Milky Way

 

When our sons were very small, we lived in Idaho Falls. Another young mother with kids the same ages as mine lived a block away. We were visiting teaching companions, assigned to minister to elderly widows in our neighborhood. Some welcomed our visits, and others pretended not to be home (though the cookies or jam we left promptly disappeared). One of our ladies was dying – either from cancer or from cancer treatments. We’d sit with her and ask what she felt like eating. She’d ponder a while before telling us. We’d go home, make what she’d asked for, and bring it back. Often, whatever she felt like eating turned out to be the one thing she could hold down. I came to understand if you listen to your body, it will tell you what it needs. May 11 is National Eat What You Want Day; an excellent time to consider what your body has been trying to tell you.