Whenever my wife sends me to the store to buy a loaf of bread, I have to make a difficult decision as to what kind of bread. It depends where we are on our life journey at any given time. For example, while we lived in more urban areas with many bakery shops and stores, I would often purchase fresh bakery bread. It is softer, tastes fresher, and often has many varieties like sourdough, muffin, or cracked wheat bread. The down side of such fresh breads is they have a shorter shelf life and must be consumed within a matter of days before green mold appears on the crusts of the bread. Living in a rural area means purchasing other types of bread.

Since we have had to drive thirty minutes to an hour to the nearest grocery store, I then buy the nationally advertised factory made brands, or the st…