The lingering sweet scent of caramel🍮🍒✨ | Parenting | Essay | Happiness | Growth | Comparing 'Ishin Denshin' covers🎵

To my dear readers💌

Thank you as always for visiting😊

How are you doing?

It is... morning here.

It is quite cool, and
it is quiet, as if time has stopped.
(I can only hear the cicadas and birds)


Yesterday's events.

Inside the house,
a sweet scent drifted through the air.


Since I had guests over,
"I wonder what that is?"
I thought, but
I continued our conversation.


It was a scent like caramel,
gentle and somewhat nostalgic in its sweetness.


Suddenly,
"You aren't making milkshakes or something, are you?"
I wondered.


After the guests left,


the children appeared and
"We made pudding🍮"
they told me happily.


Oh, so that was it.


That sweet scent
was the pudding.


They bought pudding mix and milk,
and made it together, the two of them.☺️


While I didn't know.


When I went to the kitchen,
there were traces of mixing left in the bowl,
and a spoon was left in the sink.


The pudding in small containers
was cooling quietly in the refrigerator.


Seeing that sight,
"Oh, they can do things like this now,"
I felt happy.


At the same time,
I felt just a little bit lonely, too.


When the children were small,
we did everything together.


I would guide their hands, mix together,
and we would laugh, saying "We did it."


Before I knew it,
without me knowing,
they even went shopping,
and became able to make pudding together.
(There is a supermarket a 5-minute walk away)


The children are
gradually
growing up like this.


I am happy.

I am truly happy.

But,
I am a little bit lonely.


Those two feelings
were both there yesterday.


After dinner that day,
we all had the pudding.


When I put my spoon in,
it wobbled with a jiggle.


"It's delicious," we laughed together.


It was just that, but
somehow, I felt very happy.


Our usual dinner.


And the pudding after.🍮


These kinds of casual moments
might be the ones we remember later on.


"Thank you for the meal"🙏


The pudding is already in our stomachs.😋


However,
that sweet scent like caramel,
the children's voices saying "We made pudding,"
and the time we all spent eating together after dinner,
still remain in my heart.
When the children grow up,


"Remember when we made pudding together back then?"

...I wonder if a day will come when we talk about that.

When I imagine that,


I feel a gentle warmth.
Yesterday,


inside the homemade pudding,
once again.🍮
It was a night where I felt like I received


a gift of gentle time
called the children's growth.🎁
Are you having a day off today, dear reader?

For those who are working, please take a break,
and spend a pleasant time.



May your day today, dear reader,
also be filled with
little moments of happiness you'll want to remember later🍀



Thank you for reading today as well♡😊

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