My daughter
Faith was born twelve weeks premature, on a snowy day in November. While Faith was in the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit, my Aunt came to visit. She
produced a plate of Christmas cookies and sheepishly said, “I didn’t think
you’d have time to make them this year.”
It was a
wonderful gift. She was right. Between visits back and forth to the hospital
and my older daughter’s basketball games, Christmas cookies were far down on
the list. I come from a family that
bakes cookies from Thanksgiving weekend to Christmas day. After Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, there
was always a plate of cookies waiting for us at home. A year without Christmas cookies was almost
like having no Christmas at all.
With all of
the Christmas cookies that we bake, there are always extras. I wonder. Who could use some Christmas cheer
this year? Shut-ins? People who have family in the hospital and
cookies are the last things on their mind?
How about the homeless? Could
cookies give them a small taste of home and bring a little Christmas into their
lives?
Please let
me know if you bring your cookies to someone for some holiday cheer. I’d love to hear the story. As usual, I can be reached at sowaseednow@gmail.com. Have a Merry Christmas.
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