Emergency Lentils

Dear Friends,

I made a big pot of lentil soup earlier this week with broth from my Thanksgiving turkey bones and lentils from my 25 pound bag of emergency lentils.  

Yes, you read that correctly, a 25 pound bag of emergency lentils.  

So, at the very beginning of the pandemic, I, like many of us across the world, didn’t know what was going to happen and had a certain level of stress due to that lack of perceived control.  In that stress, I convinced myself that I needed to buy a 25 pound bag of lentils…because, well, dry lentils have a long shelf-life and the fear of food scarcity was real.

Did I ever need said lentils?  No, no I didn’t.  They sat in my basement on a shelf, used when I would think about them, forgotten about a good deal of the time.  And now, almost 5 years later, I can see the bottom of the bag…we are coming to the end of my era of emergency lentils.  

While I didn’t ever need said lentils, I have no regrets about purchasing them.  They were a purchase that allowed me to feel a certain amount of relief and control in a time that felt very out of control and scary.  

My dear friend, if there are areas in your life right now that feel a little out of control and scary, I hope you can find pockets of relief amidst those times…even if said relief comes in the form of a 25 pound bag of lentils.

I hope you have an amazing week, my friend!

Love
Krista