The other day, as we were eating cheese steaks at Jersey Mike’s, my oldest son made an announcement.<\/p>\n
“Cheese steaks are my comfort food.”<\/p>\n
“Your what?” I asked.<\/p>\n
“You know,” he said. “My comfort food, what I want to eat to just forget everything and feel better.” He took a large bite of his mushroom cheese steak. “It’s really good.”<\/p>\n
My wife and I exchanged glances.<\/p>\n
“You’re twelve,” I said. “Where on earth did you hear about comfort food?”<\/p>\n
“WeightWatchers commercials.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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