Pumpkin Pie

Do you ever wonder how words came to be?

OR, do you ever wonder how certain foods got put together? Marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate, for example? Who thought that up?

Lets look at "Pumpkin Pie". Obviously called such because we are referring to a pie made out of pumpkin.

But Pumpkin in itself is an odd word, no? Where did that come from? (It comes, by the way, from the Greek word for large melon, "pepon" which the English evolved into "pepion" and later, by the colonists, "pumpkin". Nothing particularly magical there, right?)

And who ever thought of turning that big orange "melon" into a pie? Hmmm??? Again, i am sure we could look at a rational view of that, too...colonists cut off the top of the pumpkins, filled the inside with milk and spices and honey, and baked them in the ashes of the fire. This was the early version of our Pumpkin Pie. Again, not particularly cosmic.

This is what makes the world, and its people, so incredible...simple, logical steps...I believe.. all evolved to this point for one very simple reason...the word Pumpkin Pie.

So why is "Pumpkin Pie," those words, put together, so important? So special?

Well, have you ever heard a little kid say "Pumpkin Pie?" There is nothing cuter in the world then a little kid saying "Pumpkin Pie." It just is adorable. No ifs, ands, or buts. You should have heard Amy yesterday talking about pumpkin pie. It was like a roll of giggles in my tummy everytime those words bounced off of her lips.

Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie.

The words evolved so that kids could say them in their little kid way.

Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie.

Right now, I can't imagine a more magical sound.