Ann Voskamp has us thinking about rest this week. But in my reflections on the subject, I realized…I haven’t been. And as I lie awake at night, wound up and wishing it was morning so I could write…as I wake up 3 and 4 times through the night and have trouble getting back to sleep (only half of them related to kids who need me)…as the house gets in unacceptable messiness…I realize:
I’m out of balance again. And so for me, rest today means NOT blogging long and eloquent on the subject, but accepting something simpler and making time for stillness. I can’t do it in nature today, not with preschool transport and two rambunctious boys…but I can rest by rediscovering balance. By taking a day to be mom first, and writer distant second. And so today I simply share a story of Death By Chocolate (and peanut butter):
The BEGINNING…
…and THE AFTERMATH…
Kathleen M. Basi 
ROFL…… how precious.
Hi, Kathleen! I am Ralph and Anna Wanamaker’s daughter-in-law, married to Scot.
Anna sent me your blog a few weeks ago and I just love it! You’re a talented writer. If it were socially acceptable I would eat every dessert the way your daughter does!! Priceless!!!
Oh my!!! the pain of it all,lol.
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SO loved today’s post, Kathleen! Enjoy resting in that balance…and it touches my heart that you would go to all that trouble of making such a beautiful and sinfully delicious cake for your family. That’s balance! Love the picture of your daughter after she’s enjoyed hers!
Judging by your daughter’s picture, that is the best cake in the world!
Uh…can I have some?
I bet that was the best cake in the world.. Sure looks like it.
Oh how I can relate and desire to be wife and mom first, that is what I am called to be and oh, how easily distracted I can become!!!
Not fair to show us something that good when we can’t taste it 😉
Beautiful and delicious-sounding cake… I wonder HOW you got the chocolate out of her clothes…. Glad she enjoyed it (’cause it sure looks like she did!)
Welll…..this was only last night. Chocolate is not out yet. 🙂
The recipe is here:
http://penniesonaplatter.com/2009/01/25/chocolate-peanut-butter-cake/
But I warn you: it is RICH. As in, three bites and you think, “Oh holy cow, we’ve got to find some people to give slices to, b/c there is no way we can eat all of this.”
Yes, out of balance…oh how I can relate! I admire your ability to step aside and rest — and bake! That cake is making my stomach growl! 🙂
The cake looks extremely tasty. Right up my alley. And that’s exactly how my daughter would enjoy it. Afterall, what’s chocolate for if not for getting all over the place and staining our clothes?
I know what you mean – we are having a quiet day today in the hope of regaining some balance.
I have never heard of peanut butter icing before!!! I LOVE the ‘after’ shot!
Mmmm, that looks delicious. I took 2 naps this week, and though they did cut into my writing time, I guess I needed them.
Totally yummy!
That. is. awesome. Thank you for truly making me *laugh*out*loud* 🙂
Yummy!!!!
Go Mom! We don’t get the time back with our kids, we can always write. Being on the brink of being an empty nester, I know… Often I must remember that God comes first, vocation second, everything else (if there is still energy) third…
saying a prayer for your day, Sis 🙂
Let me know when and how you find your balance as I never did find mine. On the other hand, that cake is too much, I’m dying just looking at it, 🙂
🙂
As for balance–it’s not like I’m going to find it and keep it, but I have to keep working at it…the stakes are too high not to, n’est-ce pas?