This morning, I was going through all of my "I need to..." list which includes buying more groceries and making more food. I'm already way over budget for groceries this month, but I'm out of fresh produce (except for a countertop full of tomatoes from our neighbors). 

It's funny how sometimes I feel like I'm praying for silly things, like "God, I need to feed us well and I want to save money but I'm so tired and I kind of don't care today, is that ok?"

And He's like, "Laura, just go to Aldi and buy bagels."

As in, He made it clear to me once again that: no I don't have to make every meal from scratch, no every meal doesn't have to be perfectly well-rounded, and instead my focus needs to be on loving people and being at peace.

So we are going back to Costco today, then to Aldi, and I'm going to buy what we need (some of which will be easy-to-serve foods like bagels) so that I don't overdo and so that I can instead focus on people (including myself because I know I also have to care for my own needs).

Speaking of Costco.

I wrote this last week and published it yesterday: