Daily Gratitude Year 13 - Day 32: Today, I am grateful for family moments in the kitchen.
Food is woven into our memories.
I cannot think of these no bake cookies without remembering the weekend the Smith kids (Randy's siblings) were all together for Mom Smith's funeral. We ended up making a huge batch of these cookies. We had them cooling all over Lola's kitchen.
I remember the scents, the sound of laughter, and the teasing. We had way too many people in the kitchen, but everyone enjoyed being together.
We made some memories right along with the cookies. The cookies vanished. The memories remain.
Bess family Thanksgivings are another time we make a ton of food and even more memories. The more the merrier is the theme of the day. The time spent in the kitchen is priceless.
A favorite childhood memory is one Sunday night at Grandma Opal Maxine's and Papa Chet's when Mama, Aunt Judy, Aunt Bonnie, and Aunt Kathy started singing as they were cleaning up. I remember them singing, "Singing...singing in the kitchen... banging on the pots and pans." It was silly... and looking back... it was so sweet.
As an adult in my own home, I still love a full kitchen.
It is good to feed the hungry, the hurting, and the grieving.
"Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon." -Isaiah 58:
Today, I am grateful for family moments in the kitchen.
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