Welcome to Friday's Fave Five. Taking a pause in the week to look for our blessings. I'll not lie. It's been a hard week emotionally for me, a hard month actually. Yesterday marks a year that my Mom passed away. Lots of hard memories of her last 3 weeks. I miss her so much. But in spite of feeling sad about that there is some very nice blessings God has sent my way to show His care and love and I want to notice them.
~ lovely memories ~ I have taken my photo albums down to transfer them to another spot and well, how can one handle photo albums without taking peeks into them? As I did I saw so many pics of my Mom and so many lovely memories of her filled my heart. I'm thankful for visible reminders of what a good Mom and Grandma she was and how very much she was a part of our days with her love and support.
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~ favorite Christmas cookies ~ I was at the drugstore picking up some items and came across a bag of cookies I always associate with Christmas. Pfeffernusse. My mom used to buy them and I love them. So I treated myself to a bag. I really should learn to make them.
~ fresh color and cut ~ I had my salon appointment just in time for Christmas . A fresh cut and color always lifts my spirits. And best part is I used a gift card to pay for it.
~ manicure ~ there was money left on the salon gift card so I made a spur of the moment decision to have a manicure. I haven't had one since my daughter, who's an esthetician, moved away years ago. How nice to have my nails done again just in time for Christmas.
~ gift of baking ~ one of my dayhome parents gifted me with a little sampler of Christmas baking including some tiny little pup cookies for my dog. What a blessing that is because though I love to cook, I am so not a baker and don't enjoy it at all. It was nice to have some homemade goodies.
What have been your blessings this week?
I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas filled with the hope and peace that Jesus brings as we celebrate His birth. May your celebrations be filled with love and laughter and hopefully some great food.
11 comments:
Oh Susanne I can totally understand why this time of year is hard for you. But I'm glad you were able to look back on some fond memories and made some time for yourself this week. I'm sure a fresh hair do and manicure helped to lift your spirits just a little bit. I hope you have a peaceful and joyful Christmas x
It's fun to go through old photo albums and I'm glad you could treasure some special memories of your mother. I wasn't close to mine but I DO miss talking with her on the phone.
I don't mind baking and used to do a LOT of it when the girls were younger. I've made 3 different things this past week and have one more batch to make. It's nice when someone brings you homemade goodies though! I"ve given away everything I've baked so far this month so now it's our turn to keep some for Xmas Eve and Xmas Day and of course Claire requested my vegan chocolate crinkles for her birthday Sunday. The dough is in the fridge and I hope to bake them in the morning.
YAY for treating yourself to a salon day!
Merry Christmas Susanne. i hope the card I sent you gets to you before Xmas Day!!
Memories of our loved ones who have passed can be such a balm.
I don't know if I have ever had Pfeffernusse. They look good! Glad you were able to get your hair and nails done, and with a gift card! We don't do much baking these days with just the two of us, so it's nice to receive a gift of baking. That was so thoughtful of your dayhome parent.
I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!
Praying for you during this season! Merry Christmas!
I was blessed to have a close relationship with my mom, and I miss her still. Christmas is such a hard time to lose someone. The music, the memories, all evoke such strong feelings. I’m glad you will be surrounded by all three of your kids this year. XO
It's sad that I had no feelings when my mother died. She wanted maybe to be a good mother, but I was more a Barbie doll. I will have my little family on Saturday. I tried to find the German Christmas cookies, I always bought them, but this year I didn't find any. My mother spent the whole 3 weeks before Christmas with all kind of Christmas cookies, I am sure your Peffernüsse were amongst them. My mother made very good cakes and cookies, but cooking was not her thing ! I was just the opposite !
Hi Susanne, what a nice picture of your you and your mom. The first year is always the hardest. Nice that you got to treat yourself to a haircut and manicure. Nice that you were gifted cookies. I am not a baker but did bake about 6 dozen gingerbread men cookies this past Monday. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Susanne.
I'm not a baker either, so I know how nice it is to receive goodies.
And I can understand the difficulty of this time of year, especially the first year after we lose someone we love so much. February is like that for me.
I'm glad you were able to have that time to give yourself the haircut and manicure.
Merry Christmas!
I understand that it is so sad that you lost your mum just in the Christmas time. I don't know why, but we had 3 people who passed away just before Christmas. I had a very nice one, just with Rosie and Rick in his frame, but the next day with all the residents !
Those are lovely gems you've come across in your organizing project. Your Mom's smile says it all. She loved and was greatly loved, especially through the hard times. I'm sorry she suffered at the end. Thankful you have the photos to keep in your mind all the good blessings.
Regarding learning to bake those Pfeffernusse... nah, just get them at the holidays :-) They're a treat that's portion controlled when you buy them!
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