Today I have been watching the Food channel nearly all day. I have been glued to it ever since the dish network guy came and fixed our dish network. I have watched ooey gooey cooking things. Now if you know me personally or at all really, you know I am a foodie, I am a pusher of food ,I teach cooking, I love to cook and eat--I am even working on a cookbook titled "How to get your husband in the kitchen without getting naked"--great title, isn't it???? But even for me I think that I have overextended the allowed amount of time one is supposed to sit in front of a television and watch all the highly caloried, amazing foods. I have of course eaten just about every yummy thing I could locate in the house as well wishing that the foods I am viewing would just magically appear in my house through the television screen. I digress-- as I was sitting here on my touche all day I began self analyzing a little--after all the bad food I ate today I felt I must reflect a little I guess. After my sugar laden brain began to clear from the fog I realized that the food viewing was an escape and I am feeling a bit depressed. I didn't see it coming on full blown, it just kind of sneaked up on me.
In reflection I should have seen it coming...I spoke last week at a retreat for families that have lost soldiers, I got to hear their stories of loss and share mine as well. I thought I had guarded myself well enough as not to carry it home with me but I am realizing that it has hung on at least to my coat tails
I have been on face book this week and have heard of three children that have passed away-one 3 1/3 month old to SIDS, and two young adults to suicide. I don't watch the news as many of you know because of the heartache and pain in it and wasn't ready to hear these three items on face book.
I just want to challenge those of you that have lost loved ones to pay attention to what you are doing, if you are zoning and escaping like I have been today perhaps there is more of a reason for it than just wanting to learn a new recipe--perhaps it goes deeper. If you are a friend of a bereaved loved one be understanding if they are sitting in front of the television for hours, or maybe out of the house window shopping for hours, maybe reading for hours, maybe just escaping for hours. They may not even realize that they are depressed--heck, I speak about grief and I didn't realize that I am in a nice pit of it--a cherry pie pit of it.
In reflection I should have seen it coming...I spoke last week at a retreat for families that have lost soldiers, I got to hear their stories of loss and share mine as well. I thought I had guarded myself well enough as not to carry it home with me but I am realizing that it has hung on at least to my coat tails
I have been on face book this week and have heard of three children that have passed away-one 3 1/3 month old to SIDS, and two young adults to suicide. I don't watch the news as many of you know because of the heartache and pain in it and wasn't ready to hear these three items on face book.
I just want to challenge those of you that have lost loved ones to pay attention to what you are doing, if you are zoning and escaping like I have been today perhaps there is more of a reason for it than just wanting to learn a new recipe--perhaps it goes deeper. If you are a friend of a bereaved loved one be understanding if they are sitting in front of the television for hours, or maybe out of the house window shopping for hours, maybe reading for hours, maybe just escaping for hours. They may not even realize that they are depressed--heck, I speak about grief and I didn't realize that I am in a nice pit of it--a cherry pie pit of it.
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