Day 3 of 100% raw challenge

Day 71

RAW

Living the Story
Frederick Buechner

We have it in us to be Christs to each other and maybe in some unimaginable way to God too. We have it in us to work miracles of love and healing as well as to have them worked upon us. We have it in us to bless with him and forgive with him and heal with him and once in a while maybe even to grieve with some measure of his grief at another's pain and to rejoice with some measure of his rejoicing at another's joy almost as if it were our own. And who knows but that in the end, by God's mercy, the two stories will converge for good and all, and though we would never have had the courage or the faith or the wit to die for him any more than we have ever managed to live for him very well either, his story will come true in us at last. And in the meantime, this side of Paradise, it is our business (not, like so many, peddlers of God's word but as men and women of sincerity) to speak with our hearts (which is what sincerity means) and to bear witness to, and live out of, and live toward, and live by, the true word of his holy story as it seeks to stammer itself forth through the holy stories of us all.
Source: A Room Called Remember

Well, today I laid on the floor, I worked, I laughed, and one of the major relationships in my life tasted redemption. Pretty good day, just not 100% raw. I shared a meal with my brother and although I am glad I had a meal with him and worked out what we needed to work out, it was cooked. Vegan, but cooked none the less :). But the rest of the day was raw and I am feeling really good!

Someone that has known me for a few years now, but does not know me well enough to know what I have been up to complemented me and told me I looked great, my skin looked great, and asked what I was doing. Feels pretty good! I am finally starting to see the change too. Like Christmas when my pic was taken I still was not really happy with the pics, but I was happy to see that I looked remarkably smaller. I have seen it more in my clothes getting amazingly big. There are a couple pairs of pants I need to retire. Pretty great! Vyk has taken to coming up and hugging me and seeing how big my pants are... like a little ritual. I can tell he is so proud. He has always loved me and even thought I was beautiful, no question... I know it. But he is proud of me for doing it, and he thinks I am more beautiful daily. Pretty cool!

We have been talking a lot about "love languages". Because we have read the book together and he has taken the time he has had off work to really read it and try to apply it. Which is sweet! His love languages are physical touch and acts of service. Mine are words of affirmation and gifts. So, I have just had a breakthrough with the whole thing. The idea is the area where we meet in the middle... the areas where we can give and take love.. as Vyk said the language we share is where we will communicate best. So that is Acts of service and gifts. So, I have been enjoying doing this with raw foods. I enjoy it and he appreciates it. I am actually excited about when he goes back to work, because even though I will miss all the time we have had recently, I have plans for his lunches.. and love and tiny gifts. It makes me happy just thinking about it.

One of the things I have planned is to buy him one of these for his first day back. I will have to save my pennies because they are not cheap, but they are now available at Whole Foods! What a perfect gift esp lovingly filled with his new favorite drink of ginger lemonade.