Patterns

I have found the importance of instituting patterns to ones daily life. For example, after a Saturday morning run, I like to make and eat some well deserved banana pancakes with lemon zest for breakfast. Although I had previously held patterns as something to be averted, since they easily institute feelings of boredom, currently such patterns give me something to look forward to. They help me hold onto the familiar when so much around me is anything but familiar. I have been in Uganda for just over two months now, and though I have certainly developed a level of comfort with my surroundings, I have not developed the level of community here that I naturally have at home. However, every part of life has a season, and I’d like to think I am on the verge of spring, the part right before the new grass bursts forth, when the dry winter air recedes, allowing you to glimpse the hope which glides in upon the pattern of changing seasons.

Recipe for Banana Pancakes:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/banana-sour-cream-pancakes-recipe/index.html
(p.s. Because I don't have sour cream here, I just use plain yogurt :)