Cookies and Christ
Stories of Faith And Recipes
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Tall Silos With a Light Dusting of Snow
Growing up in a large family of mostly girls did not preclude us from work. Seemingly the work always revolved around Dad‘s stacks of 5-gallon buckets. The tougher the job, the more buckets he would retrieve from the screened-in back porch. We were delighted… Continue Reading “Tall Silos With a Light Dusting of Snow”
Knee Deep in the Snow
Winters in Southwest Iowa were very harsh. Snow was often measured in feet not inches. Oft times, I was the daughter selected to go out and help my dad shovel the sidewalks in front of our home. The winter sky darkened in the late… Continue Reading “Knee Deep in the Snow”
The Library Book
Just a few weeks before I was to begin Kindergarten, Dad told us the empty house next-door had sold and we would soon be getting new neighbors. To my sheer delight, the new family had two girls and one of them was my age!… Continue Reading “The Library Book”
Cookies and Christ
I was raised in a large family in Southwest Iowa. My parents were blessed with five daughters and then years later our family welcomed a little brother. My dad was not an Iowa farmer by industry, however, we were raised with the simple truths… Continue Reading “Cookies and Christ”
Cookies and Christ 