So much my has been happening. I needed comfort. I decided to make one of my favorite meals from my youth. 

My mom was not the most flavorful cook. Her food was always very simple in taste. She once explained that she believed that she had numbed her own taste buds during her younger days as a huge smoker. I had made the meal of chicken and dumplings a few times over the years. My children did not like the meal at all. As I have cooked more and more recently I have learned that I do appreciate a lot more flavor that the dish I used to make. 

I read several recipes.Went to store and made a small purchase and then cooked my chicken with so much flavor. I then made the dumplings. They were huge and fluffy.