Monday, September 20, 2010

"connected"

Before I leave for yet another business trip, I long to feel connected. Sure, all these cell phones (2 missing from this photo) will connect me with my college student, teen and tweens, but, I realized that I get the biggest connection from the red pot.

The pot is for soup - which keeps my family connected.

A few years ago we started a winter ritual - Saturday soup night. We had tried the Friday night movie night which turned into girl scout meeting night, mom and dad are too exhausted to watch a movie night, high school activity night - you get the picture - Friday movie night went by the wayside. Our life filled Fridays up. So then it became Saturday soup night. It started when I spied a Paula Dean magazine cover with her Tortilla soup recipe. My daughter and I decided we would try her soup on Saturday evening. It has now become a regular at our winter Saturday soup nights (and many other nights we need to feel connected). My kids now ask for soup on other days of the week - and even in the middle of summer. I wonder if it is a symptom of feeling disconnected?

Today it's going to be chicken chili soup - the smell of chili, garlic and cumin are wafting through my home. It's not Saturday and it's not winter - it's Monday - I am leaving on a business trip. I must need to feel connected.