I can’t remember what I was going to say

I had this brilliant post all laid out in my mind. This dress photo was going to be an analogy to what I was trying to say, and darn it, I can’t remember what I was going to say. I don’t think I was going to be talking about ‘always a bridesmaid’, because I generally don’t go for those analogies – it makes me look rather clueless and goodness knows we don’t need any more of that.

Maybe it was about the idea that things always look better when they’re behind glass. Print a photo. Put it in a frame behind glass and it takes on a certain gravitas that is noteworthy and amazing. It’s so simple and yet so effective.

Further to that, there is also something about things being just out of reach. Maybe I wanted to talk about how we often feel that recipe is just a little too hard, or where the hell do you get yeast flakes, anyway? Aside from Amazon, of course. Maybe the challenge of creating a meal – any meal – is overshadowed by the issues that surround it. Some personal, some systemic (time, ingredients, lack of an industrial deep fryer…)

I cook because in some cases I feel like I can’t not cook. It’s one of the few aspects of my life where I can’t not do it. But that doesn’t mean it comes easily to me. It doesn’t mean that I can conjure up things to eat out of thin air. I’m the worst for that. My wife is far better than I (in all aspects, but specifically here) when it comes to pulling together meals.

But the kids do need to be fed. And so do we, for that matter. Some sort of ‘healthy’ food. Regularly. Several times a day, in fact.

It’s hard to do, but the fact that it might appear to be behind some glass and unattainable is just a ruse. We can all do this, maybe not at the same level but that’s hardly the point. We all gotta eat, and we all have to play the hand we have been dealt.

Like every wedding it’s a lot more fun for the attendees than it is for the ones being married. Those dresses aren’t that comfortable, anyway. Better to have fun than to play by all the rules.