For the Love in Soup
The reason I made chicken noodle soup yesterday and the
reason I didn’t get this posted yesterday are one and the same; my 3 year old
daughter has a cold. She’s a trooper though. Other than some difficulty
sleeping and quite a bit of snot, you wouldn’t even know she was sick.
Never the less, when she woke up all congested, that was
enough motivation for chicken noodle soup.
It seems most everyone, or most everyone’s grandmother, mother, aunt,
etc. has a recipe for chicken noodle soup. I just wanted to bring up the main ingredient in a homemade
chicken noodle soup – LOVE! We don’t make chicken noodle soup for ourselves
when we are sick. At least I don’t. Standing over a pot of soup, wiping snot
on your sleeve and trying not to cough just takes away from the “feel good”
power of homemade soup. But we make it for those we love.
It also makes those we love feel loved. My little girl told
me that she loves chicken noodle soup. She
loves it, because it is filled with love.
Yes, the savory broth helps to soothe a sore throat and hot
bowl can chase away chills. Chicken noodle soup physically makes us feel better
when we are sick. But there’s more to it than that. When someone takes the time
to make you soup, they are showing you that they care about how you feel; that
it is worth their time to help you feel better. And there is love in the soup
they made!
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