comfort food

The Plugged-In Prayer, with Food

by Lisa Creech Bledsoe on December 21, 2009 · 1 comment

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During the Christmas holidays during the year the First was four, our electricity had been out for a good part of the week due to a freak NC snowstorm. Because of the timing, it made a pretty big impact on the First. Shortly after the drama had subsided, we once again made his favorite comfort food — using electricity — over which he said this prayer. He was elated to have things back to normal. (I can’t imagine why the Altoids made it into the prayer, though.)

Thank you God for Altoids and the lights that are on, the electricity that came back on a few days ago, and for that red stuff. Also for mangos, and what’s that stuff? Macaroni and cheese. Amen.

“Now,” he announced to the two of us, “Let’s sing ‘Kookaburra!’”

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On McDonald’s French Fries

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My recent post about Why Your Workout Isn’t Working prompted a funny chain of comments on Facebook, which I totally enjoyed. Most of them related bad food favorites, and McDonald’s was named in the very first comment (Hi, Greg!). Sigh. I love MickeyD’s french fries more than any other fast food french fries. And back [...]

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