I woke up this morning with an insanely sunny disposition. Weird? YES! Why? Because I am not normally someone who wakes up with sunshine in their soul. Or even someone who manages to find it by the end of the day. I am one who has battled depression for a long while. And after giving a little talk about it at my church the other day, I got to thinking. Right now I am in a good place, so why not take advantage of it?
I woke up thinking this morning "I think my life can be great!" I have my ups and downs (we ALL DO!!!) especially when faced with sadness and tragedy. It can be so easy to fall into a dark place. But right now, I am happy. It is so foreign for me to say that, especially because my toddler is throwing a tantrum at me in the background as a write this upper segment. I have realized that even though I may not be actively going through a bout of depression, that I remain cynical and pessimistic in between. Not cute. So as of today, I am going to be positive when I am fully capable of it. Because I am positive that my life can be great. Even with the hard things.
I am not a bubbly person, and I am not about to try to be. I have always tried to cut the drama from my life, but I am totally serious here. I will not talk negatively about others, I will not speculate about things that are not my business. I will not gossip (unless of course it is about how awesome someone is or their cute shoes). I will not talk down about my body. I will not bash my spouse. I will smile more. I will read scripture. I am not here to try to be perfect by any means. But I have great things in my life, I always have. And for me personally, if I am doing the opposite of the things I listed above then I am not happy.
Here is my recipe for wheatless pancakes!
If you're gluten free make sure you use gluten free old
fashioned oats. I just take my oats and blend them into flour in my magic
bullet. You may have to play around with it a bit but this is what worked for
me! Sooo yummy!
Kaitlin's Low allergen meringue pancakes
3/4-1 cup of oat flour
2 egg whites
1 egg yolk
1 stevia packet
1/2 cup almond milk.
1/2 tsp of salt
Separate your eggs. Beat your whites and stevia until they
form stiff peaks (a meringue). In separate bowl mix oat flour, 1 egg yolk, 1/2
tsp of salt and milk until very smooth. Fold meringue into flour mix until well
incorporated.
Cook on electric skillet set to 300°. Make sure your skillet
is fully preheated before pouring in batter, slow cooking is the key to good
fluff. Serve and enjoy!
