I loved this story. While reading it, I also feel for you, deeply, of these feelings and rituals involving food, as I can only assume this has been hard for you. I, too, came from a large English/German/Irish Catholic family with lots of memories around the table and cooking. My grandmothers (both) and my mom, all of whom taught me to cook, are all deceased. It seems whenever I make their recipes or celebrate holidays/occasions in the same manner, that in some way I am bringing them back to life (in a memory, not literally). This is an issue for me, and I'm assuming for you as well. I was also raised to clean my plate, and I had to eat what was put on my plate. I had to think about these things in my decision to have this surgery. Then I also have to remember how so many in my family were obese and later had diabetes and heart disease as a result of these rituals. I have come to the realization that I will have to keep telling myself that even though these are strong family traditions, I cannot keep doing that like they did, or I will die before my time (like they did).
You are a great story teller and I can't wait to read more!
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I loved this story. While reading it, I also feel for you, deeply, of these feelings and rituals involving food, as I can only assume this has been hard for you. I, too, came from a large English/German/Irish Catholic family with lots of memories around the table and cooking. My grandmothers (both) and my mom, all of whom taught me to cook, are all deceased. It seems whenever I make their recipes or celebrate holidays/occasions in the same manner, that in some way I am bringing them back to life (in a memory, not literally). This is an issue for me, and I'm assuming for you as well. I was also raised to clean my plate, and I had to eat what was put on my plate. I had to think about these things in my decision to have this surgery. Then I also have to remember how so many in my family were obese and later had diabetes and heart disease as a result of these rituals. I have come to the realization that I will have to keep telling myself that even though these are strong family traditions, I cannot keep doing that like they did, or I will die before my time (like they did).
You are a great story teller and I can't wait to read more!