Wonder Bread

My dad's birthday was Friday, and I was a bit perplexed as to what to get him. Finances have been a bit tight lately, as they are every December, so I couldn't just go buy whatever I wanted to buy this time. The truth is, my dad just doesn't need or want anything. Well, isn't that easy for the rest of us? So, I knew whatever I gave him would be homemade and I had one day to do it. I prayed...God, I just need some ideas. Anything!" Well, God is so much quicker than Zappos! He led me to my computer, into my pictures files, and I started scrolling around. To my excitement, I came across some pictures that screamed, "BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR GRANDPA!"

My dad enjoys baking homemade bread, and loves to bless others with these heavenly loaves. We get blessed with them quite often, and they don't last very long at all. Natalie and Serena can polish one off in just a couple of days! One day I brought home a loaf for them and had it sitting on the counter when they arrived home from school. Serena grabbed the bread knife and got to work cutting off some huge hunks for herself. Natalie got a little spark in her eye and as they say in a brawl...it was ON! Nat grabbed the loaf from Serena and as Serena fought back, Natalie pushed her hand right into Serena's face. Serena put up a valiant fight and soon the kitchen was filled with giggling and bread crumbs! Well, guess what mom was doing the whole time this was happening? You guessed it. I was snapping pictures! It was hilarious to watch these two go all WWF over a loaf of bread!

So as I scrolled through my pictures, these popped up and immediately I got the idea to "do something with these". Thank you, Lord for a great idea! When I took those pictures, I had no plans for them at all! In fact, I had forgotten about them altogether.

I got to work printing off 9 wallets of the actual loaf of bread, pictures of the "fighting", and then the eventual face-stuffing they enjoyed at the end. I arranged them in an 8 X 10 picture frame, using some scrapbook paper and trims I had around the house. I then added a poem in the center... a clever little ditty, and it went a little something like this:

Grandpa's bread is worth the fight
Each and every delicious bite
In the end, we both win
And wait for Grandpa to bake again!
"natalie and Serena's bread fight"

I framed it in a very inexpensive, on-sale frame and wrapped it for my pops. When he opened it, he was speechless! He said there was no better gift than that! And my mom, who is pretty picky about her home decor, actually hung it right in the kitchen...and it matches nothing in there! Wow. :)

I love the metaphors and references of bread in the Bible, and the fact that Jesus multiplied the loaves to feed thousands. But to see him use my bread photos to help me and to bless my dad. Now come on, that's pretty cool when you think about it!