Don’t Forget The Chicken

Between 11 and 14 years old I always got the same repetitive texts from my mom almost every night “Can you please take the chicken out of the freezer and dethaw it please” in the green little space bubble on my text messages. Did I do that? Not at all. I look at the text but most of the time I forget to answer. I am preoccupied with other things. If I did forget and my mom came home to chicken still frozen, that wasn’t a good sight for me considering my mom would be quite angry at me. I would have to make my own dinner because there would not be chicken for my mom to make. My mom would often say something like “looks like your own kid”. She would always say those words in a petty tone to make sure I realized that I did it to myself. That means I would have to fend for myself. I don’t love making my own dinner because I can’t cook. There are many other things I could be doing rather than making my own dinner, sleeping, hanging out with my friends, and lastly watching TikTok on my phone.

One of my favorite meals my mom makes is Swiss chicken and it just so happens to have chicken in it and half of the time I’m the one who takes out the chicken for the dinner, and that just makes me feel accomplished and feel like I have helped out with dinner in a small way. Being an adult is hard because having to come home from work and cook dinner for the whole family is definitely something I wouldn’t love to do after a hard day at work.

Helping out your parents with dinner after they have had a long day of work is always a good idea, whether it’s taking out the meat from the freezer, helping make some part of the meal or just setting the table is always helpful and parents really appreciate the help even if it’s not a lot. My parents are very appreciative when I help out with dinner, they always say “it takes some weight off our shoulders”. When my mom tells me she is making Swiss chicken and needs me to take out the chicken from the freezer I do not forget anymore because it’s important to me and her to have a good home-cooked meal after both of us have had long days even though our days may look different it still helps her out.

A small mistake like forgetting to take the meat out can ruin the whole dinner plan because meat doesn’t dethaw quickly it takes quite a while and when your parents come home from work they don’t want to take so long and wait as long to have dinner, this shows how just one mistake can take a toll on more than just you; yourself as someone who made the mistake it also affects other people and can change the way someone’s day is going.

“I’m happy you remembered to take the chicken out, so I could get started on dinner”. Your mom will be grateful and impressed if you remember and it’s important for her to come home and have things prepped. When you take responsibility for a mistake you made, it makes you know of the mistake you made and what you can do next time to improve. Nothing is better than a home-cooked meal with your family and talking about your days while enjoying the meal that your mom or dad cooked for you with the help of you of course, by taking out the chicken you get the whole process ready.

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