 My Mom used to make frosted sugar cookies as a little girl and LOVES them. She tells the story how one time they misplaced a tin of frosted Christmas cookies and found them around Easter time... She said they were even more delicious--like finding 'gold'! I hoped these cookies would bless my Mom and maybe jog some of those happy memories of her childhood. I Love You, Mom! I tried a new (to me) recipe that I thought was similar to cookies we made together when I was little. Click here for recipe. Sooooo goood!  My Mom, Mary Anne Jakubowski (2012)  These quotes all touch my heart and perfectly express my thoughts of my Mom. How about you? "Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face." George Eliot • "The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father." Samuel Taylor Coleridge • "It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?" Mahatma Gandhi  A prayer for my friends who's mothers have preceded them in death: May the God of all comfort surround you with arms of love, as surely as your mother's arms cradled you. Blessed hope that you will be re-united with her for all eternity. In Jesus' name, Amen. p.s. I'm sure she's more anxious to see you than you are her!
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“The homemaker has the ultimate career. |  |
“I think I can understand that feeling about a housewife’s work being like that of Sisyphus (who was the stone rolling gentleman). But it is surely, in reality, the most important work in the world. What do ships, railways, mines, cars, government etc exist for except that people may be fed, warmed, and safe in their own homes? As Dr Johnson said, ‘To be happy at home is the end of all human endeavour’. (1st to be happy, to prepare for being happy in our own real Home hereafter: 2nd, in the meantime, to be happy in our houses.) We wage war in order to have peace, we work in order to have leisure, we produce food in order to eat it. So your job is the one for which all others exist.”
Wow-- I love C.S. Lewis! For more about this quote, click here.
Let's hear it for homemakers!!
You might have picked up on this... I love greeting cards. I save them, like for years. I have cards and letters from over thirty years ago, some of the most special of which are from when my husband and I were dating. When I was a poor college student I made my unsuspecting family members homemade greeting cards for Christmas one year... :o) I love them!
I'm not sure why... Maybe because besides being a mini-piece of artwork-- that person was thoughtful enough to 1) take the time to select and purchase a card, 2) write something personal, 3) address and stamp it, 4) and mail it. Big Stuff in our crazy-fast paced world!
Here's one of the cards I received last year, still sitting in my kitchen (among others)... from Susan, who gets more beautiful each year. I love cards, and I love Susan!
I'm not sure why... Maybe because besides being a mini-piece of artwork-- that person was thoughtful enough to 1) take the time to select and purchase a card, 2) write something personal, 3) address and stamp it, 4) and mail it. Big Stuff in our crazy-fast paced world!
Here's one of the cards I received last year, still sitting in my kitchen (among others)... from Susan, who gets more beautiful each year. I love cards, and I love Susan!
Iced pumpkins
It's beginning to look a lot like... WINTER!
It's beginning to look a lot like... WINTER!
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently?
And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt;
and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt;
and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Matthew 18:2-4 International Children’s Bible (ICB)
2 Jesus called a little child to him. He stood the child before the followers.
3 Then he said, “I tell you the truth. You must change and become like little children.
If you don’t do this, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
4 The greatest person in the kingdom of heaven is the one who makes himself humble like this child."
2 Jesus called a little child to him. He stood the child before the followers.
3 Then he said, “I tell you the truth. You must change and become like little children.
If you don’t do this, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
4 The greatest person in the kingdom of heaven is the one who makes himself humble like this child."
Our Rose of Sharon tree wished me a 'Happy Birthday' by blooming on my birthday (Monday)!
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