It Made It-100 Years Old

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you-one century old, and one of my family favorites  when  I, was growing up, happy birthday dear Oreo, happy birthday to you. Yes, that great American friend and companion to millions of Americans through the years turned 100 years old. In this day and age too many traditions and products are nothing more than memories. It is comforting to know that some traditions and products can stand the sands of time.

I used to love to grab, sneak if you prefer, a handful of them, pour a glass of milk, and dash to my upstairs bedroom on Cedar Street. Years later, I still liked to grab a handful out of the cookie jar at my folk's home, and dunk them in a glass of cold milk. My dad was an Oreo lover, too, and the old family cookie jar was always full of them, right up to the day he passed at 95 years old. Well, the Oreo outlived Dad, but every time that I see them in the store, I smile and say " hi, Dad".

It is the simple things that bring families together.