Swallow Your Grapes

My daughter came home from school on Monday to tell us the following story:

Bee:
“Mrs. Beatle asked us what are Thanksgiving foods that we eat and Abby D said that she ate grapes for Thanksgiving and Mrs. Beatle said no to Abby, that you don’t eat grapes for Thanksgiving and so I raised my hand and said that I eat grapes.” 

Bee was very passionate as she told her story.

Bee Continued:
“Mrs. Beatle then said Beatrice you do not eat grapes for Thanksgiving and so I said Yes, I do, I do eat grapes.  But Mrs. Beatle didn’t believe me and I kept telling her yes and she said ‘Beatrice, you get your parents to write me a note stating that you eat grapes for Thanksgiving’ and she said it real mean to me.” 

Apparently, there was some back and forth debate going on between Bee and her teacher before the teacher gave in to the note solution.  I remember exhausting my own father, please let me spend the night, I know there is a blizzard outside but if I leave now I can get there before everything freezes and just think how much fun I will have. I was relentless with every topic.  My dad tells me that I would debate him for hours and then, he would think he had won and I would walk away and turn back asking well, what if you did it this way and I would draw up financial plans or pictures.  My dad says he let me do so many things out of pure exhaustion.  He felt nothing but relief when I left at age 18. 

I now know that pay back is here, my debating did not start until my later ages.  Bee is six.  However, we do eat grapes for Thanksgiving.  It is a part of our traditional pre-meal items along with the nuts, olives, celery and peanut butter and pickles and pickled cauliflower and peppers. 

See, I was a vegetarian for 13 years and my older two were and are exposed to a heavy vegetarian diet and this includes Thanksgiving.  So, for many pre-turkey years, Bee did view grapes as a major part of our feast.

My husband wrote the note.  He simply explained the above and that yes, Beatrice does eat grapes for Thanksgiving.  He packed it in her backpack to take to Mrs. Beatle. 

I asked Bee if Mrs. Beatle mentioned the grapes incident.  She said, “Mrs. Beatle said I made a mistake, Beatrice and I am sorry.”

I guess Mrs. Beatle had to swallow her own grapes.

I hope you didn’t have too eat too many grapes this Thanksgiving. 

E

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