parents are here in Chicago so that my dad can attend a medical conference.  My mom spent the last 48 hours with us in the suburbs while my dad went to the conference.  Since we had to return her to my dad downtown, we decided to go out to dinner with him so we could spend some time with him too. 

We took the 3 big boys along (major thanks to Stacey for keeping Caleb for us) and decided to go to the Weber Grill since our kids like it and we had coupons for free kids meals which I'm sure doesn't surprise anyone that knows us.  These particular kids meals coupons had been earned when the boys finished the library reading program this summer, so they were even more excited about it.

The food was absolutely yummy.  And after having done a big run today (18.5 mile for me, 20 for Jon), we were more than happy to dig into the warm pretzel bread, a grilled pizza and some smoked BBQ meat.  The portions were ridiculous so we've got several boxes of leftovers to enjoy tomorrow.

This meal is just one example of how blessed we are.  Not only do we not worry about where our next meal is coming from, we actually get to pick what we want to eat.  We have three meals a day, access to snacks, and can go to the grocery store whenever we want.  It truly is a life of abundance when it comes to food.

The entire Thanksgiving holiday revolves around feasting, but compared to much of the world, most of our daily meals are feasts by comparison.  I'm thankful that I have access to nutritious, varied and yummy foods.  And I'm thankful that I don't  have to worry about if I'm going to be able to feed my family today.