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Merry Christmas Memories
December 1st and “the most wonderful time of the year” is here once again! December came so quickly as it does every year! As we sit at our table every morning looking back and forth between seeing the beautiful blue skies, so many trees that line the street below us and the many Christmas themed… Read more
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Holiday Cooking & Baking
It has been such fun to bake some cakes for friends who ordered either a chocolate or pumpkin Bundt cake these last two weeks. Not only has it given me the fun of baking for others but it has also been such a blessing to see some friends I had not seen in quite a… Read more
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Christmas (or Thanksgiving) Cranberry Cake
Last Thursday we ventured into Trader Joe’s to see if their wonderful cranberry sauce was in stock! On the way to the back of the store (which I never saw the chilled cranberry sauce) I passed a bag of fresh cranberries and grabbed a bag! Immediately thought of this cake that we now make every… Read more
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Butter Pecan Cake
This past week we had two celebration of Life’s for some very special people from our class at church. One service was Wednesday for our most loved teacher, Charles Hebert! What a special person he was! After the second service on Friday, for a dear lady in our class, we sat and talked about what… Read more
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Today 102 years ago a lady was born! This lady grew up to become my mom! It wasn’t until she died that I became aware that I could still honor her without feeling a great love for her! I have written about her before, a few years ago, but as I age, I have realized that even though she was not the easiest person to get along with, and yes, she had probably been depressed for years, she taught me so many things! I remember her always telling me “don’t use the word hate” anytime I said I hated something. She taught me to respect myself and others! She taught me to “honor the Sabbath and keep it holy”
She taught me to put God first in my life! To allow Him to guide me and to live to reflect Him with my life! Did I always do that? Absolutely not! Did I try to make excuses to get out of going to church every time the doors were open? You bet! Growing up… Read more
Chocolate Castles 