Instant Love Machine

So now I had some choices to make. I could just say “Thank you for sharing but I’m just not that way” or I could look at the big picture and take actions from love. OK, let me look at the facts: I do eat.

I do like fun and healthy food.

Eating regularly is healthy.

I appreciate my wife tremendously I love bringing her joy.

Hmmmm… After feeling love and then putting my brain to work on this topic I came up with this.

We talk about what we both love to eat. She always tells me ahead of time, what favorite foods of mine/ours she is planning to cook. This has me thinking about it all day.

Thinking about my favorite food for dinner and her enjoyment of watching me eat, keeps me from snacking in the afternoon. I am saving my appetite as a gift of love.

By dinner time my appetite or “gift to her” has grown big. She is a wonderful cook and creates a beautiful meal. Even if it is just chicken soup, she makes wonderful chicken soup full of love. The food is always something I really like. It makes me feel loved, to know she went out of her way to do something special just for me. In return I am ready to dig in and really enjoy the meal.

I take time to put things on my plate so it looks fun to eat, then I show her. I honestly say how I am enjoying every different part or flavor of the meal. You should see the smile on her face when I ask for second helpings. She loves to show me new combinations of “this food” with “that sauce” mixed with a vegetable or two and different spices.

Quite often I look up to see a fully loaded fork coming at me with her beautiful voice in the background saying “try this!”

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