When I was a kid, I loved to watch the Saturday Morning Cartoons.  Oh my word.

First and foremost, we were off school.  Sure, we had to do a load of chores on Saturday… but there were NO nuns at our house.  And that was a good thing… I don’t care if I did have to scrub toilets.

Anyway… back to the Toons.  It was all about the atmosphere.  Another thing that was great…. above and beyond the NO NUN Policy at our house… .. was breakfast.  No fried eggs, fried bologna, and toast on Saturday Morning.  This was Pancake Day… or Waffle Day… or French Toast Day.  And I would ALWAYS be psyched.  Six days of perfectly wonderful breakfasts… with the chicken eggs.  But on Saturday… there was SUGAR.

I think the Waffles were my favorite.  Loaded with butter and powdered sugar.  Yowza… sugar ’em up and put ’em to work.  Mom and Dad were pretty smart.

ANYWAY…. back to the TOONS.  I had my favorites, that is for sure.   But the Woody Woodpecker Show was way down on my list.  That little dude annoyed the heck out of me… all the way from the theme song… to his annoying little laugh.

Which brings me to this.  It is funny how we can change.  Oh sure… sometimes we stay very much the same.  But there are other times in life when we have the capability to transform.  And we do.

Now while this may seem inconsequential… I used to loathe woodpeckers… because of this dang cartoon.  BUT… it wasn’t until I got to KNOW a REAL woodpecker…. that I really gained a complete appreciation for them.  I love a good woodpecker now.

And so it goes with life.  We may THINK we know something or someone.  And we may not like it.  But once we give it a chance… if we get past the cover of that book… we have the capacity to change.   We may end up actually liking the very thing we once did not.

Like a triple woodpecker visit… in one day.  Now THAT is a woodpecker song.