Today's post is in conjunction with the Blog-A-Licious Blog Tour: a fantastic blog hop that brings together bloggers of all genres, backgrounds, and locations. Check out the post before mine in today's hop - SCATTERED MUSINGS - and the one right after - LIFE THROUGH LUCYLASTICA'S LENSE - as well as all of the other thoughtful bloggers on TODAY'S TOUR. Happy Treasure Hunting!
The treasure we call family isn’t all that different from pirate booty, if you think about it; we’ve got mostly priceless, sparkling gems, but there are also a few pieces of precious silver tarnished almost beyond recognition, and a handful of fake coins thrown in the mix as well. But pirate treasure can be boxed up and stored, hoarded and preserved for eternity. Family’s a bit more like Nestle Treasures; not meant to be buried and hidden, but shared and enjoyed.
Yup, if Mr. Nestle and Forrest Gump had a baby, the youngster would surely say, “Family’s like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’ve really got in there.”
Like chocolates, some of your relatives are most certainly delightful inside and out; others may look plain, but conceal delicious surprises; others still may be beautiful to look at, but so hard on the inside that you could crack a tooth on them. (Note: you can avoid such painful snacking situations by poking the bottoms of chocolate candy to investigate before diving in, but family members don’t seem to take that quite as quietly as food products do.)
Sadly, also like Nestle Treasures (a product line the company divested in 2008), people don’t last forever, and so the only way to realize the true value of your loved ones is to treasure them every day. So go give some kisses (sloppy, Hershey’s or both!) to someone you love right now. :)
Debbie here from Blog Hop 6 "Treasures In Your Life Tour" I love your treasures and agree family is one of the best treasures one can have. I thought that you Mr. Nestle and Forrest Gump statement was awesome :)
ReplyDeleteI have my post up come stop by you are mentioned :)
http://www.scatteredmusings.net/2011/07/blog-a-licious-blog-tour-6-treasures-in-your-life/
Shelley, your treasure post cracked me up. I bet Hershey would love to hire you as a writer! I'm #12 in the blog tour, and I also listed my family as one of my treasures.
ReplyDeleteYou make me think a little differently about my family now :-)) Nice blog. Your treasure is the greatest of all treasures! I blogged about my dreams of being a writer-filmmaker, but I think the only treasure anyone can ever have is having a family. :-))
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Shelley I love the chocolates-families comparison! True, I don't like the orange creams but that doesn't mean I throw the whole box of chocolates out. Great post!
ReplyDeleteNestle should give you the job for product promotion, you will do justice to it. Nice comparison....and funny too.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy this blog-a-licious tour with some awesome writers like you.
Great to hear the music - how nice is that!
ReplyDeleteThis is really sweet (pun intended). Great metaphor = family is like a box of chocolates :)
ReplyDeleteLove the analogy...it reminds me of the old Monty Python sketch about a box of chocolates with a 'frog surprise' as a selection. The surprise? It had a real frog in it!
ReplyDeleteEnjoying this tour no end.
Grace x
Thank all y'all :) so much for hopping by to read about my treasures. It was great *meeting* all of you and discovering your terrific blogs!
ReplyDeleteHey Shelley - guess who? I love your rendition of tying together food and family as pirate treasure! Food and pirates...two of my favs in the fun of life. Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week! ~Janet~
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