Memories and Food

    The semester is almost over and the finish line is in sight. Christmas break is ahead with a well deserved break from school as well as a excitement for the spring semester to come. As a senior, the emotions associated finally graduating are starting to kick in. One of the more present thoughts is about the friends that I have and whats going to happen when we all go our separate ways. An unfortunate consequence of leaving Wheaton no matter how happy you are to leave is that some of the friends you've made here you will never see again. A sad truth to change that has got me thinking of the past. Looking through the photos from years passed I noticed a great deal of images of our food excursions. Traveling to Mansfield crossing for birthdays or just to go out all together. One photo I found to be particularly resonating is a photo of our suite last year gathered around a Gebbie table eating a meal we all prepared. Last year our suite decided to do a number of events to make living in the suites more fun and to get in a good laugh. This event was one of my favorites. On a Sunday morning we all decided that we were all going to cook something for a brunch. Each member of the suite was tasked with cooking some sort of dish, combing all at the end for a feast. I can remember the hardest part being finding proper cooking ware in the Gebbie kitchen. We had to improvise with about every item. In the end we all completed our dishes prepared them on a table we placed in the middle of the common room and dug in. I recall us spending more time at that table then we did in preparation and cooking.  Laughs, old stories, and plans for our next event were ever present. A topic that has been widely discussed not just in this class but also several times in this blog, is the importance of food used as a tool to bring people together. Even when it is applied to the closest of friends, it is still an important tool. The memories I made I will never forget and subsequently the memories Ive made involving food will never be forgotten.

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