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I have to say, Ice cream never fails to be by my side when I need it the most. From heartbreaks, to accomplishments and overload of homework, Ice cream has always been there to comfort me. Something about the overload of sugar gives me an adrenaline rush, it brings me back to life and lifts my mood. There have been far too many times where icecream has been the only push to keep me going and for that, I owe it my life. 

Ice cream has been a reward for me my whole life. In elementary school, whenever it was a parent teacher conference and my parents were happy and satisfied with my grades, I would be treated with three scoops on Ben and Jerry’s cookie dough ice cream. I was never able to finish it but just looking at the worker scoop up three huge scoops onto my cup made my mouth water and I couldn’t wait to devour the ice cream. Whenever it was my birthday, I would always get an ice cream cake that day and I couldn’t wait to hide the left overs in my fridge so I could be able to eat it the next day for breakfast, an act my mother only allowed me once a year to do, which was on my birthday week. Whenever I was sad over something or just genuinely had a bad day, my mom would be so understanding and bring me ice cream to lift up my mood and make me feel better. To me, eating ice cream is more of a comfort to brighten up my best and worst days. 

I have always been on top of my classes in school and school has always been pretty easy for me. The first time I ever had difficulty was in the first semester of my freshman year in college. I was genuinely struggling with learning online and adapting to the changes that come with transitioning from high school to college. I was especially struggling in math. 

Every time I had to take a test for my pre-calculus class, I would study every single day prior to the test. What motivated me to continue doing this was that I always treated myself with some ice cream at the end of the day. I wasn’t the healthiest choice but it kept me going. Knowing that at night I was able to treat myself to a soft, creamy, cold vanilla ice cream made me want to keep studying. 

I could never understand those who say they don’t like ice cream. How could they not?! They say it’s too cold, but don’t realize  how much ice cream can warm up someone’s life. What is so amazing about ice cream is the fact that it is not seasonal, and comes in all different types of flavors.  It is never a bad day to have some ice cream. Ice cream may be a bit unhealthy and high in calories but the amount of happiness it brings makes it all worth it.