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| One lone Ritz Cracker left from lunch |
I stood staring
at the items on the shelf of my kitchen pantry – plastic utensils, paper cups,
cereal, breakfast bars and crackers. Where was the real food, something I could
take for lunch? I grabbed a half sleeve of Ritz crackers and tossed them into
my lunch bag for the next day, along with a can of soup. It was time to go
grocery shopping.
The buttery flavor
of a Ritz cracker is always satisfyingly delicious. I have to place a limit on
the amount I demolish in one sitting. The next morning as I prepared to grab my
lunch bag, I noticed my half sleeve of crackers were replaced with a whole
sleeve. “Noooo, I can’t take this many crackers with me. I will eat the whole
thing.” No one was in ear shop of my wail.
My son had
eaten the crackers I packed and replaced them with a larger pack. There has always
been a struggle for me to exercise portion control with Ritz Crackers. Nabisco
nailed that recipe. Ordinarily I would not have a large quantity of the delectable
delights on hand, but I’d just had a gathering where I supplied snacks.
Once I
finished my lunch I texted my son and said, “You sabotaged my lunch. I had my
portion size set.”
His response
was, “Nooo Ma, lol you weren’t supposed to eat all of them.”
He obviously
did not know my battle with crunchy, cracker of choice. His next text message
to me was a dissertation of sorts. It said…
“As adults
we learn and teach ourselves new things every day and become more wise as life
goes on. In this situation self-discipline was the topic and you had to teach
that to yourself and learn as you go.”
The
statement was followed by a winking emoji with a heart.
I said, “Lmbo
(laughing my butt off) Professor V., your grammar and sentence structure are
off, but I get your point.”
My young
adult son reminded me to exercise self-discipline with my food choices. It’s
amazing when our children switch roles with us an unexpected lesson. Sometime I
wonder whether something was misunderstood when I said I wanted my kids to be
smart. Not smartaleck.
What life
lessons have you learned from your child?
