Those who cook will understand.

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47. I feel you.....

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Last night, as I baked our pies, I could not stop thinking about my Mom, and feeling the pain of fresh loss.

My Mom passed away just 4 months ago after living with me for 5 years after Dad died. I was her caregiver. We lost her to the ravages of dementia. So horrible.

So, while Mom made many "best ever" Thanksgiving dinners for so many years of my childhood, most recently she loved to sit in my kitchen and watch me cook. Always telling me what a good cook I am and, because of her dementia, marvelling that I knew how to do "everything." She'd look at me in disbelief when I told her, "Mom, I learned by warching YOU."

When I push back into my memories of Mom, before the dementia, it was me always marvelling at how she knew how to do "everything." She was a wonderful Mom and I was extraordinarily blessed.

Holidays will never be the same with both Mom and Dad gone. But the precious memories live on, and always will. We are so fortunate to have them, and to carry on these lovely traditions that bring them flooding back into our minds and hearts.

Happy Thanksgiving my friend.