Humble Pie

Scenario: Alex:"May I have another piece of fruit?"
Mother:"Don't you think you might get fat if you keep eating so much?(Thinks of all the food he's eaten since lunch). You might get a big belly."
Alex"(cheerfully) Yeah! I want a big belly like you,Mom!"
Mother feels anxious and deflated.Did she really deserve this comment? She then muses on how humble children make parents sometimes.It's a great design by a wise Creator God! (Mother does think after thinking on it that she did not deserve the comment.)
Well,it was a full day of cleaning and tidying and cooking in the afternoon.Lee came home with a jeep stuffed to the gills with young people who scattered to their various activities on the place.One was a special guest of our family so we invited her to dinner and another showed up to visit at the supper hour so we set an extra plate for dessert. I really,really like to feed people! I made a tomatoey Greek dish with eggplant,reheated brown rice,garlicky oven potato fries,yogurt from our milk plant,and a salad tossed with my own homemade dressing and my own mock apple streusel(it's really papaya dressed up with brown sugar,cinnamon,butter and lime juice and cooked to a sauce) served with farm-produced pumpkin pie ice cream and chocolate covered macadamia nut ice cream. Superb. Must now check out internet connection problem. Marcella