I don't know about you, but for me, it can be difficult to reconcile how both good and heartbreaking experiences are ingredients included in the recipes that make up our lives. Surely there must be a way to eliminate what is less than ideal, to substitute certain ingredients with better, more palatable alternatives. Certainly there is an easier, turn-a-blind-eye, break-n-bake option, yes?

That would be nice. But I'm learning that a life made from scratch isn't always ideal. Instead, it is real and raw and rich and nuanced and messy and beautiful.

So what might it look like to live a life from scratch? Listen in.

Grateful by Diana Butler Bass

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