Breaking bread with friends...

A couple of weeks ago, a ziploc bag filled with a creamy liquid appeared on the staff room table with instructions. (Thanks Kristen!) There is something kinda creepy, but kinda cool about the whole thing...a secret recipe, secret instructions...it's all very James Bondish. Here is this bag of goo, and in ten days with a little love, (and a lot of extra ingredients), it is supposed to turn into bread? Ok, I'll play along and see how it goes. And after the timer went off, this delicious, cinnamony bread came out of the oven. Almost like banana bread, without the bananas. This started me thinking about 2 different topics...

1. I wonder if the Amish know that their secret recipe is on the internet! Yes, after exactly 3 seconds of digging around, I was able to discover the secret ingredients without a problem. I wanted to somehow alert the Amish that their secret recipe had been compromised, maybe give them the website. But then I thought that they wouldn't have a way to get on the net...and that just opened up new conundrums.

2. Friends are pretty amazing. This world isn't always nice, and it isn't always fair, but if you have good friends in your corner, you can still smile at the end of the day, and come back for another round. I came across 2 quotes about friendship that really ring true. Think about the friends that you have, and let them know how much they mean to you. Break some bread, share some food, share some stories and some laughs. And listen. Sometimes, that's the greatest gift a friend can give.

Here are the quotes...

“We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front. We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often.” Jeanette Winterson

“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” Brandi Snyder