My mom and I revived
My mom and I revived an old tradition, we made Easter candy together. Okay, I don’t know if it was a tradition for real or not, but I remember, one of my only positive childtime memories, making candy w/ my mom. When I got older I found out she used to do it for a living, be a baker I guess is what you’d call it. She’d make & decorate cakes, make candy, and the like and sell them to people that ordered it. She was a great baker, and still is but doesnt do it often. I have always had a nack with cooking and baking and even an interest in it, so when my mom asked if I wanted to get together with her today since she had the afternoon off I jokingly said we can make candy together. She was very excited about the idea, as was I. I had talked with friends how mom and I used to make candy and they all asked if I’d be making any this year and I said probably but I’d never made it by myself so I didnt think I’d get around to it, especially alone all day w/ Caleb. So now we have tons of chocolate covered peanut butter balls(or eggs as we call them seasonally) and chocolate covered cocunut balls(or eggs). There are delicious!! I cant wait to share them with our church friends, they thought they liked my cookies, now they are going to be knocking down my door for candy! It felt great to be in the kitchen with my mom, we had some tough times as a family and the ability to have a peacefull fun afternoon making candy and playing with my son was just what I needed.
