Feeding Sons

                 When they were little, I worried if they were getting enough of the “right” food, and milk, and vitamins.  How can PBJ and fish sticks be adequate for healthy, growing boys?
                 

                 Today, they are men at my table. They eat plenty, probably making up for the years of PBJ and fish sticks. Announcing requests – “Can we have chili one night, and chicken casserole, and meat loaf?”  “Can we have BBQ and catfish?” I know their favorites and had planned accordingly.

                 I also watch them interact: as men, as brothers.
                 How they seem to admire each other, how they collaborate and communicate. They are 8 years apart in age, but they relate in a closer way.
                  Feeding sons is an important task, one a mother takes seriously. 
                  Feed them well, but always, with more than food.