A “magically delicious” start to my mornings was essential during my childhood years.  Over time, I have gone through phases of what was my favorite cereal at the time, but the famous Lucky Charms cereal was certainly one of my go-tos throughout my elementary years.  Each morning before catching the school bus, I would relish in my daily pour of Lucky Charms.  

Lucky Charms, made with whole grain oats and 12 different vitamins and minerals, would kickstart my day.  Well, I suppose I wasn’t tied to the Lucky Charms for the allegedly healthy frosted oats, but rather, I eyed up the rainbow marshmallows each and every morning as they came rushing out of the box.  In my mind, these marshmallows were what truly got me fueled up for the day.

Navigating through the complex combination of oats and marshmallows taught me precision and perseverance.  The crunch and sweetness of the marshmallows deserved to be enjoyed in its purest form, not masked by the frosted oats.  However, the frosted oats were unavoidable; there had to be some mild healthy aspect for the most important meal of the day.   

In order to solve the problem of the obstruction to the marshmallows that the frosted oats caused, I would sit at my kitchen table and use my spoon to scoop out and eat all of the oats.  It required precision to spoon around the tempting marshmallows and sort out the oats. This task would get tricky when the oats would stick to the marshmallows, and on top of maintaining precision, I had to utilize perseverance to reach the goal of obtaining a bowl full of Lucky Charms marshmallows.  The marshmallows were so tempting that it would have been easy to eat them early, but the greater reward came when the oats were gone. 

In hindsight, this practice taught me that “good things come to those who wait.”  I could have quickly ate the bowl and consumed the marshmallows sooner, but with this approach, they would have been intermixed with frosted oats resulting in a less satisfying experience.  However, with patience, I was able to have a bowl full of marshmallows, certainly a good thing in my 7 year-old eyes.

To further validate the reasoning of separating this cereal into its two components, candy stores now sell bags of Lucky Charms marshmallows.  They are truly “magically delicious” in their purest form and were the biggest asset of my love for Lucky Charms as a child.