tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17570833.post7448449013747590765..comments2023-10-30T04:09:04.247-06:00Comments on Quiet Life: To Eat or Not to Eat, That is the QuestionJoyce E. Rempelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17045157783512978867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17570833.post-37564491543278542052011-04-08T10:32:37.704-06:002011-04-08T10:32:37.704-06:00I'm with you, Joyce. I think we can nurture r...I'm with you, Joyce. I think we can nurture relationships without the food. How many of us are overweight, partially because we think relationships revolve around food? I don't enjoy cooking, although I can, have, and do cook. My sisters are great cooks, and enjoy serving guests. I grew up with meals being the center of entertaining. My mother was a great cook. If I can avoid cooking, I will, much to my mother's chagrin. <br /><br />We can nurture in other ways. You can nurture the spirit with your writing. I can nurture my mother with a daily visit with her in the nursing home. My husband nurtures others with his PowerPoint in a Sunday School class.<br /><br />As Debbie said, "Be who you are...". We each have our gifts to be used of the Lord.Myrnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17570833.post-11405953979255607012011-04-08T06:58:06.597-06:002011-04-08T06:58:06.597-06:00I'll start with the pink elephant. Your fabulo...I'll start with the pink elephant. Your fabulous mother had 8 mouths to feed plus your daddy! With 7 growing boys and a hard working man not to mention baby girl. I imagine she had to get really creative sometimes. Necessity is the mother of invention! I have often wanted to ask her advise on mothering multiple boys and have imagined how much she would have liked watching Konrad eat her meals had she known him. :)<br /><br />It is my experience...for me...that being a domestic goddess keeps one from being or doing much else, especially while there are kids at home. Make peace with it and pursue it at the same time. Maybe start with one evening a week or month in dedication to this nourishing of others around the table. My advise: join the funnest cooking/culinary class you can find....better yet combine your love for writing with this subject in some way.<br /><br />Be who you are, because you are the only one who can be. I think you are awesome!Debbienoreply@blogger.com