Cooking (and cleaning) as an act of love

[VincentUlyssis]

I suggest the book "The Five Love Languages." It changed how I can DEMONSTRATE love. Things I never understood well. Basically they are physical touch, words of affirmation, giving gifts (not store gifts necessarily), quality time, and acts of service. Although I'm trying to be better with all of them, the one in which my "distance mentor," the author of this site, has helped inspire growth has been acts of service through preparing and serving good food. I hate the cleanup process-always did, but now I try to bring it to full completion and it's amazing how it has become my daily habit. Probably now one of my better habits in life.