Mandarin Oranges. mm-mm good. I walked into superstore yesterday to buy a phone, and to my delight there were boxes of Mandarin Oranges piled right before you hit the tiles. First off, you have no idea what a mandarin orange can do to me. The smell- it brings back memories of childhood, good times and warm fuzzy feelings. The taste- reminds me that their is goodness on earth. It reminds me of cold weather ad snow, Christmas trees and family. The memory that always comes to mind when I first open my first orange of the year is when my family ( Dad, Mom, Josh, Katie and myself) were hunting for a christmas tree, that one on the highway..the man who had santa there and serves you watered down hot chocolate. Well, we had a box of mandarin oranges in our old purple minivan, which my parents had bought a bunch of junk food for our anual tree party we have every year. My mom let me sneak a orange while we waited for my dad to pay for the tree. So that is the lasting memory that I have had for years that sticks with me. A memory that happened before the world broke me. Before it made me bitter and angry and empty. I just peeled a slightly green mandarin orange and the smell brought me back to last year when I felt so alone and empty. Sometimes when you're hurting so much you can't feel or see things. Christmas was non-existent last year ( which by the way is my favorite time of year) So these little cheap bundles of delight got me thinking of Christmas, this year. How wonderful it will be, and how blessed I am right now. This year will be like the rest, before the world got to me. It will be one of pure delight. Warm feelings, and family. Isn't it amazing what a God given, natural fruit can do for your day?
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