Life: An Acquired Taste

Food isn’t just about sustenance. It is a journey, a memory, a moment. Think of your favorite dish. The way it looks, smells, and tastes. For me, my favorite dishes remind me of childhood memories; Sunday afternoons with my mom, kid’s nights, and cooking with my siblings. There is one dish that takes me back to a summer Sunday afternoons. Football is on in the background and I’m finally tall enough to help my mom make the weekly Sunday dessert. Microwave Chocolate Pudding. As odd as it sounds, this dish taught me more about cooking than you might think, like how cornstarch has to have a cold liquid mixed in and then boiled for it to thicken. My mom would let me help her as soon as I was tall enough to see over the counter. By the time I could reach the microwave, she would let me make it all by myself.  My mom can make this recipe right every time. I, on the other hand, have a little more trouble with it. Ever since I was old enough to make it, it came out lumpy. Even now, with tr...

Time flies when you’re looking and moves even faster when you aren’t. As a child, everyone looked ahead. Whether it was toward Christmas or college, we all anticipated, worked toward, and dreamed about the future, about what was to come. Children don’t stop and think about how great they have it, or how hard the future may be. Time seems to take forever to pass. They see the hope of a lifetime stretched before them. Today or rather yesterday now, I turned twenty-one. I’m officially not a child anymore. As I think about the last twenty-one years (or at least the ones I remember), I realize everything I have learned, whether I wanted to or not. There were a ton, but here’s a short list thoughts: Your siblings will be your worst enemies, but also your best friends if you let them Having a large family teaches you how to make and keep friends If you have what you need, not what you want, you are blessed Take a moment and be thankful for what you have Technology can never replace i...