It is so sad...

[Jessican]

... that no one ever told me I could eat (authentic) guacamle without the chips. I was always the one who tried to make a whole bowl of guac fit onto 3 tortilla chips because the guac was the best part. Why didn't anyone ever tell me I could just eat it with a spoon!


.....that my kids love green smoothies, but spend the first 10, 6 and 1st years of their lives never experiencing them.


..... that I always hated cooking vegetables and so I never served enough to my family. Why did my mother always cook them into mush and then drown them in butter. Or better yet, the battered and deep fried ones smothered in ranch dip?

...... that the only time I got to eat raw veggies as a kid was when I helped G'ma pick the food from the gardens and I "stole" some before they made it back to the house. Or when I went to my great grandparents, and my great g'pa had a thing for raw tomatoes with brown sugar and apple cider vinegar.

...... that I made the same mistakes with my kids for so long!

[blaque]

Rejoice in the fact that you are on the right path now and that you can give your kids a healthier lifestyle than the one you had! :)

[Revvell]

... that no one ever told me I could eat (authentic) guacamle without the chips.

Did anyone ever tell you you couldn't?

As was said, rejoice in that you know now and not 30 years from now, eh?

[rftm0115]

I say not sad! Hindsight is 20/20. It is just experiences we have gone through. Without it, we may have a different appreciation for what we know now.

We all make mistakes. Without mistakes, we don't learn anything. When we don't learn anything, gosh, life would suck!

[bootzey]

... That more people don't wake up and realized that the SAD is gonna kill them

... That folks trust everything the government says is healthy for you on face value!

[Jessican]

Did anyone ever tell you you couldn't?


The only time I ever tried to make it, my mother was living with me and made enough comments on how I was "hogging" the "dip" that it never would have occured to me to eat it with a spoon.

She was a very bad influence on my self esteem, and about a year ago, we completely cut her out of our lives unfortunately. Well, unfortunate that it had to end that way, but great for me as a person. I have grown more in the past year than in my previous 30 years combined.

[Revvell]

Congratulations!!!

Yeah, cut my mother out when I was 19... move to Ca. (3000 miles away) when I was 21. Best thing I ever did.

Can you imagine what would have happened if you'd eaten the guac with a spoon with your mother living with you???? Yikes!

Nice we can grow up and play with our food now, isn't it? :D


The only time I ever tried to make it, my mother was living with me and made enough comments on how I was "hogging" the "dip" that it never would have ocurred to me to eat it with a spoon.

She was a very bad influence on my self esteem, and about a year ago, we completely cut her out of our lives unfortunately. Well, unfortunate that it had to end that way, but great for me as a person. I have grown more in the past year than in my previous 30 years combined.

[greenfeline]

Consider yourself lucky that you have learned this information at all! Most people have no idea, or have major problems grasping the concept :(

[freshlight]

It's great that we have the power to change ourselves and our life :) Everybody makes mistakes. Enjoy

[rftm0115]

Consider yourself lucky that you have learned this information at all! Most people have no idea, or have major problems grasping the concept :(

omg. very true! I currently know one woman on meds. and think it's the only way while her health deteriorates further!

[RaeVynn]

So, I'm not the only one that had to cut ties with the parental unit, hmm? :huh:

I love eating veggies fresh in the garden so much, I decided to plant a garden this year, just so I can!! :p

And I LOVE guac!! Majorly!! I also am known for putting a huge scoop of guac on a little chip... but now, the chips are raw/dehydrated :p LOL

[Revvell]

So, I'm not the only one that had to cut ties with the parental unit, hmm? :huh:

Guess there's a few of us. They do the best they can but sometimes it's not enough and we need to get away so that we can do the best we can.




I love eating veggies fresh in the garden so much, I decided to plant a garden this year, just so I can!! :p

Me too! Pics on my blog (http://Revvellations.com/weekly).

[Jessican]

Guess there's a few of us. They do the best they can but sometimes it's not enough and we need to get away so that we can do the best we can.

So true. In my case, my mom has some psychological issues and I played the mommy from about age 10 to 30, but it seriously started affecting *my* mental health, and in turn, my physical health. It affected my marriage and my kids, and she refused to get help. We put up the ultimatum - get help or get out of our lives. She refused to do either, so we removed ourselves. It has pretty much cost me my entire extended family, but the welfare of my family and myself was more important.

Now not only are we not being dragged down, but I feel free to raise my kids in the way I see fit. I don't need to get an ulcer every time she wants to take them out to lunch, because no matter what I say, she would still take them to McD's and then for ice cream sundaes, but send them home with junk on top of it. I don't have to stress out about how I'm going to "deprogram" them when they come back with all sorts of wild notions, and questioning our values, etc. I don't even want to begin to think what she would say if she knew I stopped cooking my veggies, and I don't serve meat 3 times a day :rolleyes:

[freshlight]

well done! You sound strong and wise. Keep being a wonderful Mom to your darlings.
Take care, Eva

[RawHeaven]

Jessican, you and your children are very fortunate. Focus on the present and where you are today, not where you've been or how your own Mom presented food to you - she has no power over you, only what you relinquish.* Do you know how much energy you had to burst through to get where you are today being Raw? The energy is pretty heavy and it ain't pretty as far as the prevailing thoughts regarding food, nutrition & health. Just being raw for a day can be challenging, but you're doing it! And your kids love green smoothies? 10 gold stars!

Hey I didn't become raw until I was 43 years old! Your kids are lucky and they will thank you a millionfold when they are older. Even if they don't stay raw, you are influencing them tremendously to focus on their health and perhaps not follow the other children eating fast food and junky sugar foods. They have no concept of anything negative pre-raw I'm sure....they simply feel your love and Mom's good un-cookin'. :) Focus on that wonderful mama. And here's my famous echo. The human body is an amazing machine and the body's self-healing knowledge is inherent and innate. It knows what to do. Especially with the youngsters - they are probably already healed.

*"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

[PammieTaj]

Thirty years of life as you knew it made you, you. Celebrate that and let go of the ick is what I say. I got a ranting phone call from the maternal unit on Thanksgiving and looked at my husband and said it was enough. Healthiest thing I've ever done. But a cautionary tale in being mom to my own sons (who so far, don't seem to mind me so much).

blessings and peace, Pammie

[Conscious Midwife]

Be so glad that you are free to eat guac with a spoon, as a veggie dip even everyday all day if you like:eek::p

Be so glad that at 10, 6 and 1 your kids love green smoothies and didn't reject them because of old habits, and that you had the wisdom to share this goodness with them


:cool:Be so glad that you have a natural affinity for RAW veggies and that cooked even battered dipped and fried veggies are not a temptation


Be so glad that your ancestors, grandpaerents, had wisdom and the opportunity to share RAW goodness and gardening with you. Now you've rekindled intrest and can take it further. Call on them to share more....

Be so glad that you are no longer making dietary mistakes with your kiddos and that future experiences and insperiences will be lessons for the journey

Be so glad that as as a conscious able bodied grown up you get to choose how you want to feel today, own your own shit and not let mama or anyone else rain on your parade. (oops this was a note to self from 15 years ago;))

IT'S ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE... YOUR PERSPECTIVE