I find it crazy how something as simple as mint chocolate chip ice cream and spark so many emotions. When I was sick a few weeks ago I asked my husband to get some. However once he got it I instantly did not want it anymore.
When I was growing up my dad always made sure we had some in the freezer. He knew it was my favorite and especially in the summer I could eat it every day. It was my favorite food of all time. After he passed away he even delegated the task of providing me with mint chocolate chip ice cream to my uncle. He would buy it for me all the time and at times he even went overboard and I would have 3 containers at a time! It gave me comfort and for the longest time it still was my favorite food.
However as the years went by, all I could think about when I saw the lovely dessert was how he wasn’t there anymore. He would never be taking care of me anymore. He would never be able to get my kids ice cream and they would never even get to meet him. He would never get to cheer on Aaron’s soccer games, help Lauren with her advanced science projects that he was so good at, or get one of Dylan’s one of a kind hugs.
It is now a love hate relationship I have with that darn ice cream. Tonight as I have been missing him so much it was a comfort. I scooped up a big bowl and enjoyed every bite and thought about how lucky I was that he was my dad. It certainly never gets easier to not see him, but I have to take comfort in the fact that I have those memories of a dad that loved and cared about me.
