Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Frozen Pizza

A few years ago I visit taught this lady in our Ward who was a single mom of 4 kids. I went with one of my friends, both her and I were married at the time. When we would go, I was always judgemental of her and her mothering skills and habits as a single mom. This one time we went it was right around dinner time. She was feeding her kids frozen pizza and popcorn. I was appalled at this. How could someone feed their kids frozen pizza? Meals, especially dinner, should be home cooked, and everyone should sit down at the table together to eat. What was wrong with her?
Well, this is me about 5 years later. How on earth could I have been such a brat to this lady? Who the heck am I to think these things about her and not know how hard it is to be a single mom with so many kids. I feel so bad for thinking this way about her. She must've been doing the best job she could. All of her kids were healthy and at least they were eating...and the popcorn was an extra bonus!
Now on busy days, days when i forgot to defrost meat, or don't have money for anything fancy, I thank God for frozen pizza to save the day and fill my kids' tummies.