ANOTHER LABOR DAY, PLUS THE NICER TEMPERATURES, SEEM TO BID THE SUMMER OF 2009 FAREWELL. I LIKE THE SUMMER FOR THE MOST PART. HOWEVER, I LOVE THE FALL. SO AS I WAS CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO EAT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, IT DID NOT SURPRISE ME WHEN I HAD A RUSH OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES FALL OVER ME. I HAD LOOKED INTO MY FRIDGE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL ORANGE SOFT PEACHES I HAD JUST GOTTEN FROM A FRIEND. AS I PULLED THE PEACHES OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR, TO PEEL AND WASH THEM, MY HEART WAS TRANSFORMED INTO ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME, A VERY MAGICAL TIME... I WAS ABOUT FIVE OR MAYBE SIX YEARS OLD. IT WAS A COMFORTABLE, INDIAN SUMMER FALL EVENING. MY MOTHER HAD GIVEN ME MY BATH, AND TOLD ME THAT I COULD GO OUT ONTO THE PATIO WITH MY FATHER AND LISTEN TO THE BASEBALL GAME, WHILE SHE MADE US A SNACK. I WENT OUT AND CLIMBED UP ONTO MY GENTLE HERO'S LAP TO LISTEN TO THE GAME. MY FATHER LOVED THE GAME, AS OUR WHOLE FAMILY STILL DOES TO THIS DAY. I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW GREAT IT WAS TO HAVE MY DADDY TELL ME JUST WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE GAME, AND HE DID IT WITH SUCH PATIENCE AND LOVE. SOON MY MOM CAME OUT ONTO THE PATIO TO JOIN US. SHE HAD THREE BIG BOWLS OF FRAGRANT PEACHES, COVERED WITH CREAM, AND SPRINKLED WITH A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF SUGAR. WHAT A DELICIOUS TREAT! THE PEACHES WERE AMAZING, BUT BEING ON THAT PATIO WITH THE TWO GREATEST PEOPLE I WILL EVER KNOW, ENJOYING A SIMPLE TIME, STILL BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYES TODAY. IT IS IN FACT THESE LITTLE, SIMPLE MOMENTS THAT CAN AND WILL IMPACT A CHILD'S HEART FOREVER. I LOVE PEACHES, FOR WITH PEACHES COME WONDERFUL MEMORIES I LOVE TO SHARE. WE ALL HAVE COMFORT FOOD, SMELLS, MUSIC, AND EVEN SEASONS. POST A COMMENT AND SHARE ONE OF YOURS...
LOVE,
JODYJOY
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A PEACH OF A POST. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT STARTED, BUT MASHED POTATOES HAVE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME BEEN MY "COMFORT" FOOD, EVEN JUST PLAIN WIH BUTTER. DECADES AGO, WHEN MY CHILDREN WANTED TO PUT ME IN A GOOD,"GIVING" MOOD, THEY WOULD BRING ME A BOWL OF MASHED POTATOES, SOMETIMES NOT TOO WELL DONE... MACARONI AND CHEESE IS A CLOSE SECOND ...
ReplyDelete**IT IS IN FACT THESE LITTLE, SIMPLE MOMENTS THAT CAN AND WILL IMPACT A CHILD'S HEART FOREVER.
ReplyDeleteHi Joy,
It was soo sensitively said..I'm very happy:)
I have many such incidents ..My grand mother used to send me yellow rice with my grand pa, and i used to eat for two days ..I was sooo happy then..today she is no more, but when i recollect it, it brings the tears of joy,even now i'm in tears ..I love her alootttttt :)
Thanks for this oppurtunity to share my memories.