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The Food Ritual

by Linda J. Austin

September, 1994, Atlanta, Georgia - a cheerful person plunked a tray on mom's bedside hospital table, then scurried from the room. To live, you must eat. Few of us want to face what comes when people stop eating. It is discouraging to make someone's favorite dish and see them eat only a few small bites. Mealtimes can become stressful for the caregiver and the patient. Each wants to please the other.

Pain

by Linda J. Austin

Simone Weil said, "Pain is the root of knowledge." Malcolm Muggeridge says that "pain enriches life." Naomi Wolf tells us, "Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria." Are you puzzled or, are you nodding in agreement? Pain is the first indication that something isn't right.