A mother was preparing breakfast for her two-year-old daughter. She asked the toddler, “What would you like for breakfast a bagel or a bowl of cereal?”
The little girl answered, “Chocolate.”
“No,” her mother replied, “You can’t have chocolate for breakfast. Do you want a bagel or cereal?”
Again the little girl said, “Chocolate.”
Slightly exasperated, the mother said, “No, honey. You can’t have my chocolate until after lunch. Now what do you want . . .a bagel or cereal?”
The little girl said with a grin, “Lunch!” (as told by Don Colbert, What Would Jesus Eat? [2002], 145).
Cravings. We all get them. Whether they are the need for ice cream at midnight, or hot wings during the big game, or some Sunday evening yearning for a mystery casserole your grandmother cooked up when you were eigh…