Today, I am celebrating 75 Days since I began recording and posting my Daily Food Diary. 75 DAYS and I am 75 hits and 0 misses. 👍
Today, I am also celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. (Photo from my Jigsawscapes App. My daily jigsaw obsession).
Today, I am ALSO celebrating what would have been my Father’s 116th birthday!
My Father passed away 32 years ago. That is inconceivable to me. For some reason, my Father and my Mother have been popping up in my dreams on a regular basis lately. To me, there is nothing odd or upsetting about their appearances. The dreams are not about them, they are just there, very normal, very natural, very familiar.
I was fortunate to have parents who worked hard to provide a stable, secure home for my siblings and I. I appreciate all that they both did for me, but to be honest, I was closer to my Father. Yes, I was a Daddy’s girl.
My Dad was everything I strive to be – kind, gentle, strong, happy, caring, determined, dignified (and determined to respect the dignity of others).
Last year, my sister Jeanne reminded me of something that I had forgotten about my Father. Something that seems so timely with all of belittling, dehumanizing, and hateful treatment towards people nowadays – based on their color, religion, nationality, sexuality or whatever!
My Father had a Grade Two education – French education. Despite this, he was a very intelligent man and accomplished in many ways. I knew that his Mother struggled with serious health issues and that when my Father left school, he went to work to help his father provide for his siblings. He sat in the basement of the general store, removing the eyes from potatoes, to keep them marketable.
Over the years, I came to believe that Dad quit school because his family needed his help at home taking care of little ones and bringing in what little money he could from his humble position at the general store.
What I forgot was that he was expelled from school. IN GRADE TWO! Why? Because his teachers, good Catholic Nuns that they were, decided that he was stupid and unteachable because he was left-handed and refused to change his wayward ways. He was deemed unworthy of an education.
Amazingly, they did not break him. He was who he was – caring, kind, strong, loving, respectful, patient, and more. Most important to me … He was my Dad.
Food Diary – Day 75
Breakfast:
(1) c coffee (2) (.3)
(2) potato patties (240) (2)
(2) eggs (160) (14)
(3) slices bacon (135) (7.5)
(1/2) medium tomato (11) (.5)
Snacks:
(36) oz water
(1) c Cinnamon Tea
(1) PC Matrimonial Cake (139) (1)
(25) Lay’s Classic Potato Chips (160) (2)
Supper:
(1) Large bowl Baked Onion Soup – beef broth, caramelized onions, (soda bread) croutons, shredded marble cheese (368) (19.5)
Total Calories: 1222
Total Protein: 48.3 grams
Daily protein goal: 46 to 58.5
That’s it for today. Take care and have a great day! 😊❤️
Seclusion 101 with AnneMarie 