A Miraculous Discovery!!

I found a small little grocery store that sells ORGANIC PRODUCTS AND HEALTHY FOOD!!!

Say what!?!!??!?! Yes, I bought, despite the hefty price, organic soy milk, muesli, brown rice, and whole grain crackers (the ones I used to eat at Aunt I's house)...

Total side note and shout out to Aunt I and Uncle H-

I remember going to my Aunt and Uncle's house and being hungry!! Yes, as a kid, you are always hungry, so naturally I would 'raid' (meaning carefully go through) the fridge and cabinets. Much to my disappointment, I would open the perfectly neat cabinets to find a single box of whole grain crackers, cheerios, pretzels and random organic/whole grain products I could not identify. The fridge was not much better containing immaculately packaged fruit, soup, and several bottles of water.

NOT EXCITING.

Disappointment being my obvious reaction, Aunt I would try, in vain, to get me excited about the whole grain crackers she had.
She would reach into the organized cabinets and extract the neatly sealed box.

"Maddy, these are SCRUMPTIOUS! Look, I'm eating them." She would nibble and chuckle, looking at me.

I always nodded in weak agreement, knowing I had no choice but munch on these dry, flavorless pieces of cardboard. If I didn't reach for them, Aunt I would continue to 'convince' me of the bountiful flavor bursting from the grains.

10 years later, these are one my favorite, light weight and crunchy snacks and you can imagine my delight when finding them in a little shop in the expat area (don't worry, they haven't expired yet).

Now when going to my Aunt and Uncle's place, I fee like a kid in an organic, whole grain, healthy, border-line flavorless candy shop. As Aunt I once did, its now me trying to convince Jeff that these foods are truly delicious (and healthy) and he should eat them. His response was often like mine, only eating what I had prepared for him for lack of anything else.

Thanks Aunt I for forcing me to eat all those then-gross-now-delicious foods!!