What's the deal with that anyway?

What is thing we all seem to have for food? It is the answer for everything. Feeling happy? Celebrate by eating. Feeling sad? Get some comfort food. Feeling homesick? Cook something your mom made when you were a kid. Wanna get healthy? Eat good food. Wanna be hugely fat? Eat fatty food. Wanna be smart? Eat brain food. Welcome someone to the neighborhood...with food. Say thank you...with food. Say I love you...with food! It's all about the food people! I told my visiting teachers that my mother had a mole removed from her neck that was diagnosed as a malignant cancer. (It required further cutting but, thankfully, no other treatment.) A few hours later one of them returned to my home with this...


I was so touched...I felt loved because she made me food. And not just any food - beautiful chocolate food. (Amy says that anything tastes better if it is heart-shaped and I must say that I think she's right!) Today, I found out that a lady whom Chad home teaches just lost her mother. I took a page out of Amy's book and made her a cake...chocolate of course. It's the power of food, it fixes things. I think it is something about the time it takes to cook or bake something, the thought that goes into the meal or decadent treat, and the time spent considering someone else and their situation be it happy or sad that makes food the ultimate emotional fixer upper. I like to think of it as a tangible (and tasty!) expression of love.