Every Story Matters

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This old gal...

Loves olives...is obsessed with olives...eats olives almost every day...loves them on salads, pizzas, straight from the jar as a snack...

Can even wear the color...that green olive color...the House of Colour saying, 'Wear anything olivaceous, Old Gal. It'll make those hazel eyes pop!'—and it does...

Because olives are special...grew up with them...a dish of them on every holiday table...nibble on them while the big meal cooks...eat them as a side along with strawberry jello and oyster stuffing...

Was watching that Tom and Jerry Thanksgiving cartoon, amused at seeing the jello on the holiday table when what to my wondering eyes do I see, on the table, right next to the jello?...

Olives...a bowl of olives...and the mind of olive-loving-me went awww...

With the realization that, at one time, olives must have been a thing...a trendy food kind of thing...not just a random Bohemie family thing but a thing that was such a thing that it shows up on a popular cartoon...

And it makes an old gal ponder. Ponder the story of Mr. Olive—his story in the world of food...his popularity...his fall from grace...his inevitable fate...

Because in life...everything has a story...an ups-and-downs kind of story...a highs-and-lows kind of story...a happy-sad kind of story...

And rich or poor, young or old, black or green...that story matters...

And that husband of mine...agrees...

**While we're talking about jello and olives, a friend of mine shared that her family used to make green jello with green olives in it. This is a food marriage olive-loving-me has never seen or eaten. So let's take a poll...
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Have you ever seen or eaten green jello with olives in it?