AuburnChick's Adventures

You have probably seen the commercials that Campbell’s Soup airs during the winter…

Cold child comes into the house, eats a bowl of soup, and thaws out.

Yesterday afternoon had the making for such a commercial.

I had not eaten since Friday because of whatever intestinal bug I had gotten.  My stomach was hurting from hunger.

Rooster and I shivered in the cold house while we waited for a repair guy to fix the heater.  He had put on the new plaid robe I bought him last week…looking ever so grown up.

Rooster was also hungry, typical boy that he is.

I remembered that we had a can of Chicken Noodle Soup, so I offered to fix it for him.  He was agreeable to the idea.

While I was up, I warmed some dinner rolls and spread butter on them.

As he got his bowl out, he offered to share half of the can with me.

So sweet, that boy is.

We took our food to the table and talked about our day.

At one point, I reached my hand over and touched his arm and told him how much I will miss him when he goes to college.

Rooster, as the youngest child, has spent the most one-on-one time with me.  When Chicky was in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, he got left behind…having to hang out with me.

Even while he attended preschool, he rarely did Lunch Bunch but instead came home with me, where we always ate lunch together and ran errands.

He has always been my buddy.

We have similar interests and the same sarcastic sense of humor.

As we sat at the table, all of those memories rushed in, and I shared them with him.

He smiled in his easy way.

Who needs actors faking their lines when you can have the real thing right in your own home.  My own life is full of commercial-worthy moments.

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