How is it that you only remember the beginning and the end? It was the middle that gave us so much trouble and divided us.
The middle gave us ground to sort through and listen, but we held on so tightly to our way, neither giving not even an inch.
I'm trying to learn from the middle now and I hope you are, too. Maybe there will be a revelation, a truth, and some forgiveness.
The middle gives us both a gift, you know. The capacity to be better, you and me. Maybe there will never be an us, and it's okay.
It will be okay if we accept the gift from the middle. I hope it makes life sweeter for you and for me, too. We can move on easier then.
Life isn't exactly like an Oreo, though...or is it? Can we gobble up the middle and still have no regret for having left just the outsides?
The middle is also the sweetest part. The outsides are a bit bitter left for last. Maybe the lesson is to eat the whole cookie together for a perfect bite.
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Shirley Belk
Mother, Nana, Sister, Cousin, & Aunt who recently retired. RN (Nursing Instructor) who loves to write stories to heal herself and reflect on all the silver linings she has been blessed with :)
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Comments (8)
Let us eat the middle of the oreo. 😁
What a wonderful extension from the simplicity of an Oreo! Well done, Shirley!
A very deep meaning what I have learned that is "life has both tastes, bitter and sweet as well, for living a happy, healthy life we need to taste both" isn't it?
I just know that there's a deeper meaning to this but I'm too dumb to get it so I'll just talk about Oreo. I like having it with milk. I don't twist, lick and dunk. I just dunk it and put thw whole thing in my mouth hehehehe
Oh what a glory it is! Fantastic work through Oreos! I'll try to think one of them next time when I eat!!!
The bakery I worked in bought Hydrox cookie outsides sans the creamy filling and ground them into crumbs to make crusts for their chocolate pudding pies. I always preferred Hydrox to Oreos, personally. Loved your use of metaphor in the story. Eating the whole Oreo is a compromise since what we really want is a tub of that creamy filling.
S ~ Anybody 'Accept' your Cookies to read on with this? How Sweet it is....! J
Such a creative symbolic idea! Loved it Shirley!