Love this essay. Our family puts sauce on our pasta but I respect and actually enjoy the gravy vs sauce banter. I stood by my mother's side 40 years ago watching her make the pasta sauce I loved so I could enjoy not only the food but also the wonderful memories of family dinners for the rest of my life. Every meal I have with sauce I make brings back memories of mom and dad who both passed many years ago but undoubtedly remain the force that holds me and my siblings together. My wife enjoys the sauce too so we have it quite often. It truly is the memories of everyday meals with mom and dad and my siblings and the large gatherings with grandma and grandpa, aunts, uncles and cousins, as you described, where the bonds were created many decades ago that remain to this day. Anyway, thanks for the essay -- it made my day.
Love this essay. Our family puts sauce on our pasta but I respect and actually enjoy the gravy vs sauce banter. I stood by my mother's side 40 years ago watching her make the pasta sauce I loved so I could enjoy not only the food but also the wonderful memories of family dinners for the rest of my life. Every meal I have with sauce I make brings back memories of mom and dad who both passed many years ago but undoubtedly remain the force that holds me and my siblings together. My wife enjoys the sauce too so we have it quite often. It truly is the memories of everyday meals with mom and dad and my siblings and the large gatherings with grandma and grandpa, aunts, uncles and cousins, as you described, where the bonds were created many decades ago that remain to this day. Anyway, thanks for the essay -- it made my day.
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