Bread and water

• I remember the nursery rhyme about Mother Hubbard
• sending her kids to bed with bread and water.
• now I think it would be great if we could just
• kids to drink water and even eat a slice of bread
• with out a lot of toppings.
• my house is a pop free zone now
• and sometimes I hear complaints
• from the grand kids but Meme rules...
• and they are discovering water.
• When I was a kid I had bread and water
• before going to bed and
• it was a normal part of my life.
• Mama made her bread and we had home made
• butter too . (It was a good thing-)
• and our water came from the well,
• fresh pumped into our drinking water pail,
• we always drank milk with our dinner and supper
• and having a cup of water at bedtime was just normal
• Mama's bread loaf was always bigger , heavier and tastier
• and healthier-------
• than the store bought sliced bread.
• her slice of bread was a good snack and
• She sliced the loaf neatly at the time
• we used the bread.
• No presliced bread for us.
• and with the butter
• that was all we needed.
• She did not believe in sweets before bed
• so jam and honey and syrup was off limits.
• Our bread and water was never considered a punishment;
• or poor mama would have spent a lot of time in jail.
• I bake bread now and then
• and there is something about the smell
• that takes me back home again and
• sitting with brother eating our bread
• and drinking our water.
• We could drag out the time and eat
• at the same time listening to the radio-
• I think we need to go back to
• home made bread and water-
• It spells comfort.