Have you ever.....

Have you ever gone to taste/eat something and a flood of memories came rushing through your brain???? Well tonight this happened to me and I loved every moment of it:-) So last week I bought some ice cream cause it was $2.88 at one of our local grocery markets and picked up butter pecan. I can not tell you the last time I had butter pecan, needless to say I was excited to try it again. Anyway, fast forward to tonight.....We were done with dinner and I remembered I had ice cream and told the kids that we were going to have ice cream for dessert and they were so excited. I was getting excited myself as I was scooping up my butter pecan. I had two other flavors that I knew the kids would love. Anyway, as I sat down to start my ice cream eating, I closed my eyes to take my first bite and the flavor of the butter pecan seriously brought back all of these memories of working summers at Meadow Brook at the ice cream parlor. You see my dad was a co-owner to a catering company called Bowman's, who during the summers had a contract at this outdoor theater, to do all of the food. I must of "started" to work there when I was 5 or so. Well, all of us kids in our family, except for my youngest sister were able to work there for many years. I seriously feel so blessed to have had those experiences working at a young age, seeing first hand how hard work pays off. I still to this day have so much gratitude in my heart to have been able to had that in my life. It was fun to share about a half an hour, at the table tonight, telling the girls and the hubby, some of the memories I have of Meadow Brook summers. I made a visual aid with the rectangle plate of how Meadow Brook was set up. It was cute to see the girls so engaged in what I had to say. Little Amanda kept asking questions, i.e."So the nurses station was over there and you would go there and get band aids?" or "So was the popcorn machine as big as daddy's at work?" or "How many different flavors of ice cream were there?" I love how food can do this to me. I don't know if it is all that normal, but I am still grateful that it happens to me:-) So if any of you have had similar experiences with food, let me know! Happy eating/memories:-)