Cookies for breakfast

I have been out of commission for a while. With lupus, a battle I face is extreme fatigue. To better explain what I mean exactly... I was without 2 to 3 of my regular spoons a day.... aka NO ENERGY. All my energy was spent on getting up, going to work (which has been EXTREMELY complicated crazy chaos), and being mom... I was not sure what caused this last bout. I had no other symptoms. I'm sure sister J is investigating the whys of the unknown as we speak (I'm so lucky I have her!!!!)

So back to the title of this post....

One of my favorite times of the year is Girl Scout Cookie Season. I LOVE the cookies and it takes me down memory lane of my years as a girl scout with my BFF, my mom, all the things I learned how to do, all the camp outs and ins, etc... BUT....I have a secret! Now to put that secret out in the open for all to read.... My secret is that I love taking the shortbread Girl Scout cookies and putting them into the freezer. Then having them for breakfast... because I dip them into my coffee for three seconds, in which I gently glide them into my mouth where they melt like chocolate in an oven...Ahhh...so delicious!!!! When I was married, the ex caught me sometimes...and he would make remarks like "if you eat Girl Scout cookies, you'll get fat." So I hid this from him...and only taking no more than 4 cookies at a time and making sure I got up before anyone else so no one would see my secret pleasure....

So this morning, I was so excited when I broke open my first shortbreads of the Girl Scout cookie season...and decided to share my secret with my daughter (no coffee for her...I made her tea...duh...) She looked at me, eyes wide and mouth gaped....then said "Cookies for breakfast....you're crazy mom!" Then she began to giggle... I replied with "yes I am...and proud of it!"

A smile spread across my face as I realize that another part of who I was and who I want to be just snuck back into my life :)