BlakeShepherd

                I was eight when it first started to happen.           My Mom was and is one of those people you see in health and natural food stores. Everything was organic in our house; everything was good for you. She railed against many types of foods, but her worst enemy was microwave popcorn and whatever they put in it.           I was at my friend's slumber party when I had the dreaded enemy for the first time, and it fascinated me. The way you could put that little rectangle in the microwave, press a few buttons, and it would somehow fill with popcorn