healthy eating.  theoretically i’m all for it.

and somedays i do it fairly well.

somedays, however, i miss the mark nearly completely.

still i’ve managed to raise an almost 7 yr old

who really loves vegetables

(way more than i do).

to her,

fresh pepper strips

and raw green snap beans

are the most requested school bag snack.

and tomatoes?  just get outta town.

she eats these whole, apple-like,

gently cradled in the palm of her hand

(this is all that’s left of this morning’s snack).

since i am a person who eats vegetables

because i know they’re good for me

(not because i much like them),

i little part of me

fears the day she ‘finds me out’.

you see she is strong willed, loves big, and

i’ve no idea to what lengths she will want to go to

in helping me learn to love what she already does.

mamahood is a wild ride,

on so many fronts.

today i’m just happy that eating her greens

is not a battle we have to fight.

hanging up her coat is another matter

altogether.

‘whole’ taken from 1:29 in genesis.