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| The peel of a whole apple, sitting on my cutting board as I prepared Apple Crisp tonight. |
Every girl loves that scene in the movie "Sleepless in Seattle," when Tom Hank's character describes his wife to their son, Jonah.
"I'm starting to forget her," the boy says.
"She could peel an apple in one long, curly strip," the father reminds him. "The whole apple."
The departed woman in the movie is painted in such a fond, gentle and loving light. She is remembered in the way many of us should hope to be remembered — kind, wise and strong. And just like the youthful character played by Meg Ryan, every woman wants to be like her. Every woman wants to peel an apple the same way.
I could never peel an apple in one long, curly strip. The peel would always drop off after the first turn, leaving me with a cutting board full of apple bits.
