{"id":1432,"date":"2026-09-15T19:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2026-09-15T19:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:25:36","slug":"i-did-it-with-a-lot-of-love-but-im-sad-because-nobody-liked-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"I did it with a lot of love, but I\u2019m sad because nobody liked it"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

The Secret of the Peacock \u2014 Complete History<\/p>\n

Birds<\/p>\n

For over thirty years, my grandmother had placed the same tablecloth on the dining table.<\/p>\n

It was white, old and embroidered with red and blue flowers. But what caught the most attention was the huge peacock embroidered in the center.<\/p>\n

Every time I asked him about him, my grandmother would answer the same thing:<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeday you\u2019ll understand why that peacock is so important.<\/p>\n

I always thought it was just one of those stories that grandparents invent to keep a family tradition alive.<\/p>\n

Until that Sunday.<\/p>\n

She was 82 years old and lived alone in an old house, surrounded by trees. I used to visit her every Sunday.<\/p>\n

That morning, when I came in, I found her sitting in front of the table.<\/p>\n

It was pale.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrandma, what happened?\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

He pointed to the window.<\/p>\n

I walked up and saw a peacock standing in the garden.<\/p>\n

Birds<\/p>\n

It was huge.<\/p>\n

And the strangest thing was that it had exactly the same colors as the animal embroidered on the tablecloth.<\/p>\n

The peacock slowly walked to the door.<\/p>\n

Then he dropped something in front of us.<\/p>\n

A small oxidized metal box.<\/p>\n

My grandmother started shaking.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can\u2019t be\u2026<\/p>\n

What is this?<\/p>\n

She looked at me with tears in her eyes.<\/p>\n

That box disappeared thirty years ago.<\/p>\n

I picked it up and opened it.<\/p>\n

Inside was an old photograph.<\/p>\n

In it appeared my grandfather, my grandmother and a young man that I had never seen.<\/p>\n

Behind the photograph was a phrase:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf one day the peacock returns, it means that the truth can no longer remain hidden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Birds<\/p>\n

I looked at my grandmother.<\/p>\n

Who is this man?<\/p>\n

She closed her eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s your father.<\/p>\n

I felt like I was short of breath.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father?\u201d But you always told me he died before I was born.<\/p>\n

My grandmother started crying.<\/p>\n

I lied to you.<\/p>\n

Before I could ask you why, someone knocked on the door.<\/p>\n

Toc. Toc. Toc.<\/p>\n

My grandmother got up terrified.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t open.<\/p>\n

I looked out the window.<\/p>\n

A man in his sixties was standing in front of the house.<\/p>\n

And he had in his hand a small medallion with the same symbol of the peacock.<\/p>\n

Birds<\/p>\n

My grandmother whispered:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s him.<\/p>\n

I opened the door.<\/p>\n

The man looked at me for several seconds.<\/p>\n

Then he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve grown a lot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Secret of the Peacock \u2014 Complete History Birds For over thirty years, my grandmother had placed the same tablecloth…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1433,"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions\/1433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealtips.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}