Ode to Ice Cream, by Vada Sultenfuss.
“I like ice cream a whole lot. It tastes good when days are hot. On a cone, or in a dish. This would be my only wish. Vanilla, chocolate, or Rocky Road, Even with pie a la mode. That's all I got so far.”
My Girl was one of my favorite childhood love stories…oh that I would’ve felt a childhood love so dramatically delicious. Nope not me….I got Beanie.
Oh you heard that right. Beanie. The first love of my life was Beanie, a boy my mom used to babysit when I was 4 years old. Beanie and I were in love. He would hold my hand and smile so big and bright. I remember his teeth being so white with perfectly outlined lips. Something others little girls would’ve thought was cute but I had a gap and I was just jealous.
Beanie and I would take baths together and snuggle in our jammies to watch a movie while my mom would pop us popcorn. Beanie had the best laugh. He would smile at me all the time and was never mean to me. So what could ruin such a young tender pure love?
Well you see, what had happened was my father loved to tease us kids about love interest. Still does to this day. Well on one particular night he decided to tell me there was a song about my love. Wanna hear it?
🎶Beans beans the magical fruit, it makes your pants go Toot Toot Toot!🎶
Now guess what I thought of every time I saw Beanie? Yep…my pants going TOOT TOOT TOOT! I stoped playing with Beanie, I didn’t want baths and I didn’t want him to hold my hand anymore. I officially ghosted him…to his face. I still have the memory of his sad face.
Peer pressure is a sonofabih (it’s my story I’m gonna cuss like I want).
Just one song from my dad and I shunned a great childhood friend and gave myself a negative memory. It’s funny how you could have such a wonderful connection but one bad word from a friend or relative and we will cut that connection off so fast. Think about it. How many honest to true good connections have you had but then cut them off because someone in your camp had something negative to say?
What I learned is that those things still play a part in my life now. I love when my family like my significant other. It makes get together so much better but it’s not the end all be all. However, it’s not a factor to me anymore. My other flavors will show you why. At some point you have to realize that your happiness in life is only in your hands.
