A Lil' Bit of Ice Cream, Everyday!

I think the highlight of my July 4th was when I saw one of my cousin's kids, Alexander... My aunt Susanna threw a BBQ for all of us and while everyone was eating, my aunt brought out a box of sugar cones and some ultra-rich Häagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream...

Alex is a little over 4 and when he saw the ice cream, he immediately jumped off his chair and hurried over to my Aunt Susanna, standing patiently next to her with his tongue sticking in and out over and over... oooooh, iccccce creeeeam... The frozen treat was placed directly in front of me and I had a birds-eye view of Alex... all happy go lucky!

Well, seeing Alex like that got me thinking thinking: Gosh, the moment my aunt scoops the ice cream in to the cone, the second she handed the cone over to Alex, the instance Alex reaching over for the euphoric ice cream treat, he grabs a hold of it, taking his first lick... I can see it in his face: What was he thinking???

The world is simply PERFECT! As if nothing else matters... No worries about gaining weight, no thoughts about if he were to get a tummy ache after, no thoughts about anything whatsoever... nothing... but... ICE CREAM... NOW... everything is okay, everything is all right... it doesn't get any better than this... And I can see ALL that in his brightly-lit face!

Now if only we could have our versions of our personal 'ice cream treat' everyday, and grab a hold of that 'feeling' and clinging on tight... mmm...

Posted by robert at July 5, 2003 11:03 AM