Selfcare takes on a whole new meaning after your loved one has passed. How you integrate this important loss of someone who has, in large part, made you who you are, is critical going forward. You can ignore it or allow it to fuel your path forward. It’s up to you.
Transforming Pain into Purpose
You might be wondering how the section, Cooking with Greece fits into all of this.
If I can go from Alabama to Athens, Greece and from losing everything to building my dream home overlooking the Mediterranean, you can find your way too.
My Greek friend's family owns an olive orchard in Crete since the 1900’s, making some of the finest olive oil in Greece, says that...
... was cooking. Although growing up, my grandmother was just a simple southern cast iron skillet, black eyed pea and cornbread cook, it was her food that made me feel loved. Find your therapy and let it heal you.
So, whenever I felt overwhelmed, lost, or needed comfort, I cooked. Over the years I got pretty good at it. But one thing is for sure, it has always been how I show love, just like my grandmother showed me.
"Food is more than a meal, it is the story behind it."
”Food is more than a meal, it’s the story behind it.”
Dr. Ioanna Ledaki
Molecular Oncologist, Oxford University
I finally married an engineer just like my father. He was from Greece and told me when we met that he wanted to go back to Greece, when he retired. I said, “Let me think about it, LOL,YES!”