Cereal

As a child, I was a cereal aficionado. And really, who wasn’t at the tender age of 7? As children, we really had no creative liberty-our parents made our lunch, picked our clothes, told us what to do, and when to do it. Basically, we were living in Egypt circa early February 2011, but without the badass pyramids.

But cereal. That was something I could always choose. When my mom took me grocery shopping every two weeks (depending how good I was, I got to sit in the cart and play Gameboy) the only choice I had was what cereal I wanted to eat for the next two weeks.

Lucky Charms were a staple in my childhood. My go-to. You could always count on delicious sugar and marshmallows.

Cap’n Crunch was nice, and Fruit Loops were always a good option when I wanted to eat healthy.

But I remember the first time my mom bought Reese’s Puffs.

Reese’s? For breakfast?!?

“Not Reese’s candy. Reese’s Puff cereal!” my mom said.

She was old. And stupid. And out of touch. This was chocolate candy for breakfast. And she was going to let me have it. There was no way I was passing this opportunity up. Candy? For breakfast?!?

The first morning I had the opportunity to eat Reese’s Puffs, I was ecstatic. I could hardly sleep at night. When I awoke, I got a huge bowl, grabbed the milk, open that sucker up and poured.

And then, the realization.

Aside from the fact that it was a rip-off from Cocoa Puffs, my cereal looked like Kibbles N Bits.

Mom knew. And she won that battle. But the war continued…