Column: The magical experience of a new lunch box

While I was in elementary school, the end of summer always meant going school shopping, and this always meant searching for a new lunch box.

Lunch boxes have certainly evolved over the years, but they pale in comparison to the novelty of those from my childhood. I remember being so excited to get a “Return of the Jedi” lunch box with a Thermos that I’m pretty sure I slept with it for about a week.

As much as getting a lunch box was a rite of passage for a 1980s elementary school student, taking a lunch usually only lasted about a week. I would either end up leaving my lunch box at school, leav...