A 7-year old boy with a VERY long memory

In November of last year (2020), I attempted to make sushi for my 7-year old son, Gabriel. For some weird reason, sushi is one of his favorite foods, so I wanted to do something special for him.

I bought some salmon, seaweed, soy sauce, that green stuff that’s super bitter, even a bamboo mat to roll it up in.

My son loves his father dearly, and he put on a brave front in the moment; I actually got a video of him eating it, and you can see the anguish in his face as he forces it down quite unhappily.

He did not mince words after the botched attempt at making sushi. “Your sushi is terrible!” or words to that effect, was his sentiment.

I’ve been known to be rather direct in my own communication, so I’m not complaining.

It’s just that this particular topic came up in a FaceTime call with my son just yesterday.

“You didn’t even smoke the salmon,” he complained. “It was just awful.”

Hey, I’m no sous chef; I’m not in the running for Itamae of the Year. I don’t mind when my efforts fall flat.

But to bring up such a sensitive topic 8 months after the fact?

Gotta teach the boy to live in the present. Why hold on to things from the past, as though there is anything to hold on to?

Of course I’m laughing as I type this; as was my son when we reminisced about my sushi experiment last fall.

But there’s a lot of truth to that. A failure or a success in the past, is just that. It’s in the past. Maybe there’s some notoriety to be gained because of something that happened months, years, or decades ago.

But there’s really nothing to hold on to.

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