You are what you eat. OK,... I'm a pop tart!

"I don't cry over spilt milk, but a fallen scoop of ice cream is enough to ruin my whole day. "
~ Erma Bombeck

"In Idaho we have a word for sushi: bait."
~ Chris Walton – KBOI AM

"If God didn’t mean for us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat?"
~ bumper sticker

Several of my co-workers were discussing odd foods, and the topic quickly became a contest to see who had eaten the strangest thing. One lady said she had eaten chocolate covered grasshoppers. Another said she had eaten grasshopper legs when she was little, but they weren’t chocolate covered, she just pulled them right off a grasshopper in the yard.

Being a rather 'dicriminating' eater, I didn’t have much to contribute to the conversation. I didn’t think anyone would wince and be grossed out when I said, " Oh man, I tried broccoli once!" So I just listened and grimaced.

I don't understand the desire to eat disgusting things. Have you eaten something weird? What is the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten?

Where did I go wrong???!!!

"No Problem is so big, or so great, that it cannot be run away from!"
Linus – Peanuts Comic Strip

I have lived by this credo for most of my life. For the most part, it has served me well. Learning from the birds I love to watch, I’ve learned that tucking one’s head under a wing is a great way to ward off the unpleasantries that life or nature dishes out to you.

I’ve tried hard to teach this technique to my daughters, but they both seem hell bent on charging into trouble to tackle it head-on. And even though they may not realize it, they are amazingly successful at it. I have two of the most amazing daughters in the world. They are absolute polar opposites of each other, each with her own very different set of ‘issues’ and ‘qualities’. Yet they both seem to have amazing resiliency and strength that I feel like I can only stand back and admire. I am such a lucky mom.


I love you, Lisa and Andrea!