Onward and Upward

Barbara died in January of 2002.

During her illness I was introduced to the idea of RAW foods. After her death I was given the book “Nature’s First Law”. That book sat on a bakers rack for a year. Even though I didn’t necessarily consciously notice it, I did walk by it at least once a day. When I did notice it I would think, “I need to read this book”.

Finally I picked it up. Then it took me 8 months to finish it!! Now it isn’t a big book and the concepts are not complicated, but the tone is strident and at times it can feel as if you are being hit over the head with a basball bat. The authors were young men, full of fire and out to change the world. If you read what they are writing today, you will find that the tone has softened. I would not recommend this book today. In fact it is not published anymore. There are now many more books to choose from to learn about the RAW foods lifestyle that invite you to learn, rather than accuse you of ignorance.

In February of 2004, I finished Nature’s First law, bought a couple of RAW recipes books and in March, told my husband that when he got home from a weekend trip to Seattle, there would be no cooked food in the house.

Now, he was fine with that. I had been talking to him about the concepts and he was on board with it all. He is the type of person who just wants it to happen and be directed as to what the next move is.

So while he was gone I threw away all the open food and took the rest to the food bank. Now I have come to find you that going RAW overnight may have not been the best strategy, but here we are….