As I was cooking up a storm in my tiny galley kitchen this morning, I admit that I was dreaming of a bigger, fancier kitchen. I used to date this guy from the prairies who was constantly telling me that the "problem" with people in BC is that we are never happy with what we have - we always need to have something "better." Am I guilty of this? To some degree, maybe, but it does not mean that I don't appreciate what I have. So as I cooked, it made me wonder: Does a granite countertop make our food taste better?
I don't "need" a bigger, fancier kitchen; I just want one. Silly? For sure. Today, I am grateful that I have everything that I need and a lot of things that I don't need but just have.
I am also thankful that today, when I went for a walk in the pouring rain, I was dodging puddles and not icy, snowy sections. I think the "problem" with the guy from the prairies was that he didn't get that we BCers have time to dream of things because we don't spend six months a year blowing snow and trying to figure out how to stay warm.
And thank you to the paramedic for only giggling softly tonight when I thought that a CVA patient was someone who had been in some sort of vehicular accident rather than a stroke victim.