Sunday, December 4, 2016

December 4, 2016


SUNDAY  MORNING  CEREAL

I still remember my dad’s grey cereal -
Quaker Oats - with the smiling Quaker
guy on the box - and a smile on my dad’s
face as well - as he stood there at the altar -
the stove top - as  he stirred the grey water
into the mix of tiny tan flakes. Kids in years
to come would have Kellogg’s Frosted 
Flakes and colorful Froot Loops - but we
still have the memory - not of drab colorless
oatmeal - but of the joy my dad had in this his
Sunday morning liturgy of consecrating cereal.



© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016


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