My husband was a single daddy with three young children when we first met . He invited me over to dinner one evening, and had prepared chicken and noodles. I was surprised that he had actually made his own noodles using eggs, flour, and milk.. …
This year I decided not to decorate for Halloween. The kids are grown. Most of the grandkids will only stop by briefly on Halloween night, and I remember just how hectic it was to try and get to all the places we needed to go …
My older sister Lorna passed away 8 years ago. Lorna was only 52 years old, the same age that I am now. She had a cancer diagnosis at age 30, but had lived healthy and cancer free for 21 years..until it returned, with a vengeance.
Once re-diagnosed, we only had two short weeks with her. Not enough time to say or do all of the things that needed to be said or done. Not enough time.
I wrote about Lorna last year. Please, if you haven’t already, take a look at her story. You can find it here:
https://cookiesandcursewords.com/lornas-story-ovarian-cancer-sucks
