Cheese Pizza

Today I went to the mall to return some items and I was in the food court eating. I decided to get some Rocky Rococo Pizza, which if you don't have them, it's a fast food pizza place that sells square slices of deep dish pizza with delicious, but greasy bread sticks. Anyway I got sausage pizza and was enjoying my meal when I saw a mother and her 5 or 6 year old daughter at the table in front of me. She asked her daughter what she wanted to eat and she said cheese pizza. It made me think about when I was that age and I realized that I loved the simplicity of cheese pizza. It's bread, sauce, and cheese. I don't know why it tastes delicious, but it does.

I remember that I would eat sausage pizza when I was a kid. Never pepperoni. Don't ask me why, I just didn't like it. Now I do. I just remember getting so excited when I could convince my parents to buy me a tombstone extra cheese pizza. I did not like the three cheese kind, it had to be the extra cheese kind. I think it was special because the pizza was only for me. When you grow up with sisters, it's hard to have food that is only for you.

Sometimes I wish I could go back to the simplicity of cheese pizza. My world was so small then. All I cared about was trying to get my sisters to play with me, and reading and watching my favorite TV shows. I think we tend to get so wrapped up in the world and the politics of what is going on that we forget the little joys in life. I know that the world is at a very pinnacle point, but what if we all took a step back, had a slice of extra cheese pizza and just laughed and enjoyed our differences. Wouldn't it be great if the world's problems could be solved by a cheese pizza? It's like resolving a conflict when you are a kid. You stole my toy, so I got mad and took your best friend status away from you. The next day you come back with the toy and a cheese pizza and everything is solved. Your best friend status has been reinstated. I think we need to pay more attention to children and the impact that they make. They are a whole lot smarter and more intuitive than we give them credit for. So from me to you, enjoy a slice of cheese pizza!




The book this time is:
The Very Hungry Catepillar (Eric Carle)
It's a kids book about eating! How appropriate!