Mom flashes before my eyes.

One of my student's mom has been very sick for the duration of the semester, stomach cancer. He was out last week, and popped up again today. He was in early, so I got him to work caramelizing onions for the knishes, and chatted while I set up the kitchen. After some chit chat about food, I asked him how his mom was doing, and he said that was why he wasn't here last week, that it's not going well. I spoke to him a little about how it was when my mom was with cancer, and that it's not easy for anyone, whether your 17 like him or in my mid 30s when it happened to me.

Alas, while the class was starting, his advisor came in and and whispered something to him, he went blank in a shocked-look kind of way, and was escorted out. I only know this kid by the 3-4 hours a week we've been spending together for the last few months, but in that moment the whole memory of finding out my mom died flashed before my eyes. Very hard to compartmentalize as I'm trying to do a concise 2-minute lecture on the human history of the dumpling.

AM SNACK: 7:45am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9:15am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Made a double batch to make little frozen pops for Edles. She has been going cah-razy for "purple ice cream" lately, so much so that she eats two in the morning then wants more at night, though we do not allow her sugary things in the eve. Make me happy, as it's not THAT sweet, and there is a fair amount of nutrition, fiber, water, vitamins and good stuff to go with that slight sugar dose she's getting.

LUNCH: noon, PB&J on sourdough, momma salad, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

SCHOOL SNACK: 6:30pm, beef empanadas, Jamaican festival dumplings, shrimp shumai, potato knishes, sprite, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Fun Dumpling class at school, food came out good, fun teaching knishes.

EVENING SNACK: 9pm, homemade cheesecake, leftover lomain, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5