It is Yom Kippur today. I have been fasting since 6:30pm yesterday. I am tired and grumpy and headachy and most of all, HUNGRY.
Even though I am not very religious, fasting on Yom Kippur is one rule I always keep (when I can, health-wise…I did not fast while pregnant or Breast-feeding, which is the true reason I BF my little darling until she was 28 months!!!). I am not sure if it makes a difference to G-d or not, but it feels right to me…to abstain from food and drink for one day and focus my mind on things I have done wrong in the past year, and things I can do better in the next year.
Here are some of the things I am sorry for from the past year:
1. Not being kind and patient enough with my daughter.
2. Often being grumpy and distracted with my parents.
3. Spending far too much time seeing my husband’s short-comings, and far too little time seeing his strengths, which are far greater.
4. Holding grudges against friends. Grudges they don’t even know about, since I tend to avoid confrontation, yet that have remained in my heart. Now is the time to drop them and start anew.
There, that was cleansing.
One thing that I both love and hate about Yom Kippur is that it is the one time a year we always entertain, inviting friends and family over to break the fast;
I love that because I enjoy entertaining, because it is nice to have friends and family over, and because it is one of the few times a year my house looks good. Maybe I can maintain it this year?
I hate it though because it is difficult to spend the day cooking and cleaning while I am tried and hungry from fasting. That said, it makes my satisfaction and pride all the greater when it comes time to eat.
Tonight I am serving:
*Bagels with a variety of spreads
*Lasagna
*Salmon with a soy/brown sugar glaze (thanx C !)
*A green salad
*A tomato salad from my MIL
*That yummy Nilla Wafer Banana thingy
*A chocolate Bubka
*Brownies from my MIL
*Fruit from my mother
and since it is Saturday night..I picked up a bottle of Starbucks Cream Liqueur for myself those that wish to indulge.
I hope all my Jewish friends and family had a easy fast.
UPDATE: THE LASAGNA ENDED UP ON THE DINING ROOM FLOOR, TO BE HASTILY REPLACED BY ROTINI WITH ROSEE AND MUSHROOM SAUCE. THE HOSTESS CAN BE FOUND, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING, IN THE CORNER CRYING OVER HER LASAGNA.
Cori said,
September 23, 2007 @ 2:54 am
I caved at 3:30pm and had some greek yogurt. Oh well, I was closer to G-d the whole time my stomach was empty…I promise! My atonements are similar to yours, except I don’t have any grudges against friends. I do, however, tend to have a short temper with my husband. I hope to be calmer this year.
Sorry about the lasagna. Everything else sounds yummy! We broke the fast here at home, just the 5 of us. Nothing fancy. We do fancy at our house on Rosh Hashanah. I hope you had a lovely evening!
mommiebear2 said,
September 23, 2007 @ 2:22 pm
Total bummer about the lasagna, I think I would have been in tears over that. I hope everyone had a nice time!