Just because I’m available doesn’t mean I should be serving. Maybe I should be resting, dwelling with Christ reading or spending time with family. yYou don’t have to hold up the world. I thought because it was in front of me. I was meant to take it all as my responsibility because I was capable. As someone once said “we want to give our best yes.”

This morning I was thinking of how I was conditioned around eating in a black household. Things started to click for me as to why we struggle so much with weight loss. My grandma was the community baker. I helped her make cakes since I was in elementary school. My job transformed from ingredient gather to dishwasher, then to froster. This wasn’t a cake a week. Sometimes it was more than 5 a day. Me licking the beaters and spoons in between. The best part of the cake if you di