Tuesday, August 18, 2009

I Scream, You Scream, Moms Scream

One of my favorite things as a kid was the ice cream truck…hearing the happy music off in the distance…listening as it got closer and closer….knowing it was coming to my street.

The anticipation was too much. Kids everywhere would stop what they were doing and come running from every direction. So many choices…What ice cream to choose? Colorful pictures of...popsicles, nutty buddys, push-ups...on the side of the truck. The Ice Cream Man would put smiles on kid’s faces and then head out for another neighborhood… the sign on the back: Watch that child!

Every now and again an ice cream truck comes to our neighborhood. Although ice cream is still my number one food group, I was just thinking about how much more I would appreciate a…What’s for dinner? truck…a sort of meals-on -wheels…one that came through our neighborhood every afternoon.

I’m loving this idea. I can picture it now. You'd hear the theme song to the Rachael Ray Show in the distance...listening as it got closer and closer. And then it would pull up…a truck filled with prepared meals that you could serve your family for dinner. Over-worked, stay-at-home Moms everywhere would drop what they were doing...put down their playing cards, mah jongg tiles, golf bags, and tennis racquets…..and run to the truck.

So many choices…What’s for diner tonight? Colorful pictures of pasta, chicken, beef…on the side of the truck. (Even gallons of milk…just in case you ran out.) The dinner truck would put smiles on Mom’s faces and then head out for another neighborhood…the sign on the back: Watch that Mom!

Families everywhere would be happy….and stressed-out Moms would have time to get back to what they were doing…. “Who’s got the Ace of Hearts??” “Anyone for another 9 holes?” “Hey…I got mah jongg!”

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