After the meal she spent the evening in the kitchen cutting up veggies and frying beef for a pot of stew. Not bad for a fifteen-year-old, huh? She worked in the kitchen from the time she got home from school until it was time for bed. Well, sort of. I let her work at the dining room table so she could watch television while peeling potatoes, cutting carrots, and slicing celery. You know what she said to me around 10:00 p.m.? “Thanks for letting me make the stew, Mom.” Thank me? Uh, thank you for spending your evening serving your family! How in the world did I ever get such an incredible daughter? My only answer is that this is a God thing. The thing about God is that while He gives us incredible gifts, He also gives us the opportunity to nurture those gifts, otherwise known as being a good steward of what we have. I’ve never loved cooking. You wouldn’t know it if you saw my apron collection, though. Four of them are hanging in the kitchen right now, my favorite being the Grace & Gratitude apron.
