The Power of Macaroni and Cheese

“Give us this day our daily bread”
Matthew 6:11

My how the Lord meets our every need!
Our needs for food, our need for love, our needs for inner strength

I didn’t expect that DH and I would do anything special for Valentine’s day. He had court which usually means that he either doesn’t eat all day or eats late in the afternoon. For me, that meant we would not have any real dinner plans. (We really had not plans for Valentine’s day and didn’t even exchange cards). It turned out that he did eat late but he ate chinese. That meant he would be hungry at dinner. What is it about chinese food that doesn’t stick with you long?

There was no meat thawed out and we couldn’t afford to go out to eat. I had no idea what we would do for supper. That’s when I got a great Valentine’s Day Gift- and it was a the gift of some special moments. DH came up with excellant idea to have Macaroni and Cheese.

Now, mind you, it wasn’t the box Macaroni and Cheese. Nor the Stouffer’s kind of Macaroni and Cheese.

It was my Grandmother’s baked Macaroni and Cheese. There’s nothing like it in the world. DH knows how much I love that Mac and Cheese. What better gift could I get that the suggestion to have that for dinner. DH cut up the cheese and cooked the noodles for me. When it came time to put the macaroni and cheese together, DH was right by my side. He wanted to learn how to make one of my most favorite foods in the whole wide world.

What is it about the power of something like my Grandmother’s Mac and Cheese? As soon as you get the first bite, the world is a better place and you can’t help but smile. Foods like that can join families together and remind them of the love they share. A little over a year ago, when my grandmother passed away, I spent several days in the kitchen preparing meals for our family that visited. I could feel my grandmother’s presense as I prepared the things she had so lovingly made for her family for so many years. And, oh my, when that Macaroni and Cheese made it to the table. Everyone smiled. It was like a big sigh came over all of us as we enjoyed that family classic.

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