2025-08-24, A Peaceful Sunday: Caring for My Pregnant Wife Through Meals, Worship, and Thoughtful Gifts

 

Today is Sunday, so we attended worship service.

Normally, we go to church in person, but because my wife’s morning sickness gets worse if she sits for too long, we attended the service online this time.

I definitely feel a big difference between attending worship offline and online.

The key message of today’s sermon was about prayer.

We were told to distinguish whether our prayers are just for ourselves, 

or truly for the Lord.

It was also emphasized that no matter how long we pray, prayers that are just for show and to be seen by others aren’t good prayers.

Just as incense burned on the altar spreads its fragrance into the Holy of Holies,

we shouldn’t stop praying until our prayers truly reach God.

As soon as the service ended, my wife’s morning sickness got worse 

because she hadn’t eaten, so I hurried to prepare lunch.

Yesterday, I tried the water boiling method on pork, and today I applied it to beef.

Today’s lunch menu was grilled beef, stir-fried kimchi, 

ssamjang (Korean dipping sauce), and rice.

Since I’m not used to taking photos, I missed breakfast,

and for lunch, I only managed to take a quick picture once we started eating.

The yeolmu kimchi (young radish kimchi) on the far right was left covered,

because my wife couldn’t handle the smell.

The water-boiled beef was tender at first,

but it became tougher as it cooled.

As expected, it’s best to grill and eat beef right away.

Here are the ingredients for tonight’s dinner.

During lunch, my wife said she wanted kimbap with avocado and cucumber,

so I promised to make it for dinner, since it’s a bit more time-consuming.

She also wanted potato doenjang soup, 

which she saw on the TV program “Three Meals a Day,”

so I bought potatoes at the mart as well.

It feels like I spent the whole weekend just cooking.

Here are the kimbap and potato doenjang soup I made myself.

Kimbap tastes best when dipped in wasabi soy sauce.

The potato doenjang soup turned out much better than I expected.

The ingredients were 

gochujang (Korean chili paste), doenjang (soybean paste), 

onion, zucchini, potato, minced garlic, and anchovy fish sauce.

The key point for potato doenjang soup is to use 

a ratio of 1 part gochujang to 2 parts doenjang.

If you add too much gochujang, 

it can taste heavy and dull, so be careful with the amount.

If it still tastes dull, adding a bit of sugar helps lighten the flavor.

This is my wife’s favorite tangerine juice.

It works really well for her morning sickness.

She says it’s refreshing and helps her appetite when she feels queasy.

This time, I bought a hand massager from my favorite online market, Coupang.

It wasn’t for me, but for my wife.

It massages the whole hand, pressing various pressure points, and she likes it a lot.

Especially, it stimulates the Naegokhyeol pressure point, 

which is good for morning sickness.

I used to massage her hands myself every time, 

but having a machine is very convenient.

Today was a peaceful day as well.