There is a long lost art to cooking, baking and just plain ol eating at the dinner table with family and friends. Ever since I was a little girl I have loved watching my mother and grandmothers cooking in the kitchen. I loved it almost as much as eating their beautiful creations when dinner was ready. I have always loved cooking and baking myself and pretty much learned to cook by watching them in the kitchen. Since I was 15, I have been gathering and collecting cookbooks. I have so many now I really dont use them all as my children are grown and I dont cook as much, but I still cant seem to get rid of any of them. I was wondering the other day just how many meals I made through the years of my children growing up. I remember many beautiful days filled with work as a mother and wife that made me feel I was doing something important.....something handed down from mother to daughter. Something worthwhile that created memories. Im glad I spent those years cooking and baking. Oh yes, there were days when I just really didnt feel like cooking another meal. Days when I felt unappreciated ...especially holidays when it took sooo long to cook up everything and then it was eaten in 20 short minutes! But now that my children are grown and raising their own families, I see what is important to them, and how cooking is still an important part of their own families lives. I hear my children who come home from college and ask me to cook their favorite foods or share a special recipe with them and I feel a sense of gratitude and satisfaction realizing that those years of my hard work were not wasted years, but precious memory building years. Years that will stay in my childrens hearts forever....just like my memories of my Grandma Belvas cornbread and baked chicken and my Grandma Mildreds zucchini bread and cookie jars, and my mothers famous poached eggs (no one makes these like my mom!) and her luscious lasagna (my favorite Birthday dinner request!) ...all these stay in my heart, not just because of the love that went into the food preparation, but the love that was there at the dinner table....and the conversations that lingered around the table long after desert had been served. These are the precious times that make up a family. These are the times we need to get back to. Slowing down, taking time to cook a good healthy meal. Choosing to spend time eating around the table rather than going to a fast food joint, all helps to create health and well being both physically and emotionally for ourselves and our children as well as our childrens children. Ask yourself.....are you creating a legacy for your family? If not, choose one thing youd like to change and take it one step at a time. Before you know it, youll be seeing the fruits of your labors of love too!
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 03:56:32 +0000
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