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| Source Carmel Suhr |
I lost my mom to cancer almost three years ago. So this week, I thought I'd share with you a little story that might inspire you for a gift-giving idea, and while you still have time to do it!
While my mom was fighting cancer, she had enormous medical bills. She lived on a tight budget as it was, so one day while she was sick, I found her in tears because she couldn't afford to buy Christmas presents that year. I felt so bad, so I enlisted the help of my two daughters. My oldest daughter was living with my mom at the time, so I told her, "Sneak out your grandma's recipe box and bring it to me."
For a couple of weeks, my youngest daughter and I worked and worked and typed up all of her best recipes that I grew up with as a child. Her Brownie recipe, Carrot Cake recipe, Chili, and many others that she had grown famous for. My daughters and I created recipe books for her three children, her five grandchildren, her sister and her best friend. There were ten books in all. I will never forget the look and smile and tears on her face when we presented her with the recipe books that we made for her to give. She cried and hugged all three of us and just kept thanking us and thanking us.
For a couple of weeks, my youngest daughter and I worked and worked and typed up all of her best recipes that I grew up with as a child. Her Brownie recipe, Carrot Cake recipe, Chili, and many others that she had grown famous for. My daughters and I created recipe books for her three children, her five grandchildren, her sister and her best friend. There were ten books in all. I will never forget the look and smile and tears on her face when we presented her with the recipe books that we made for her to give. She cried and hugged all three of us and just kept thanking us and thanking us.
I never knew at the time how important those recipes books would become, for, you see; my mom passed away five days after Christmas that year. In each corner of the book, she wrote a special message to each and every one of us. She painstakingly wrapped them all herself. It was the hardest gift to open that year, but it was also the most beautiful gift too and her last gift of love.
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| Source Carmel Suhr |
Maybe this will inspire you to pass on those recipes or old pictures to someone in your own family.
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