Good food, good music, & good company

Sometime last year I sat down with my good friends Kelly and Shoshannah and we talked about setting aside one day a week to cook dinners for each other. We agreed to a weekly rotation. Prior to this conversation we had shared meals every now and then, but it wasn’t intentional. The commitment to finding new meals to cook for one another was an exciting endeavor to begin. However, the most important part of this whole idea was setting aside time for each other and checking in. Two hours a week to have personal conversations and see how everyone is doing without distractions. These dinners would be a way to continue the growth of our friendship.

It’s easy to go out to eat dinner, but there’s magic in preparing food for the people you love. The conversation that dances throughout the room, the music that flows around us, and the smells of the food bring us together. Naturally, these dinners began to get bigger. More friends would come into “the rotation”, as we like to call it. Instruments would fill the room and become a necessary part of these dinners. 

To me, setting aside time for the people in my life is love. I like to call this intentional time. If you want to build a relationship of any kind, intentional time is important. It’s showing up for people, cooking a meal together, talking about life, moving thoughts together… I say this because life can be busy for everyone. We get tired and sometimes call off plans, but don’t forget that working on friendships is so important. 

I've been friends with Kelly and Shoshannah for almost 10 years now. The support I have from these ladies is actually insane. The collective mindset to push ourselves to grow individually and together is powerful. We hold each other accountable, but also know how to have a damn good time. 

So, dinner, yeah…setting aside intentional time with my friends has filled me with so much love and laughter.  

Cheers to the simple pleasures, 

Good food, good company, and good music!

-Nicole K