I usually make a shake for breakfast at least 3-4 times per week. Chris loved them as well. He wrote the recipe down last year and called them ‘Randy’s Jacked Shakes’….of course he did! (recipe: 1-2 frozen bananas, 1 cup strawberries (frozen or fresh), 1-2 cups orange juice, 1 cup yogurt, 1 scoop protein powder (you can get at Costco), all measurements are adjusted to taste and consistency)
Anyways, as I was making the shakes one morning this week I realized what I was making them with. Remember all that food at the funeral? Well, through the assistance of amazing friends and family about 3 big bags of strawberries were sliced and frozen. That’s what we were having for breakfast this week. I thought again of all the generosity and amazing support.
Tonight I was busy downstairs and Ingrid came down about 6pm and said a relative (name protected!) had dropped off some hot borscht. If you’ve never had borscht, you better get friendly with some Mennonites (Toews, Friesen, Harder, Thiessen, Funk, Klassen etc etc) and have a bowl. It is a vegetable based soup that absolutely hit the spot tonight. Not only with the food aspect but another humble reminder of how many people have cared and are continuing to care for us.
We get through each day and are looking to the future, but any moment and many moments we have thoughts of our amazing, loving, wonderful son Chris who we will all see again one day.
Until then, we’ll have a shake, eat some borscht and keep helping each other one decision at a time.
Be The Best. 