Childhood Returns in a Welcomed Flash

Bear with me as I set the stage for this short story.

It was my husband’s turn to make dinner (yes, I am delighted I enjoy my life with someone who welcomes shared labor in the household) and I was working late. He was planning to make spaghetti squash but it didn’t turn out so well. So, he opted for old fashioned pasta spaghetti. I enjoyed it but felt something was missing. Was it a salad? I didn’t know. The meal just felt incomplete.

I had not had spaghetti in years. I couldn’t recall the last time. As I was reheating some for lunch the next day it dawned on me to grab the whole wheat bread too. I suddenly desired a piece of buttered bread with my warm spaghetti. It was like magic, I took the buttered bread and put some spaghetti on it and folded it over like a sandwich. Ah, yes, it all came back to me. This is how my mom and I used to eat spaghetti when I was a kid. Spaghetti wasn’t spaghetti without some buttered bread to wrap it up into!

Thanks Mom (who I know reads my blog religiously) for the fun food habit that came to me more than 20 years later. When it’s good…. It’s just good. 

Enjoy those moments when yesteryear floods you. Relish in the days gone by. I sure did. And, I’ll likely eat a little more spaghetti in the future too.

Join me Saturday, January 30th, at the Cavanaugh Bride Show from 12-2:30 PM

Planning my wedding was one of the most exciting times of my life. I loved nearly every minute of it. People are often surprised to learn that my planning was virtually stress-free and wildly enjoyable. There were no bridezilla moments or feverish running around. It was designed that way.

As you probably know by now, we took those planning secrets and put them in our newest book, The Coach's Guide to Wedding Planning.

I'm excited to announce I'll be signing copies of the Guide at Kelli Burns DJ Entertainment Booth #115 at the Cavanaugh Bride Show on January 30th from 12-2:30 PM. I hope you'll join me.

If you haven't yet met Kelli, who was our DJ extraordinare at our grand affair, you won't want to miss this opportunity.