The Great Grocery Adventure

Aaron
This actually happened. I have a fourteen year old boy in my house. He is a bottomless pit. (Albeit, a picky bottomless pit...) I feed him - honest! But, he tells me that he's ALWAYS hungry! A typical teenage boy problem.
The other day, I came home from grocery shopping. I pulled into the garage. I turned off the key and was startled by the passenger door opening. It was Aaron - my beloved teenage son. "Did you go grocery shopping?" He yelped. "I'm starving! We have no food!" Now, I go grocery shopping weekly...at least. Our kitchen cabinets were overflowing just days ago. What happened to all of that food? I know I didn't eat it! "I've got it covered, Aaron!" I proudly said. "Help me bring in the groceries."
We shlepped the bags in and set them on the counter.
I began to empty one bag. One bag.
I turned around to empty the rest, and my stomach sank.
Aaron was not to be found.
The bags were ripped to shreds.
Only meat bones and the remains of empty cardboard boxes were left.

The peanut butter jar was licked clean.

The cabinets were barren again...
Crickets chirped.
Creepy.
Honest. That's the way it happened.
Today I need to go grocery shopping again. And, it's scarier - I need to protect these groceries for the bake sale. Not only the groceries, but the finished product. Until Friday late afternoon.
Being a mom and a ministry leader is not for sissies. Not in this household, anyhow...
And, a word of warning to all you moms of toddler boys out there - Teenage boys are real. Beware. Everything you've heard about their appetites is true.