What is a ‘roni’ anyways?? If I was asking Bobby Brown back in the 90’s I’m pretty sure he would say “she’s a sweet ol’ girl, about the sweetest little girl in the whole wide world” But this is not about Bobby Brown’s tenderoni but rather Rice-a-Roni the San Francisco treat!
What I found was that rice-a-roni which was introduced back in 1958 had an original recipe of dry chicken soup mix with rice and macaroni…hence “roni.” Mystery solved! However, today the macaroni has been replaced with vermicelli pasta and apparently Rice-a-vermicelli did not flow as good. Who knew? <Insert shrugged shoulders>
Now I am sure you are asking yourself what does broken hearts and rice-a-roni have in common?? Well nothing really but lots of carbs always helps a broken heart feel better. Am I right?? As some of us get older (not me of course but I have heard) our hearts seem to get more bruised and creates a protective barrier and in my head I picture a red glossy shell almost like a hard candy shell (Yum). This is a natural instinctive protective way our hearts protect us from a potential sting of loss, rejection or just expectations we had about a person/situation.
Well I am here to tell you or rather spell out for you broken hearts are AWESOME although we don’t always feel that way as we are picking up the jigsaw pieces of my heart. It has taken me a long time to understand that you can’t break something if you never pick it up. I have had my heart broken many times from first loves (yes there were many) to divorce to saying goodbye to friendships that have run their course or even when my expectations did not live up. There have been easy heartbreaks that didn’t seem to faze me but what I realized is that I didn’t really love. Now don’t get me wrong I don’t enjoy having my heart broken but it does remind me that I am still alive and EVEN have the ability to be vulnerable and open. I have consciously taken on being more courageous and open to a broken heart rather than trying to protect a closed heart. This path also requires me to be more open and communicate what I am feeling and what I am feeling right now is…. Hungry…. What I would love is some Rice-a Roni….. please excuse me…
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