[copied in email to my mom]

On Thu, 18 May 2006 20:23:57 -0700, sf >
wrote:

>On Thu, 18 May 2006 08:42:12 GMT, kilikini wrote:
>
>> Some of my comfort foods are now gone. It's a shame.
>
>Could you possibly spend some time with her and try to recreate them?
>I bet she would love to to it because she could spend some
>mother/daughter "bonding" time with you. You're not a mom, so you
>don't know how special those moments are - from a mother's POV.

These days, I call my mom a few times a week, and at least once a
week, I set aside a good stretch of time for food talk. I ask her how
to make something she made when I was little, or I tell her about the
stuff I've cooked this week, or we just reminisce about going shopping
together. She loves that I care about keeping her recipes alive, and
I love the connection she and I have around food and hospitality. It
is because of my mother's example that my house is open to "strays"
and because of her that no one who comes to my home ever needs to
leave hungry. I am a very lucky person.

Thanks, Momma Duck.

Serene
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