Mom loved me with nourishment and nourished me with love | Opinion
My mother will say that she’s not a good cook. She is, but that didn’t really make a difference in the way my relationship with food was molded through her. You don’t have to be a good cook to love someone through food, and with every meal that was put on the table, whether it was Stouffer’s lasagna or chicken pot pie from scratch, I knew I was loved.
Since becoming a mother, I’ve also discovered the power and solace in cooking as a form of self-love. In the face of all else that demands one’s attention, it is an act of defiance to stop and make a meal for yourself. Putting all else on hold, if only long enough to scramble some eggs or boil a pot of water, draws a boundary of worth and importance. I hope my son grows up to see the beauty in self-care through cooking from my example.
I know I won’t do it all perfectly. My mother didn’t either, and I turned out OK. I have to remind myself of that often as I slowly and clumsily learn to juggle the weight of a career and motherhood, which leaves little time to cook most days. I also have to remind myself that just loving my son through food, in whatever form that takes, is enough.
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