Milk Man

Every day Jake has "chocky milk in a blue and red cup." I realize there is little nutritional value in it (I'm sure he's getting the nutrients he needs from the pancakes and syrup and ketchup he consumes at nearly every meal), but it's a comfort to him and since he's no longer taking it in a bottle, who am I to say no.

Yesterday while getting my lunch in our cafeteria I noticed a man, probably in his 40s, eating his lunch by himself. He was drinking a pint of chocolate milk. At first I thought it was funny. It seems like such a children's drink. But then, I have to admit, it made me a little sad because all I could picture was Jake as a 40-year-old man drinking a pint of chocolate milk while eating his lunch alone.