i haven’t ranted in a while…not that i haven’t had anything to say, but because i have been so into cooking.
i talk about my kids a lot, mainly because they are so involved with my kitchen, garden, preparation of food and eating. last night i got this email from a friend who volunteers at j’s school. it made me smile. mainly because i realized i was doing something right.
if you are a mother (or a father) you get this. being a parent is hard. it’s not all rainbows and puffy clouds people tend to make you believe. you doubt yourself a lot: am i doing this right? what am i doing wrong? did i say the wrong thing? did i just totally screw up? you have to admit, those thoughts run through your head as much as they do through mine. everyone has good days and bad. every parent does, but when something like this happens you think “wow, i’m doing all right”.
i try to teach my kids about food not only because i love it, but because i want them to know where it comes from and what they are putting in their bodies. after listening and reading about all this arsenic in apple juice (which freaked me out a little) i decided i was doing the right thing. i teach my kids about eating local for a reason. it’s not only to help out the local economy (which is important) but i know where it comes from. i know my favorite farmer is not feeding his chicken arsenic ridden food because his chickens are free roaming and don’t live in pens their whole life. i know that their waste is not filled with harsh chemicals that get thrown all over the veggies growing in the next field. i teach my kids this because i want them to grow up and share this with their children. they are the ones who are going to make this change.
i know i must seem like this psycho granola mom who preaches to the masses, i’m not. everyone has their own opinion, that is what is so great about this country, you can have one. my point is, i’m doing something right.
here is the proof (i blacked out the school name and j’s real name to keep some privacy):
my kid knows what he is eating. i read this and i smiled. my plan worked. when i take him out in the garden or to the farmers market i never really thought about him understanding what i was telling him, honestly, i thought he was ignoring me. he is almost 5, he tends not to listen. i’m doing something right though. my kids may not change the worlds view on eating local and buying organic but the more i teach them, the more they spread the word.
