A Letter to our Daughter and Son-in-Law

Our daughter and her husband are having a baby! We’ve known for several weeks and have been wanting to share … More

Puffy Meringue Cookies

It’s traditionally now the start of the Christmas season, which in my household, always includes baking cookies. And usually a … More

I really don’t remember when everyone started calling the day after Thanksgiving Black Friday. I should, because I began my … More

This year I find myself having a hard time getting into the holiday spirit. Maybe it’s because of the stress … More

For nine years there has been an empty chair at our holiday table. Although the actual chairs that are pulled … More

Thanksgiving Day is just a few days away. A day that families traditionally get together to enjoy a huge meal … More

It’s not really cranberry sauce, but my mother always called it that. Looking back through all the variations of it … More

That’s a question we get asked every year, especially since the death of my mother several years ago. My husband’s … More

One of the traditions at our family Thanksgiving dinners, and Christmas as well, is actually a dish that not everyone … More

My mother had a difficult time crying. She told me years ago that she’d cried so much when my father died … More

But what if the memories suddenly start fading….or if the light doesn’t always come on any more? Most of us, … More

I did not write this. I do not take credit for it in any way. I wish I had, but … More