Baking Day

What a bittersweet day we had this week. Our annual girls baking day, without my mom. My sisters and I did our best to keep her spirit alive by baking her favorite recipes, wearing aprons she made and giggling incessantly. We tried, but she was still missed. 

Besides the cookies, the treasures I walked away with were deep. The fact that my sisters and I are close and always will be, even without my mom saying "you girls be nice to each other!" like she did when we were little. The fact that my daughter and daughter-in-law and my niece wanted to be there and carved out time in their busy-new-mom days. I have no doubt in my mind that they will keep this tradition going even after we are gone. 

I'm not sure if you have torn, broken or intact relationships with your family. I hope they're solid. But if for some reason you're estranged, maybe this is the season you can get back to peace. Maybe they've hurt you, or wronged you or maybe it's just that you haven't connected in far too long. I love the verse in Romans  12:18 that says "if it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with one another." 

May you have Joy to the World and Peace on Earth this Christmas. 

~Brooke