“Julie & Julia”

I LOVE this movie. Absolutely love it. It combines two of my favorite things – cooking and writing – in the most entertaining and hilariously acted form. I can’t get enough of it. Husband bought it for me for Christmas and I’ve watched it probably a dozen times. I can quote along with the movie as I watch.

There are a lot of things in this story I can really relate to. But the one line that sticks with me is this:

“Julia Child wasn’t always Julia Child.” – Eric Powell, Julie’s husband.

That really makes me think every time I hear it. It was relatively late in life that Julia Child discovered her love of cooking and became an author, teacher, chef, and inspiration to people across the globe. But she didn’t count herself out of the game because of her age. She did what she did because she loved it and she wanted to share it with people. Who cared how old she was? She sure didn’t.

I think in today’s society we often get stuck on the idea that we have to accomplish anything worth accomplishing by a certain age. But if everyone thought that way we wouldn’t have Julia Child. We probably wouldn’t have a lot of people who have made a huge impact on the world.

Sometimes I beat myself up because I’m closer to thirty than twenty now, and I don’t feel like I’ve done anything. So then I feel like giving up. But when I watch Julie & Julia, I feel inspired again. I remember that God doesn’t care how old we are or what kind of background we have or don’t have. It’s not too late for me to write my own Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I’ll write it when the time is right. It won’t matter what my age is.

And in the meanwhile I’ll keep coming here and writing for kicks. I’ll write about funny things, deep things, spiritual things, random things, sad things, beautiful things, serious things…I’m finding inspiration everywhere and it’s so refreshing!