Cereal for Dinner by Kristine Breese

Cereal for Dinner:

Shortcuts, Strategies & Sanity for Moms Battling Illness

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Cereal For Dinner:
Shortcuts, Strategies & Sanity for Moms Battling Illness
(St. Martin’s Press, May, 2004)

When Mom gets the flu, there’s major upheaval in the household. Beds go unmade, laundry piles up and suddenly pizza and fast food are considered good nutrition. But with the flu or common cold it’s usually only a couple of days before things are back in order. When Mom gets cancer, diabetes or heart disease, when Mommy breaks a bone, is put on pregnancy “bed rest,” or suffers from migraines, however, it can be weeks, months or even years, before things are back to “normal.” In many cases “normal” is forever redefined as illness lingers, recovery lags or the condition becomes chronic.

And all the while, there are children to be fed, laundry to be folded and paychecks to be earned. Just because a Mom gets sick doesn’t mean her responsibilities go away. She simply has to figure out a new way to get things done, and how to put her needs first when she’s so used to standing at the back of the line.

These issues are covered in Cereal for Dinner: Shortcuts, Strategies & Sanity for Moms Battling Illness (St. Martin’s Press, 2004). Written by a young mother of two who is recovering from a life-threatening illness, Cereal for Dinner looks at the impact on Moms, their spouses and children when a serious health crisis renders them unable to fulfill their usual role the family’s head cook, housekeeper and nurturer. It also gives women with less serious conditions the permission they need to take care of themselves.

Through stories, steps and advice from the trenches, the book helps women reconcile their new reality with their old image of themselves as the “go-to” person in their family for a wide range of needs and activities. In this new reality, they have to re-examine their vast “to do” list and learn how to ask for help. The result is balance, peace and healing.