Petunias
There’s an unopened sack of flour, and an unopened jar of active dry yeast. And there’s the dried hibiscus powder, the vanilla syrup, and another can of coconut milk. Used only once in an attempt to make a copycat Starbucks Pink Drink. But the copycat version was not as good as the real thing, try as we might. Copycat versions rarely are. Better to try and make something original. Sometimes when my eyes fall to that pantry, the mishmash of stuff waiting to be used, It takes my self-esteem down a few notches. “Why haven’t you gotten around to using that yet?” “What a waste of money,” my inner critic says. The evidence of my neglect, all staring me in the face. But the truth is, none of these ingredients have expired. They are not mad at me, or disappointed. They’re all just sitting patiently on the shelf, content to wait. They do not care that they are not immaculately organized, stacked neatly or labelled. Maybe it helps to personify t