Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Waste Not, Want Not

I was peeling an orange just now and it was being difficult and I found myself wanting to eat what I had already peeled and throw the other half of it away. It was just too big of a pain. I then remembered my dad talking about Christmases he had back in the early 1940s and how excited he and his 12 siblings were to get oranges in their stockings from Santa because it was a treat his parents could rarely afford. I took my time and peeled that whole orange and it tasted better than I imagined it would.

1 comment:

Lily said...

My mom always told us the same thing. Good reminder since I find myself doing the same types of things often.