"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>> "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
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>>> "Jacquie" > wrote in message
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>>>> There was only one time my family didn't eat my cooking, I chose to do
>>>> a curried chicken. That was a mistake , we had never had curry before.
>>>> We all took one taste and put or forks down, my father asked us all if
>>>> we would like to go out to a steak house...didn't hurt my feelings one
>>>> bit, that curry tasted awful...but I was 15 and not 10.
>>>>
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>>> I was taling about myself when I mentioned the angel food cake. I was
>>> 10, and I have wonderful memories of times like that. I'm not sure how
>>> old Angela is, but she is the one I was concerned about--it sounds like
>>> she was trying to do something for her father and then was berated
>>> because he wasn't pleased with it.
>>>
>>> MaryL
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>> She can survive it. I did. Julie's loving assurance will help a lot.
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> Without a doubt, but one wonders why she has to just "survive it" when
> she's trying to do something nice for someone else.
>
> Cheri


Hi Cheri,

You are right..... but because Julie's husband is apparently insensitive to
the precious gift of a child, and frankly the only way you can get past
that, is to come to terms with it and survive it. I did it and many
others have also done it. But it isn't easy. Having a mother who loves
you and reinforces your value and your efforts is really wonderful. Life
isn't perfect, and people even more so.
--

Evelyn

"Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8