A family member's love can last a lifetime
By JOE KONZE JR | Mar. 25, 2014You can't turn back time. It's impossible. There is no technology, no magic potion, no genie popping out of a lamp to grant you one wish. There isn't a Monopoly-style 'do-over' or 'roll-again' like your parents might have given you when you landed on a space that ran you into bankruptcy. What you choose to do with the time you are given in your lifespan is something that I thought about as I sat on the couch in my grandma's apartment in Panama City, Fla., last week during Spring Break. The aroma of fresh garlic and ground beef filled the kitchen as she stirred the metal pot that was filled with her famous sauce. While this was going on, I contemplated how many times she had made sauce, how many family dinners she had made and how much love she had put into that sauce no matter how tired or how sick she was of making it. When I was younger, anytime I lost track of what day of the weekend it was, I would simply walk into the kitchen of my grandma's house and smell the aroma of famous sauce. Instantly, I knew it was Sunday, and we were all getting together as a family.
