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Day 364: Cereal

It's a mystery to me how I can go from something deep like hard grace to something so ridiculous like cereal but yet I can do it and I do.  So today I am grateful for cereal.  The fam and I have a slight addiction to cereal.  We really, really like it.  It makes a great meal - breakfast, lunch, or dinner - or a great snack. I confess I am grateful for it because it can be a meal and that means I don't have to cook when I lack the energy or motivation.  But I also am grateful for the wide variety. It's rare for me to not find a cereal I want to eat.  Yep, cereal.  Clearly the 365 was hard for me today but why should that change on even day 364?  :)

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