My Birthday Buddy
Hard to believe this picture was taken 8 years ago! Today was my tenth birthday without Mama. I've written previously about how Mama made me feel special just for being born. I wondered if birthdays would ever be special again and there have been a few rough ones over the past ten years. Today, I decided to remember what I had written about it being a day baptized, so I focused on the celebration of Clare's baptism birthday. Eight years ago, she was baptized in Christ and today, we celebrated the day as birthday buddies. I spent the morning grocery shopping and preparing our meal. I needed a crock pot meal since we had a busy evening with mass and a meeting at church. I tried my stovetop spaghetti and meatballs in the crockpot and it turned out great. I made some other special foods, like these chocolate-filled raspberries which w...