Leave A Legacy

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This old gal…

Went through an ‘OMG what if I drop dead’ phase when she hit 60…

Started to ponder…all those things she takes care of…bills, paperwork, odds and ends…they are a mystery to everyone but her…

Started to panic…are those mysterious things in order?…could that family of hers figure out an old gal’s method of madness…

Then started to plan…wrote down everything they need know…do this, do that, here’s this, here’s that…took pictures of family heirlooms and documented their story…and finally, recipe-lover-me created a legacy for those daughters of hers…

Found a Favorite Recipes book at Hobby Lobby…(a barn scene—quirky, hideous, not a first choice but unfortunately the ONLY choice)…and then…started writing…

And writing, and writing, and writing each beloved recipe three times, adding silly comments, funny memories, hoping one day these little cards in their mother’s hand will take three sweet girls back…

To stuffed mushrooms on New Year’s Eve…making cut-out cookies for Christmas…a young child’s desire to eat nothing but chicken dip for supper…

To laughter…to love…to three little ladies who, along with their mom, could make something as simple as eating food…a grand adventure…
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And those daughters of mine…agree…