This post is for January 5th, 2011
MEMORY -
One of Peter's favorite things to eat were his desserts. Pete LOVED to dunk his baked goods into coffee and milk. When I say dunk ..... I mean dunk!!! Slam dunk!!! He must have been told by someone down the road that it was bad manners to dunk your food in your drinks ..... so over the years, Peter created a way to dunk that wasn't so obvious, but obviously hilarious !!!!!
He would sit in deep conversation eating his sweets (usually almond biscotti). The deeper the conversation the funny the whole thing seemed. He would "accidentally" loose balance of his biscotti upon his fork, and drop it into his drink. Coffee would splatter everywhere while acting over dramatic about the loss, letting out an "oops" as if it were truly an accident. He would then go fishing for it with his fork, pick it up, toss it in his mouth and sit there with the biggest smile on his face. It was a common "accident" during dessert time in the DeLuca home.
APPLICATION -
Erik was given a box of biscotti's for Christmas. He tore open the box and began to indulge. I had just made a cup of coffee ( a drink that I love, Erik doesn't). He told me to bring it over to him so he could do some dunking. I was surprised since he doesn't like coffee, but maybe just a dip was all he could handle. We sat there remembering Pete and his "accidental" slam dunks. We laughed together, never to forget the sweet moments Uncle Pete created at our dinner table.
REFLECTION -
Life is short ..... there is always room for a few bad manners, especially dunking!
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