"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were." Satchel Paige
"We are always the same age on the inside" Gertrude Stein
I just got back from the Hudson Valley as I took the kids to visit my two Great Aunts who are both in their nineties. They live alone and are very independent and feisty women. We had so much fun with them and enjoyed their snarky and yet loving personalities as they forced us to eat fruitcake. Christopher actually gagged on it but at least he tried it. Im still trying to figure out what fruit the big light green chunks were supposed to be. My aunts love fruit cake, my children not so much. I didn't even pretend to eat it.
The afternoon was comical. Most Italian people equate food with love so a visit means that they are going to want you to eat and eat and eat. It makes no difference if you are not hungry. It is insulting to them if you don't consume what is being offered to you and thus we ate too much today.
"We are always the same age on the inside" Gertrude Stein
I just got back from the Hudson Valley as I took the kids to visit my two Great Aunts who are both in their nineties. They live alone and are very independent and feisty women. We had so much fun with them and enjoyed their snarky and yet loving personalities as they forced us to eat fruitcake. Christopher actually gagged on it but at least he tried it. Im still trying to figure out what fruit the big light green chunks were supposed to be. My aunts love fruit cake, my children not so much. I didn't even pretend to eat it.
The afternoon was comical. Most Italian people equate food with love so a visit means that they are going to want you to eat and eat and eat. It makes no difference if you are not hungry. It is insulting to them if you don't consume what is being offered to you and thus we ate too much today.
