Yesterday, my body finally started to relax late in the morning. My Mom asked me what I wanted to eat and I laughed a little and told her, “Cookies.”. She was puzzled by my answer so I made my way into the kitchen to recount the story of Sean.
I have to say that I haven’t had a cookie all year! I reserve my cookie eating for my extended family’s Christmas Eve party. My aunt Lala‘s cookies are to die for and well worth all of their calories and carbs!
I told my Mom that I wanted, “Cookies” because when Sean was young and we still lived with my parents, he climbed out of his crib one morning and got into bed with me on the other side of the room. I asked him what he wanted for breakfast and he told me that he wanted pancakes. So, I got up and made him pancakes. The next day, it was either the weekend or on one of my college breaks, I asked him the same question.
He thought for a minute and answered, “Cookies.” I started to laugh because he fully expected me to allow him to have cookies… for breakfast! He didn’t get cookies for breakfast but that story always makes me laugh so when my mMom asked me what I wanted for breakfast, I told her, “Cookies.”
My Mom made me eggs because I wasn’t going to eat cookies. she poured me some milk and before she started washing the dishes, she placed two cookies by my milk. They weren’t just any cookies, they were, “Face Cookies”!!! I laughed because I didn’t even know we had cookies in our house and let alone, “Face Cookies!”
Now, when I say they were, “Face Cookies,” I am talking about the Keebler rainbow chocolate chip cookies. I have been calling those cookies theis for 20 years! My nephew, David, called them, “Face Cookies” when he was about three years old. The name stuck! Both my Mom and I call them that and see no problem WITH calling them that!
So, when my Mom placed those cookies by my milk, of course, I HAD to eat them! The, “Stay-at-Home” orders have been tough for me with my overgrown hair and my bushy eyebrows! I had to give myself a little bit of a break even though for years, carbs have NOT been my friend!