Sweet Food for Thought

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Something happened recently that really made me stop and think. I want to share it with you. I was having a lunch time conversation with my 91 year old mother-in-law. She was a child in Kansas during the Great Depression in the 1930's. She was from a poor family and had four siblings. She told me about an uncle who would come to town, usually once a year. He had money. When he came to visit during the hardest years, he would bring two gifts to the family: a one hundred pound bag of flour and one of sugar. She said “We were always so happy to get those, because we rarely had sugar. It meant that Mom would make cakes for us once in a while.” Just at that moment, the variety of decadent cupcakes sitting on the table seemed to jump out at me! Chocolate with chocolate icing, vanilla with vanilla bean icing, and chocolate/chocolate chip. My husband had bought them the night before. I thought to myself, as I often do after listening to Mom's stories “Sheesh! I will never complain about anything again!" I really don’t think I am a big whiner, and I have always believed that having a grateful heart is important. I’ll admit though, moments like that give me an immediate attitude adjustment! I just don’t usually realize how blessed I am. Maybe spoiled is a better word? Reminders like that are very sweet food for thought! Pun intended. (I wrote this in 2015.)