My mom has the weirdest fear. Most people laugh or just simply don't believe it, but it's true. Although a lover of tomatoes and spaghetti sauce, my mom is afraid of ketchup. I have never met anyone else that feels the same way as my mom. Most people seem to think that ketchup is a delicious topper for all sorts of things... burgers, hotdogs, fries, eggs, heck I've even heard of people eating it with bagels and pizza!
Oh and it's not just the taste that my mom despises, she can't even look at it without becoming nauseous. Usually my mom just asks the server to take it away from the table if it's sitting there. Sometimes she even constructs a make-shift barricade with other items on the table so that she doesn't have to look at it. Now if someone at the table is eating it that's an entirely different story. In that case, she makes faces like she just ate something sour and looks away.
This summer, my mom and I decided to take a break from shopping in the city and have lunch at the RL Grill. Now I usually never order cheeseburgers when I am out to eat, but the RL Grill has the most fabulous burgers that I have ever tasted. I choose to order the burger, and as soon as it comes I notice that there is no ketchup that came along with it. As I motion the server over to ask if he could please bring some, I notice that my mom has already strategically moved the small cup of ketchup that came with my burger to the complete opposite end of the table without me noticing. Now, seriously?
Some people grow out of their fears, but unfortunately I don't think that my mom will ever get over this one!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Adelaide
Addy was a present. I didn't find her under the tree on Christmas morning or running around with a bow on her head on my birthday. I was given Addy when I arrived home from the hospital during my sophomore year of high school.
My body had taken enough. I collapsed. Starving myself and working out excessively had finally gotten to me. Around the end of sixth grade (I know what you're thinking... SIXTH GRADE? Yes, sixth grade.), I decided that I wanted to be skinny. This decision came very close to ending my life. My friends would all comment on how I was so much taller than them, yet I wore the smallest size of clothing out of any of them. At school during lunch or out to eat on weekends, they'd always ask me, "Why aren't you eating?" Of course, I was just "never hungry" or had "just eaten." This vicious cycle finally came to an end when I crashed and admitted that I really needed help.
After being in the hospital for two weeks, I was allowed to go home, but under very strict conditions. I had to consume a certain number of calories per day at minimum and see my doctor once a week. Addy is a symbol of hope to me. The day I came home from the hospital, I weighed only a hundred pounds, and Addy only weighed three pounds. We were both weak together, and would gain strength together. Addy is always there for me and can brighten any day. We grew together and share something together. I don't know what I'd do without her in my life.
My body had taken enough. I collapsed. Starving myself and working out excessively had finally gotten to me. Around the end of sixth grade (I know what you're thinking... SIXTH GRADE? Yes, sixth grade.), I decided that I wanted to be skinny. This decision came very close to ending my life. My friends would all comment on how I was so much taller than them, yet I wore the smallest size of clothing out of any of them. At school during lunch or out to eat on weekends, they'd always ask me, "Why aren't you eating?" Of course, I was just "never hungry" or had "just eaten." This vicious cycle finally came to an end when I crashed and admitted that I really needed help.
After being in the hospital for two weeks, I was allowed to go home, but under very strict conditions. I had to consume a certain number of calories per day at minimum and see my doctor once a week. Addy is a symbol of hope to me. The day I came home from the hospital, I weighed only a hundred pounds, and Addy only weighed three pounds. We were both weak together, and would gain strength together. Addy is always there for me and can brighten any day. We grew together and share something together. I don't know what I'd do without her in my life.
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