Lelia,
Is food your family's love language?  If it is, then you are 
definitely fighting an uphill battle.  You may have to be a pioneer 
here in finding other ways to assure your family of your love without 
the food attached.  I heard Dobson say once that food is one of the 
hardest things to deal with because it is so imbedded in the positive 
parts of our life.  Did you get an A on your test?  Great!  Let's go 
get ice cream to celebrate!  Did you loose weight?  Great!  Let's go 
out for dinner to celebrate!  Company is coming.  Let's have turkey 
with all the trimmings, and I do mean all!!  See, it's hard to get 
around.  Did your feelings get hurt.  Here, have a cookie and some 
hot chocolate.  It will help you feel better.  It's all around 
us.  Fighting it is almost like fighting our culture itself, but we 
are killing ourselves with kindness and pats on the back instead of 
finding more meaningful, albeit not as easy, ways to say we care.
Kathy



At 09:36 AM 5/9/2007, you wrote:
>Kathy, you bring up a point I hadn't thought of, as a pastors wife 
>I'm sure it is hard to say no, especially to sweets? hugs Well, if 
>you can do it so can I. Thanks for your support and prayers. I need 
>it, its sad when your mom and family doesn't support you in what you 
>want, but as I say, if you can do it so can I. Again thanks.
>
>Lelia
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