When my five children were young, I was always cooking for seven people.
I was used to cooking large meals.
I found it challenging to reduce a recipe.
As they went off to college, I still found myself cooking for a crowd.

There were not many leftovers when my children were young.
Since two of the five were boys, I knew that food would soon disappear.
Back in those days, we went through thirteen gallons of milk each week!
Anyone who knows our family can attest to the truth of that fact.

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A new year has dawned.
I remember how hard it was to write the correct year on my papers in school.
It took me weeks before my mind accepted the writing of the new year.
It took me a while to wrap my head around the passage of time.

If truth be told, I don’t have the need to write the date as much as before.
I’m not in school, with my name and date required on the top of my papers.
I’m not writing checks, since most payments are online.
The date is everywhere we look: on our phones, our laptops, and our watches.

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I was quite young when I stayed over my grandmother’s house.
My aunt was there as well.
I remember she wanted to take me to the movies.
She wanted to take me to see, Fantasia.

It must have been re-released with stereo sound.
My aunt loved music and thought that I would love the classical music as well.
I was taking piano lessons during those years, so the music was wonderful.
However, there was one scene that terrified me.

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I bought the sandals.
Not just one pair, but one in each of the three colors.
The black pair was for me to wear when I went outside to water my plants.
The pink and yellow pair would be so cute with a sundress.

My youngest daughter has the same sandals in two of the colors.
I cannot wear Birkenstock sandals, though, I think they’re so cute.
These sandals looked like Birkenstock sandals.
However, they were not cork, but rubber with a platform sole.

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