“Sugar, spice, and everything nice – that is what Christmas cookies are made of.”
I recently received a sugar cookie. Not a fancy one, just a simple iced cookie. Yet the moment I tasted it, something inside me opened. Memories flooded in with surprising force. I could almost feel the warmth of my mother’s kitchen, smell the vanilla in the air, and hear the laughter that once filled those rooms. My daughter called her Nana, and how I wish she could have made with her. Those…














