Hi, I’m Holly and I love to eat. Now, before you “back” the
page and mumble to yourself, “Well, that was embarrassing,” let me explain.
I love to eat. I love to eat because I love the satisfaction
that comes with being full and feeling fed. And out of that place comes a
passion I have for feeding others. Nothing makes me happier than to look at my
calendar for the day and see
Game night with ____, ____, & ____ @ 8:00pmor
Hosting dinner with _____ @ 6
Now, don’t mishear me, I by no means am claiming Pioneer
Woman/Rachel Ray status (TBH, I still get the meaning of vegan and vegetarian
mixed up and that’s like Hipster Cooking 101). I’ll be the first to admit I
still have to call my mom to ask where things are in the grocery store and honestly;
I really think there’s a tad less joy in life when you’re on a hardcore clean-eating
diet.
I just like to feed people. It’s my thing. I love to host,
house, and extend hospitality. But for me, it has to do with more than the food
part. There’s just something about having people around a table. Maybe it’s
because it’s a shared experience where we’re all getting full on the same food,
looking at each other and commenting on the yummy-ness of it all. Or maybe it’s because in that moment all who
are present are sharing in victories, bad news, light-hearted conversation, and
old stories. I think it's just gotta be both.
There’s just something
about sitting in the presence of another, creating something between people
that wasn’t there before.
I’m in the middle of reading a book by Shanna Niequist’s
book "Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes". Homegirl gets me. The whole book is dedicated to the food that gathers people around the table and the guest called Love that pulls up her chair when we're all united there. So far she's talked about fond memories of certain dishes, her sassy and sweet group of women that make up her dinner club, and her life-long struggle with her weight and loving herself in spite of it. At the end of every chapter she puts the recipe of the dish that was involved in her story in that chapter.
I. Love. This. Book. It has affirmed and inspired me to live into my passion for gathering people and join God in His redeeming work there. That's what this blog is about. Telling stories that happen around my table and inspiring you to begin your own "Bread and Wine" journey. So, if you love to eat like I do, pull up a chair. Dinner's at 6.
