A MOTHER'S BREAKFAST

Today I got to sleep in. I woke up at 6:30, no alarm! It was wonderful, but certainly not what I used to consider a sleep-in! I stayed in bed with a purring kitty on my side, and watched a show I fell asleep to early last night to finish. Then I got up, and for the first time in 5 days made coffee to enjoy. I still fed the cats before I made a toast, but when I looked through my last import of photos while I enjoyed that coffee, I found a picture I took last week that is a more common day than today.

It took me many years to stop eating my usual meal and then considering my daughter's leftovers. I don't like to waste, but it still is hard to throw out perfectly good food. I certainly need less food than I used to, but I like eating!

This was the breakfast I had after getting up, feeding my daughter (Nutella toast), feeding two cats and giving one insulin, making my daughter's lunch, and hustling to the bus stop, before returning and shovelling the step. I sat down with almost a whole piece of toast, in a less appealing manner than originally served, but totally serviceable, and an apple/celery "salad" that would not pass muster on day two to reserve with browning apples, but was totally satisfying, with a much needed glass of cold water. Simple breakfast. Scraps to some. A mother's breakfast!