MOM TRIES TO MAKE A MEATLOAF THAT LOOKS LIKE HER SON
You are what you eat, they say. Melissa Suriano of Michigan seemed to take the phrase to a whole new level after she surprised her son recently with a dinner that was extremely personal.
Suriano presented her 17-year-old son, Collin, with a large meatloaf that resembled his face.
His mom included shredded cheese for his hair, green olives for his eyes, red peppers for his eyebrows, and white onions for his teeth.
Melissa said that the personalized dinner was a thank-you to her son for the way he helped her around the house whenever she started a new job.
Collin also helps take care of his younger brother, Boston, who has special needs, and he organized the family basement, which Melissa described as "really messy."
"I wanted to make him happy, so I made him a meatloaf to show my appreciation for what he does," she said.
"I thought it would be fun to make it look like him because we were having a special celebration dinner," she said.
Collin was stunned by the meatloaf that had such a close resemblance to his face.
Once the meatloaf was cooked and served, he said that it felt "weird" to see a likeness of himself being eaten.
"I found the whole thing extremely funny — like the actual fact that she sculpted my face, using a photo, into a meatloaf," he said.
"I don't think any other mother in the world has done that before, which makes it really weird, but it's a good weird," he added.
The 42-year-old mother of four, who works as a mental health professional for children with special needs, describes Collin as a "good young man" — and says that, "deep down," she knows that he really loved her meatloaf masterpiece.
"His brother started teasing him about it and saying silly things like, 'Are you going to have second helpings? You are really going to be full of yourself.'"
Collin said of Melissa, “Nobody would ever do this but her. Why can't I have a normal mom?”"He was teasing," said Melissa. "He wasn't angry about it."
Collin admits that the meatloaf "wasn’t really that good" — which he considers the funniest part of the whole story.
The single mother and widow praised Collin for stepping up to help, especially after she lost her husband 13 years ago.
"Collin is just sweet, helpful and very, very kind," she said of her son. "He is in the middle of four brothers. This young man has grown up, and he helps out.
"I don't have to ask him; he just always does the right thing," she said. "He really is a good young man."
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