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Sweet!

A little sweet in the mouth goes a long way. Watch babies eat ice cream for the very first time. Their expression is sublime;  and get addicted immediately: mouths open, hands outstretched, and if they are refused this marvelous, new gustatory sensation you’d be hearing sirens for a long time.

Sugar, nectar, honey—their sweetness reminds us of  love and as we taste love we are reassured that we are loved.

It had been a long day. I could barely keep my eyes open for my piano student, and told her so. “Would you like a candy?” She asked. “Yes,” I perked up. She handed it to me, a piece of chocolate that I had given her a couple of weeks before.

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The Healing Sugar

Popping the last chocolate in my mouth, I’m done eating sweets until, until…  The temptation has been non-stop in the winter months.  Sweets can take away depression and wonderful when consumed in the dark (and alone).  I remember being inconsolable at a friend’s funeral.  As we walked out of the church the ushers handed everyone a candy.  I stopped crying right then and there.

And of course Valentine’s Day is loaded with sugar.  It may be the sweetest day of the year.  Just thinking of it makes my teeth ache.  But perhaps it is because of all the sugar I’ve been having.  My dentist will smile when he sees me.  I’m sure of it.

Photo from sodahead.com.

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