...of this office.
Alexis and Louise got some See´s candy suckers for Christmas. There are 4 types to choose from: Butterscotch, vanilla, chocolate and cafe latte. Every chance I get, I ask for one and the sweeties always oblige. Really I´ve only had 2 or 3.
Today, Alexis gave me a cafe latte, which he doesn´t like, and as soon as I popped it in my mouth it made me think of grandma Mary and grandpa Jim´s house. I thought of watching Rugrats on Sunday mornings or Anne of Green Gables. Fried eggs and their famous toast and potatoes suddenly sat on my tongue. Beads and needles sticking out of the couch and the huge guest bed and watching games in the basement and barbeques and the smell of dove soap in the bathroom all came to me.
I couldn´t figure out why for a minute and then I realized... grandma always had See´s cafe latte hard candies in her candy drawer and I used to eat about 10 every time I´d go over there when I was a wee teen (yes, I watched Rugrats when I was a teenageer, shut up). Isn´t that amazing. A familiar taste in my mouth makes all sorts of memories pop up and a whole time in my life jump to the foreground. A warm and fuzzy for sure. There´s something to be said for conditioning. Now, how can I use that on the kids... ; )
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