Throw it Up!
“I hate peas.” As my wife stirs the vegetarian ravioli inside the deep skillet. “I mean, why do they have to put peas in there, just because it’s vegetarian?” Silence As I am writing this it just dawned on me that peas have pea protein, and for vegetarians maybe besides the cheese in the ravioli, it was a protein source, ahhh… I am going to make my own vegetarian meal, eggs, butter, and spinach leaves. The time is 5:45 PM. As one last episode of Bob’s Burgers, plays in the background, a familiar phrase indicates the show's closing, my wife and I prepare dinner to continue with this habit of “dinners together.” I personally love it. Even if most of the food we make for our 2-going-on-30 daughter goes in the trash, it is so nice to sit together for even five minutes. A lot of work, but nice. “This is nice” my wife confirms my own thoughts, challenging my acceptance for comfort and fighting the desire to throw in a sarcastic joke. An old tendency to ruin that which is pure, ...