It has been a Lion of a season in my own family lately.
Hospital rooms. Medication changes. Waiting. Watching people you love go through things you cannot fix.
And here’s the truth I’ve come to understand in a deeper way this year.
I can’t control outcomes. I can’t wave a wand. I can’t solve every diagnosis.
But I can choose how I hold it. I can hold my family and friends in strength instead of fear. I can hold them in healing instead of worst-case scenarios. I can choose not to rehearse tragedy in my mind.
There was a time in my life when I would have spiraled when things went wrong. This time, I didn’t. That growth matters.
I’ve been turning the TV off more. Cooking slower. Sitting with my people. Breathing before reacting.
And I realized something standing over a pot of mashed potatoes this week. The world may come in like a lion. But inside your home, you get to decide the energy.
You get to choose the vibration at your table. You get to decide whether fear or faith leads the room.
Perception really does shape reality. What we focus on expands. So this month, we’re choosing comfort. We’re choosing laughter. We’re choosing mashed potatoes and banana pudding and scratch tickets and a little friendly rivalry.
If things feel heavy, come eat with us. Let us feed your mind, your body, and your soul.
