{"id":3533,"date":"2011-03-04T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverdogprints.com\/photocardblog\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2015-03-08T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T16:05:05","slug":"om-holla-for-challah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/om-holla-for-challah\/","title":{"rendered":"OM :: The Holla for Challah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dogfaceboy\/249885684\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/249885684_4f4341f57f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"braid by dogfaceboy on Flickr\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3534\" \/><\/a><\/a>One simple decision can align many of your cares into a singular satisfying experience.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t happen often, but if you&#8217;re paying attention (and I am, thank you, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamodestuffblog.com\/2010\/04\/organizing-meet-up-om-one-moment-wanna.html\" target=\"_blank\">Linda<\/a>), you can enjoy the moment and sigh contentedly.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI sometimes struggle in my mind with the daily decisions I make on behalf of my family.  The choices I make are not the easiest, but they&#8217;re not the hardest either.  The struggle comes when I want to give myself a break and not give every choice my full attention.  But this attention to choice is what drives a healthy existence and, no matter my brain matter, I can&#8217;t ignore making these choices and being thoughtful about each one.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLet me share the convergence of cares as they relate to my moment:<br \/>\n:: make real food instead of buy it<br \/>\n:: be involved in children&#8217;s spiritual learning<br \/>\n:: enjoy dinner as a family<br \/>\n:: parent by example<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThose sound all very lofty and utopian, but what they boil down to is, I&#8217;m making challah bread from scratch, y&#8217;all!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI used to love making bread, but fell out of the habit years ago.  But this month of March, I&#8217;m participating in the Real Food Challenge from Not Dabbling in Normal (read more <a href=\"http:\/\/riverdogprints.com\/photocardblog\/green-on-wednesday-real-food-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and my goal is to make challah every Friday.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis fairly simple act feeds so much more than my family at dinner.  You can keep your Chicken Soup &#8211; I&#8217;m making Challah.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center>:::<\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamodestuffblog.com\/2010\/04\/organizing-meet-up-om-one-moment-wanna.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft height=\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/OM_alamodemeetupbutton31.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"om [one moment] meet up\" width=\"139\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOM is *one moment* and is a meetup designed to notice &amp; relish a moment in everyday life.  The meetup idea was created by Linda at her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamodestuffblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">a la mode stuff<\/a>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;d like to participate in OM, just click the button and you&#8217;ll be taken to Linda&#8217;s post explaining it all.<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One simple decision can align many of your cares into a singular satisfying experience. It doesn&#8217;t happen often, but if you&#8217;re paying attention (and I am, thank you, Linda), you can enjoy the moment and sigh contentedly. I sometimes struggle in my mind with the daily decisions I make on behalf of my family. 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