06/19/2024
๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ก ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐.
As a girl with Texas roots in her blood, I grew up knowing about Juneteenth way before it was ever declared a National Holiday. And to be honest, the truth behind the story has always saddened me more than given me reason to celebrate. But one day, a new perspective came to mind! Iโll never forget the day I was driving home from work and the dedication for Meals You Deserve came to mind like a bolt of lightning! It immediately even brought tears to my eyes because, while a simple sentence, the statement holds so much weight and causes one to acknowledge all of what it speaks to: 1) the foundation, literally and figuratively, of many of the nutrient-rich foods and dishes that we eat today, 2) the creativity of recipes made from โscrapsโ that are now cherished, treasured, passed down, and even listed on some of the finest restaurant menus, and 3) the empowerment of being able to return to foods grown on land once worked by their barehands and find delicious solutions to health issues 4) to now be able to prosper from itโฆ its as if itโs a beautiful return on their forced investment. I do not take this freedom for granted.
โBeloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.โ 3 Johnโฌ โญ1:2โฌ