Bowie has been a joy to watch his relationship with food grow over time. The first foods he started asking for is salt and pepper “spicy” chips, chicky or meat, chocolate and ice cream. He first asserted himself one day by opening the freezer and exclaiming “there you are, ice cream!” He reached in, grabbed himself a silver bowl and spoon, sat down at the table and dug in.
He’s in a fruit phase where he asks for a bowl overflowing with raspberries, strawberries or grapes. He delights in ripping off the tops of the strawberries slowly, or putting raspberries on each finger. He’s been watching YouTube videos of the fruit farm to table process. He enjoys sharing his beautiful fruits with everyone in the family.
My favorite abundance story is his desire for an overflowing bowl of “three by three milk chocolate!”. He gets out a silver bowl, then grabs a couple chocolate bars and brings them to me to open. He unwraps the whole bar and carefully breaks it into rows. He asks for more until he his bowl is completely full. He then begins to enjoy his favorite candy. Over time he has eaten less of it, happy to tuck the bowl away into the drawer for next time. He eats it over a span of days with the help of the rest of us. Sometimes he fills his bowl without eating a bite, he just likes the process. Once I asked Bo how his chocolate tasted, and he said “chocolate one thousand points!”. Our abundance child.
