Soup for the day and the spirit

Was it worth the Mess.......YES

Masterpieces by the Pike's

Artist (the last 3 are napping again)

Momma's Masterpiece on the stove

Soup for 8 or 20 on a snowy day (or anyday)


6 pounds beef bones (with meat and fat) from Mr. Peter's Farm

5 onions

Watercolors

lots of celery stalks

left over carrots from dipping

new paper and brushes

big dog(to show you how to lay down and do nothing, easily)

public radio

tobasco or Frank's Hot Sauce (just whatever is left in opened bottle)

Box Wine (not the bottled stuff)

Quiet (tired kids from the snow)

Garlic (we like lots it covers any mistakes)

Potatos (don't bother peeling, Yukon Gold are our Favorites)


Boil bones all morning, while the children play in the snow, call a parentyou haven't talked to lately (in this case my father, Jerry Jr.) Talk at length while laughing at yourself.



bring the kids in....



Pour Wine (it is now after noon and after all it is a snow day)



Put some in the soup



Enjoy opera on the radio (yummy)







Get out new water colors, fresh paper, and call the kids in
Again


Throw children in the shower (all the girls in one, fun)



Sort laundry with high hopes, hang up long distance call....



Chop all veggies, seperate the meat and bones throw bones in a new pan with fresh water (more broth for another day)






This is an important step, try to find a knife or pot or bowl someone handed down to you (in this case my husband's daddy who he graciously shared with me for 13 years), think of them, remind yourself the way their kitchen smelled, the way their food tasted and how they changed your life....remember that they held that knife (or pan, or apron) near them. They are a part of who you are today....enjoy, smile, grieve, do what you need to do.Think of sittting at the table with them and breaking bread with them and remind yourself of the memories you will make with this pot of soup.





Put all chopped things of any liking in pan with meatt and yummy broth, including but not limited to the things listed above....



Watch the children, smile. Enjoy how you made the soup and more importantly how the soup makes you.