Blog #90. The Feast You Deserve

Lisa has always been the one making sure everyone else was fed. She’s planned the meals, managed the schedules, soothed the conflicts, and held the traditions together. Her hands have passed out second helpings of love, support, and patience for decades, all while forgetting to serve herself a plate.

Feast your heart, mind, and soul this year.

It’s not resentment. It’s love. The deep, steady kind that holds families, friendships, and whole lives together. But somewhere in the mix of duty and devotion, she stopped asking herself what she was hungry for. And as another holiday approaches, she’s still standing at the stove while everyone else sits down.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because you and Lisa are in the same story. You’ve spent so many years feeding others — emotionally, mentally, physically — that the idea of sitting down and feasting yourself can feel selfish. But you deserve to be nourished, too.

What if this year, the table you’ve always set was also laid for you? What if the meal you’ve lovingly prepared — the life you’ve built, the people you’ve nurtured — wasn’t just something you served, but something you savored?

Because you are not the scraps left over once everyone else has had their fill. You are a guest of honor at this feast called your life.

This is about more than turkey and pie. It’s about nourishment — the kind that feeds your spirit. It’s about gratitude — not just for what you have, but for who you are. It’s widening the circle to include yourself at the center of that love.

Imagine if gratitude this year included a whispered thank you to you — for your resilience, your persistence, your capacity to care. And imagine if that thank you came not just as words, but as action: a life that feeds you back.

So how do you start feasting on the life you deserve? Begin small, but begin.

• Serve yourself first. Before the day begins, ask: What would make this season nourishing for me? Then honor that answer — without apology.

• Choose your menu. Fill your days with flavors that feed you — time alone, creativity, laughter, rest, adventure.

• Invite joy to the table. Let delight be a guest, not a stranger. Say yes to what lights you up.

• Savor without justification. Receiving is not selfish. It’s part of the circle of love you’ve always offered.

Because you’ve spent a lifetime feeding others. You know how to do that. Now it’s time to remember how to feed yourself. The feast was never meant to happen without you at the table.

As the holiday season arrives, pull up a chair. Take a deep breath. Fill your plate with joy, wonder, curiosity, and rest. And remember: this is not indulgence — it’s sustenance. You deserve it. You always have.

WonderCrone is raising a glass to you for the nourishment you’re reclaiming, the joy you’re choosing, and the life that’s finally ready to feed you back.