The Love Hidden in a Home-Cooked Meal 🌹

Come come sit with me, grab a drink and pull up a chair. The last couple of weeks I have been thinking about my mom. Okay, okay... my mom and food. 😄 In my opinion, my mom was a great cook. Child, let me tell you, whenever I went to visit her, I already knew what was coming. The first night would be donairs. The second night? My favourite. Ribs, rice, and tea biscuits. Now let me tell you something... I love tea biscuits. LOVE them. To this day, they are one of the things I have never been able to make quite like my mom did. She would make this sauce to go over the ribs and rice, and it was so good. If I visited in the summer, there would usually be blueberry pie. If I came in the winter, it was apple pie. The funny thing is, when I think about the people in my life, so many of them have a food attached to them. My bestie's husband loves to cook, and let me tell you, that man can make French toast. Mmm mmm. 😄 You know the kind where you tell yourself you...
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Love in Action

Come, come sit with me.
Let’s talk love.

Yes, I know… love feels like it’s in the air for me lately, and I want to talk about it.

That word — love — can mean so many different things.

But for me?

Love without action means very little.

Let’s sit with that for a moment.

Valentine’s Day just passed.
And I’m sure women and men all over the world received gifts and flowers — and that is GREAT. Truly.

But uummm… why does it have to live on just one day?

Love with action needs to be repeated.

Because it’s not just in romantic relationships.
It’s in all relationships.

And when I say action, I don’t mean something expensive.
I don’t mean grand gestures.
I don’t mean over-the-top moments.

What I mean is the little things people do in our lives.

When I go home to visit the boys, one of my brothers gets up early with me before I leave and cooks me pancakes — because he knows they’re my favourite.

Love in action.

I asked my friend what keeps her and her partner together after twenty years.

She said, “Trust and laughter.”

And I believe that.

But as we kept talking, I asked her something else.

“If one day you came home from work and dinner was already on the table, what would that mean to you?”

Her whole face lit up.

Love in action.

Especially since she does all the cooking.

My one friend (she is so lucky 😉) comes home to a cooked meal by her husband.

Love in action.

Or you’re out running errands and you know your friend loves tea or coffee — so you grab one and just drop it off.

Love in action.

When my dad passed and we were at the wake, my cousin would come by me every half hour and just stand there and rub my back.

No words.

But it was love in action.

I’m going to leave you with a thought.

Again — this isn’t about Valentine’s Day.

But sometimes we expect so much from one single day…
when really, our partners, our friends, our family show us love in action all year long.

And maybe — just maybe —

we don’t always see it.
Or have gratitude for it.

My last note to you is this:

Look around and see the love in action in your life.

You just might be surprised at how much love you actually have.

Little gestures from a loved one mean a hell of a lot — at least in my opinion.

✨ Whisper: Pay attention. Love might already be showing up for you.

Want to share your thoughts or your own “love in action” moment?
Email me anytime: loveandlifewithlisa@gmail.com

Lisa L 🌹

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