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"I got confused here for a minute. Why do my shorts feel tight all of a sudden? Why is my belly protruding, as if I were one of those women who have babies at 62? At the beginning of the summer, I was sylph\u2013 like. A veritable Tinkerbell, flying through tiny flowers with my smallness. Suddenly, I&amp;#039;m Pooh. I began to review what I&amp;#039;d been eating. And therein the problem lies! I&amp;#039;ve been eating for two. Every time, every party, every holiday, every lunch, brunch or dinner, I&amp;#039;ve spotted Mom&amp;#039;s favorite foods and took one for her. I ate it along with the one I took for me. Oh! Cinnamon rolls! Mom loved them, I will say as I take one for me and one for Mom. Oh! Coconut cake! Mom loved it! I must have a piece and toast her. Then I clink both coconut cake plates together. To you! I say, then proceed to stuff both pieces down. I can&amp;#039;t forget the Fourth of July doughnuts. Or the Eggs Benedict. Or the bacon. Mom loved it this way, crispy, crispy, crispy! The once-a\u2013season peach ice cream from United Dairy Farmers. Rubino&amp;#039;s Pizza. I think I&amp;#039;ve come to the root of all eating and will find another way to celebrate her. (Or maybe it was just the beer.) D.G. Fulford is the author of Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom, written with her mother Phyllis Greene. She is also the co-founder of TheRememberingSite.org. You can find her at DGFulford.com. Photo credit: Marcia Smilack \u00EF\u00BB\u00BF "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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