Why our mothers cook before long journeys

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Why our mothers cook before long journeys

Eastern European mothers and grandmothers do this for sure. I’m not sure about any other cultures? When you go on a journey
  • They will cook a nice meal for you before
  • They will pack you food for the journey
  • They will give you food to take to your destinations
Today, I understand why. After we all gathered at a relative’s for Christmas everybody left today except me. As my younger relative left I found myself really busy - I cooked a meal, I cooked her favourite dish for no reason as well as a side (I didn’t even know that I COULD cook it), I made some hot chocolate everyone after dinner and I made sure everyone had some snacks for the journey. This terrified me; I have never really had this side and I’m so glad that I do have it as it feels really healthy to have developed it after all (never a minute too late). I realised now why they do it too. It’s because you don’t feel so sad. Why sit around crying as they pack when you could be making a meal for them? And when they are gone you can be a bit less sad as you are doing the washing up. And it’s so great to know that they are going out into the world nourished. Food is a universal love language of the world. I don’t think that we can separate that out of our cultures. And as long as it is treated with care then I don’t think that it is a bad thing. So I have developed my mother instinct. That is great. Dancing has really helped. I have noticed it a lot in the last year and again

That is a good thing. We all need an internal mother, an internal father, an internal mistress (=emotional, seductive woman) and so many other things. Then we can extend that out into the world 
A house with a dinosaur inflated out front and some giant fake Christmas presents
Not my house but I loved it soo much 

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