tzaziki and profound thoughts

The lovely Amy of ProgressivePioneer just posted a guest post by me about one of our favorite summer recipes.  Pop by her blog to see how we make ours. These days I love pairing the refreshing cucumber yogurt with the very, very hot Ethiopian meat sandwiches we get from a local biodynamic Ottawa-area farmer each week, Berhanu Wassihun.

Berhanu is profoundly amazing, and a very inspiring individual to know.

Just like the little 8 month old whippersnapper who visited our home yesterday. I barely slept last night with all that loud clock ticking in my head... my heart.

At the beginning of the visit, she and her 3 and a half year old friend were sitting side by side as we moms talked about how much growing babies need to do before they can run and jump and build block towers. My daughter paused for a few long moments, and then said: "Mama, my baby part is still inside me... right here" as she patted her chest.

Yes, my love, yours is right there and always will be. All of ours are. We need to be gentle with one another in life and honor our baby selves and the amazingly free, creative and trusting little people inside ourselves.

I will leave you on a lighter note - the same day, in the afternoon, my daughter was chatting with her Grandma (SewnNatural's other pair of hands) on the phone. She turned our (old fashioned, corded phone) upside down and asked: "I'm holding the phone upside down. Are you standing upside down in your house, Grandma?"

Made me think back to the days I was sure that teeny tiny people lived in our television and made it all work.  I was really really certain.

(photo credit, Flickr)