A Walk Down Memory Lane
July has always been a favorite month of mine. It’s warmer, days are longer, childhood friends could all play outside longer, rhubarb was growing and we could stop thinking of school for a while. We even got to go a few times, as family, to the only ice cream store for cones. Life was at its best.
When buying the ice cream, Dad would always ask, who wants what? We could only choose between vanilla and chocolate because that was all that was available. Dad would forget our orders and always came back with vanilla for all. Remember those ice cream treat-days? He always offered us an apology and we still remained happy with the treat. Then in rolled Howard Johnson who offered 57 ice cream varieties Dad was then faced with a new challenge. He would make his honest attempt at getting the order correct, but he would still err! I still remember those happy evenings together. Being together is what made our ice cream times so fun. Now, ice cream is my go-to food.
As the story goes, July was designated ice cream month by Ronald Reagan in the 1984. He even went so
far as to declare the third Sunday of the month as Ice Cream Day.
Can you remember childhood memories about ice cream you enjoyed? I would love to hear about your early memories of ice cream.
Celebrate and enjoy National Ice Cream Month!