Sugar Baby

When I started to introduce solid foods to Lenny’s diet, the sweetest thing he got was uncooked applesauce I made by straining apples through a China hat, no sugar added. He never got store bought food. Gramma decided to take him for a walk to get herself an ice cream cone. She was carrying him on one hip and holding the cone in her other hand. I watched her coming toward me. She was smiling and calling hello. In that moment Lenny grabbed her wrist and pulled the cone into his face. That was the end of his healthy diet.