Still Cooking
For those who've asked whether I'm still cooking, here's some egg rolls I made the other night.
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3 comments:
Glad to hear you're still at it. Awesome pictures--especially the one of Simon with his Red Sox shirt! Glad to see he's part of Red Sox Nation even where you are in enemy pinstripe territory!
Keep on cooking...
--Lisa
Cameron,
I put your book on my wishlist months ago, and received it for my birthday (My Mom just randomly picked it without any idea what it was!). Though I received it months ago, I'm just now getting time to read it and I am thoroughly enjoying your mix of narrative and cultural information! I teach psychology, and I'm finding that I'm referring to your book for various examples about family life, systems, social patterns...
My husband and I are striving to have good food patterns in place before children join our home. It is amazing to me how much food becomes a part of ritual and memories. As I made him sweet potato pancakes this morning, this led to a discussion on failures of cooking, which led to me talking about my step Dad, who recently passed away, and how he used to tease me to go back to making microwave popcorn for dinner. But my cooking skills have grown, and in his last few years, we were e-mailing each other recipes (after retirement, he became the cook of their home). In his last year, I was cooking freezable meals for him on my trips home as he no longer had energy to cook for my Mom and him while he battled cancer. I hope my Mom does not go back to heating up Banquet chicken and pot pies now!
Thanks for the challenge, and stick to your family traditions!
Dear Cameron:
Dont know if your still checking these, now that you have becomg a famous writer:). However, I wanted to provide some feedback regarding the lessons I've learned as a parent of twins.
Children are given to us by God for our own perfection. They are meant to stretch us, to grow us and to teach us. My prayer is that in my household I will become the subject of love, of patience and of kindness. I was lucky enough to have married this kind of man, and he tamed this former feminist into total surrender. I love having him home as he brings the spirit of peace and harmony with him wherever he goes. I have made this my New Years resolution often in order for my family to welcome me instead of cringe and this has taken and is taking some doing.
My husband works at a University also, is paid little, and we live in the absurdly expensive CT suburbs having moved from ND. Our house is 1/3 the size and three times the cost. But I have learned to say no to my kids constant demand for bigger, better and more. We use the library often, thats where I found your lovely book. Our cars are old and paid for and our kitchen is small and needs remodeling as well. Our parents were both so stringent that we are the opposite wanting to give everything to our kids. But, we learned to say no, or please get a job and help pay for your careers as athletes, band members, and social butterflies. We always try to say what we saywith love, never anger.
My son who makes your children's picky eating habits look they are scavingers, tests me to the limit. I have forced myself to wait, to pray, to count to ten, to walk away and sit on my hands becuase I have learned Cameron. The only things that will last are things that are eternal. The love created between families, being the most important thing.
God gave me, an A type, fantical, high strung, Jewish, former Washington DC lobbiest, twins at 38 to teach how to live and how to love. And as you know its the hardest job and most demanding. I am still learning every day. I also write and have a book I would like to write with you. Its an amazing, historical deep and moving story of the true love of a man and women so misunderstood by our culture. Its about how thier lives are transforming the world one family at a time. I love your humor and your style. If your intrested in this project, let me know. Thanks for sharing your life. I look forward to reading more. You are a mensch but keep working on your pefectionism, otherwise Cameron, we will end up being disposed of by our children into senior centers because we are too inflexible to live with them when we are older, and we think everything we do is right. I work in senior services and see it all the time. When people have a choice they want to live with those they feel ooze true love, not subjectivity, and crticism.
We must become like water, flowing in and out of situtions, creating harmony and bringing them all into unity. Not easy but important to learn.
I can be contacted at my email address, Betsyorman@sbcglobal.net
Thank you for sharing your life with us. My thanks to your wife and your children, who were kind enough to share thier lives with us as well.
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