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NFAC: 'Moths to Flame'
"....This month's Nibblefest theme,
'The Elements', was quite different than usual. Being as that there
are four classical elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air), we were allowed
to enter a total of four pieces rather than the usual limit of three,
provided that each pertained to a separate element. This is my entry
for 'Fire'.
When
contemplating 'Fire', it
brought to mind my own children. When my kids were small, they were
absolutely fascinated with fire. Camp fires, cookouts, the gas stove,
birthday candles -- ALL of it attracted my children, as I used to say,
'like moths to flame'. And they could never seem to resist
'experimenting'. For years I would be given nice scented candles as
gifts, but never felt comfortable burning them around the house because I
knew in short order my kids would show up....to huff and puff upon the
flame, to poke their little fingers into the melted wax, or tilt the
candle to make the wax run or the flame flicker. It was enough to drive
me bananas! I was just afraid they might hurt themselves. Happily
nowadays they are WELL over that particular stage in life, but I will
never forget those long years of my own two little "moths"....."
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