R's rue

I make our evening meals. For tonight's menu I prepared Lincolnshire sausages, a simple salad and homemade oven chips (American: fries) . Nothing too fancy. I got the sausages in  the oven and then went to find the bag of  baking potatoes that I bought in our local "Lidl" store last week. Casually, I ripped through the polythene and to my surprise discovered this very big potato inside (see above). It is possibly the biggest regular potato I have ever handled. I decided to weigh it and it came in at just over two pounds and just under one kilogram. Bloody massive it was. I only needed that one potato for our chips and in fact I didn't use it all. Imagine asking a guest or family member if they wanted a baked potato and then presenting them with that monster! Out of curiosity I decide to find out if my potato's size was anywhere near  record-breaking. Naturally, I expected it to pale into insignificance compared with the really big boys. Indeed, there have be...

 Lord, Sometimes it’s so hard. To be happy for others. To cheer them on. It feels like years of waiting. Help me find joy in the waiting. Help me be happy for others. I don’t know what to ask anymore. I know that as much as I can hope life were different. It isn’t. Help me accept my reality. Help me be joyful. Because I’m not. It’s exhausting. Letting you see this. Letting you see there is nothing perfect in me. There is nothing easy. Not everything shimmers in gold every day. Letting it all out before it eats at me. If this is too depressing, skip this post. Some days are just rougher than others. Some days I try to put a smile on my face. It’s a choice made even if it is not felt.  So Lord, remove the bitterness from my soul. I have too many blessings. Remind me that no tear, no disappointment is ever wasted. I only pray that what you have for me is so beyond the wildest dreams I’ve ever had.  Waiting in The valley Is not  A pleasant place But if That is W...