Friday, June 12, 2009

Nostalgia




Nostalgia:
a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
I heard someone use this word today and how this weather made him remember when he was a child and the rainy days were spent indoors with mom and his two other siblings and they would help their mother bake something fun like chocolate chip cookies and later on fruit filled pies and eventually cake and pastries. It did not seem to matter what it was, he remembered it being one of the few times they could all work together and not fight or argue. He being the oldest ended up owning a pizza shop in JP. Ma. Which he has since sold, his sister the middle child a restaurant in Argentina their home and the youngest owns a popular bakery in Revere, Ma. All started with something they shared as a family on a rainy day. The person tells me that they all; children and grandchildren fly back to Argentina at Christmas time and spend the holidays cooking together as they did when they were kids and all this they pass on to the next generation. Nostalgia what does it mean in your life……. Start something today or the next time it rains and pass it on to someone you love..

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