Pickled Dreams

When you’re a kid, there are so many things that you imagine you will do and be and eat when you’re an adult, like bungee jumping and an astronaut and beef jerky. The reality is that as we grow, these things almost always end up not working out the way we expected.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be allowed to stay up all night. And the truth is that I do, way too late sometimes, but it’s not as fun as I’d imagined because I feel terrible the next day. So I’m really happy for this girl, who is one of the few who is actually living out her childhood dreams. She wanted to eat pickles all the time, and dadgummit, that’s exactly what she’s doing.