day 4 ... on fake fruit & finding home

today, i was oh, so thankful to get up early and then get to go back to sleep for a couple of hours.  for the freedom to vote, and for the voice of Truth being heard.  for getting projects done, and finding grace for it not being as much as i would have liked.

i also finally got to try pueblo real.  it is the sister restaurant to tito's, the mexican restaurant where i eat once a week ... at least ;)  the decor looks pretty much the same, and the food both looked and tasted the same.  the staff seemed friendly enough.  but it just wasn't the same.  it wasn't home.

it reminded me of fake fruit.  it looks like an apple and feels like an apple, but it lacks the fullness of truly experiencing an apple - the taste, the texture, the crunch, the juice.  you can try biting into fake fruit, but you will be left greatly disappointed.  

there is just no substitute for the shared experience of friends and family - sometimes sweet and sometimes sour, noisy and messy, but always welcoming and comfortingly familiar.  so thank you, tito's.  

thanks for being real.  thanks for being home.