Nostalgia
It is so easy to take things for granted when your life is in a rush
to the finish. A lot of times it seems that everyone is in such a
hurry to 'grow up' by buying a house or finding the perfect job. As I
grow a little older, I am realizing how easy it is to forget about
some of the things that make you really happy.
There are certain things that remind me of mom that really just make
me laugh with surprise. A few weeks ago I picked up some peppermint
gum at the store. The first piece in my mouth took me back to car
rides with mom incessantly popping her peppermint gum, and the memory
just made me laugh! Sometimes I'll make cold pasta salad with
vegetables to remember our lunches during hot summer days.
While at the grocery store today, I was rushing through the aisles
trying to avoid other slow moving shopping carts. I was getting
really frustrated because I was hungry and wanted to get home to eat
dinner. A display of gum suddenly stopped me in my rush-- Clove gum!
Mom used to get clove gum sometimes, and Black Jack too-- it tasted
like black licorice. It was quite a treat to have it. Appropriately,
the sign on the display read "Nostalgia."
to the finish. A lot of times it seems that everyone is in such a
hurry to 'grow up' by buying a house or finding the perfect job. As I
grow a little older, I am realizing how easy it is to forget about
some of the things that make you really happy.
There are certain things that remind me of mom that really just make
me laugh with surprise. A few weeks ago I picked up some peppermint
gum at the store. The first piece in my mouth took me back to car
rides with mom incessantly popping her peppermint gum, and the memory
just made me laugh! Sometimes I'll make cold pasta salad with
vegetables to remember our lunches during hot summer days.
While at the grocery store today, I was rushing through the aisles
trying to avoid other slow moving shopping carts. I was getting
really frustrated because I was hungry and wanted to get home to eat
dinner. A display of gum suddenly stopped me in my rush-- Clove gum!
Mom used to get clove gum sometimes, and Black Jack too-- it tasted
like black licorice. It was quite a treat to have it. Appropriately,
the sign on the display read "Nostalgia."
That is so funny. I remember Mom popping her gum like that too. I guess I never thought about the flavor, but now that I think about it, peppermint was always what she chewed. I found some of that clove gum not too long ago and the first thing I thought of was Mom. I hope you bought some :o)
What a great post! Made me think back too.
Hi Maryann, this is Grandma Treder. I'm at Joyce's looking at pics.It's fun to see all the pics. Especially your beautiful, smiling face. And all the babies on this address site.
Love you.